Text Tuesday – New Prose – “Rebirth” Happy Birthday Mommy

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Where yesterday never happened,
And tomorrow will never come,
Your future was born years ago,
Less than a day than you had come,

Blue Lines Blog Editorial – A Need to Feel

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Recently I read a piece entitled, “Why I’m Absolutely an Angry Black Woman,” and it touched my heart in a way that I could not describe. The plight of the Black woman, and Black and Hispanic people primarily have always affected me, and pissed me off. Seeing a White person call a Black woman a “bitch” or Black “bitch” either to their face, or in response to a public figure as opposed to another has disgusted me, and ended what I thought were friendships.

Reading this piece also offered me a clearer visualization of concepts that I know exist. It also reminds me of the values that is placed on color both within the Black community, and Hispanic community (which I come from). It also lead me to question my reactions or the way that I deal with this world.

I grew up viewing the United States, erroneously referred to as America by an New York and International parent in the South of the 1980’s which was a virtual community of Black and White. For much of my young life I was “Spanish” but at the end of the day “Black.” “Black” was perfectly fine, because I was raised to be proud of such, but whenever we visited New York throughout the year, and the two years that we lived in New Jersey, “Black” was a totally different experience than the repressed values of the South.

Text Tuesdays – 2013 Summer Reading List

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A Painted House, ALA, Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography, Authors, Being and Nothingness, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Books, Boss of Bosses - Joseph F. O'Brien & Andris Kurins, Charles L. Sargent, Che Guevera: A Revolutionary Life, Civil War, Cuba, Deal Breaker: The First Myron Bolitar Novel, Dutch III - Teri Woods, Harlen Coben, Huey P. Newton, Hunter S. Thompson, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jack Kerouac, Jean-Paul Sartre, John Grisham, Jon Lee Anderson, Key Yemaya Walker, manuscript, Michelle Alexander, On The Road, Pursuit of Honor - Vince Flynn, Read, Reading, Revolutionary Suicide, School, Shock Wave - John Sandford, Sins of Henry County, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Summer, Summer Reading List, Term Limits - Vince Flynn, Text Tuesdays, The Art of War - Sun Tzu, The Coldest Winter Ever - Sister Souljah, The Confession, The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower VII, The Devil's Code - John Sanford, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hades Factor - Robert Ludlum, The Hobbit, The New Jim Crow, The Rum Diary, The Titans - John Jakes, The Warriors - John Jakes, The Wind Through the Keyhole, True to the Game III - Teri Woods, Whispers - Dean Koontz

It’s about that time of the year when we would leave school, but be provided with our summer reading to have read by returning to school. If I began a book, I finished it…not the best choice in some cases.

The following are my reads for 2013. My 2013 Reading list:

A Painted House – John Grisham

The Confession – John Grisham

#FMSPhotoADay – December – Day 10 – R is For Requiem – Barack Obama Eulogizes Nelson Mandela

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The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Text Tuesdays – Assata Shakur – Poem – “No One Can Stop The Rain”

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Featuring someone else’s work.
No One Can Stop The Rain
By Assata Shakur

Watch, the grass is growing.
Watch, but don’t make it obvious.
Let your eyes roam casually, but watch!
In any prison yard, you can see it – growing.
In the cracks, in the crevices, between the steel and the concrete,
out of the dead gray dust,
the bravest blades of grass shoot up, bold and full of life.
Watch, the grass is growing.
It is growing through the cracks.
The guards say grass is against the Law.
Grass is contraband in

30 Day Photo Challenge – Day 29 – A Picture Of Someone You Miss – My Grandfather

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My grandfather Rene C. Sotolongo.

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

30 Day Photo Challenge – Day 27 – A Picture of Yourself And A Family Member

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The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

30 Day Photo Challenge – Day 14 – A Picture of Someone You Could Never Imagine Your Life Without – Family

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There’s really nothing to it. When I look at the way she looked at me, having always wanted her babies. She had 3 of us. This may be a picture of my mother and I, but I could never imagine life without my family.

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school

30 Day Photo Challenge – Day 7 (Late) – A Picture Of Your Most Treasured Item(s)

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In March of 1997, after my grandfather had past, we arrived in Jamaica Queens, New York and the first night there, I slept soundly in the basement on this pillow, with his blanket (brown with tiger, not sure whether it’s from Cuba) and the knit blanket that my Mother has made, and had recently sent him. I treasure these items, and if lucky enough, will pass them to my progeny.

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

30 Day Photo Challenge – Day 1 – A Picture Of Myself With 10 Facts

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1. My favorite color is “Blue”
2. My favorite number is “4.”
3. I am of Cuban lineage, and I know that side.
4. I am of Jamaican lineage, which I know nothing of.
5. I wrote a fictional manuscript, now over 400+ ppgs, about real people. I have written a bunch of poetry and short stories, and I have had a poem published once.
6. I Love Starbucks coffee. I really don’t drink other types.
7. I think more than I speak.
8. I bore easily when I’m not challenged.
9. I am very family oriented.
10. I am faithful, almost to a fault.
The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.