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What's Your Cleaning Playlist?Home Life

What's Your Cleaning Playlist?

That conversation got me thinking about the power of music and how Black folks from my generation (Gen X) spent Saturday mornings doing the same thing: Cleaning.

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A glass of ice water with lime slices on a rustic wood table, surrounded by whole and halved limes and fresh mintHome & Memory

Well? Water!

“Where is the regular water?” For me, there is nothing “regular” about water — not with so many crystal-clear brands and so many fruits and vegetables available to add flavor.

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Slices of fresh watermelon on a porch table in golden sunlightHome & Memory

A Letter From Home

My father used to call watermelon “a letter from home.” Whether it's the sweet taste of a favorite fruit, the fresh smell of laundry from the clothesline or a particular summertime song, our senses are always calling us home.

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Friday Night DinnersHome Life

Friday Night Dinners

I saw a Thread recently asking folks if Friday nights were always the nights when Mama refused to cook. The kitchen was closed. Every Friday night.

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