Foto Fridays – Waikiki Oahu Hawaii

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Foto Fridays, Georgia, Hawaii, Honolulu, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 6, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, Love, Photography, Sacramento, Sony, Summer, Sun, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vacation, Waikiki

 
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 – 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

Blue Lines Blog -Seeing Nelson Mandela in Atlanta 6/27/1990

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“…lunch with Mandela…” ~ Jay-Z actually just played.

Commemorating this day 23 years ago. My family and I braves the Atlanta heat to see a recently freed Nelson Mandela during his visit which took place at Bobby Dodd Stadium, at Grant Field on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology, known to many of you as Georgia Tech.

The attached article is from the Atlanta Journal & Constitution from that day 6/27/1990.

Enjoy a piece of history.

Atlanta opens heart to Mandela: 50,000 cheer ANC leader at stadium
NEW HERO: “Our parents experienced Martin Luther King. Our generation is experiencing Nelson Mandela, ” one Atlantan said.
By Ron Taylor, Joseph Albright

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlantans endured oppressive heat, police barricades, shoving matches and long schedule delays Wednesday to get a glimpse of Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid leader who has enjoyed a hero’s welcome in each U.S. city he has visited.

At Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium, about 50,400 people cheered as Mr. Mandela linked his people’s struggle against racial discrimination to the civil rights movement in the United States.

Foto Fridays – Astros Minute Maid Park circa Summer 2011

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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.

Blue Lines Blog – 1000th Post – Thank You and Blue Lines excerpt

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3/7/12
First I would like to say thank you for the support. I am still a ways off from publishing my work, but this conduit has be a fun piece in the cog, and when I stareted this blog in support of my manuscript Blue Lines in June of 2009, I did not see today, or the wealth of work and experiences I would gather along the way. As my humble thanks, I offer an excerpt of my work from Blue Lines: Thirteen: Beauty in Blue and White:

Music I Like – Jay-Z – “Dear Summer”

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Blue Lines, Dear Summer, Fall, Jay-Z, Key Yemaya Walker, Memphis Bleek, Music I Like, Photography, Sean Carter, Seasons, Summer

With the windy cool weather blowing through Atlanta today, this song is only fitting. Also, it’s time for fall to roll in!!!


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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – LL Cool J – “Hey Lover”

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One of the hottest summer songs from the 90’s.

I’ve been watchin’ you from afar,
for as long as I can remember
You are all a real man can need
and ever ask for
this is love girl
this is more than a crush

It was all Harlem at the
Rucker’s
I saw with
your man
smiling, huh, a coach bag in your hand
I was laying in the coup with my hat turned back
we caught eyes for a moment, and that was that
so I skated off, as you strolled off