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Victorine’s blog, SPICY, celebrates life through personal stories and reflections on family, art, culture, and various life topics.

  • A Love Supreme

    A Love Supreme

    Coltrane’s music was transcendent; it flew beyond our expectations into the realms of spirituality. Even before I knew of such things, I knew my father’s music was enigmatic and that this piece, A Love Supreme, initiated some higher ground. The word “supreme.” So don’t blame me if I cannot find a place for the actions…

  • Kill Bill!

    Kill Bill!

    Once upon a time, there was a young mother activist whose Black child attended a charter school where he was one of two Black children in his sixth-grade class. The school invited the mother to do a Black History presentation, and she chose to tell the children about the Childrenโ€™s Crusade, which took place in…

  • Why?

    Why?

    So my question is, why is it you are minding your own sweet business when your machines decide it’s time to break down. Is it the energy? Is it seasonal? First appliances, then old school-but-paid-for-still-got-swag-cars, the roof, and finally, my magazine website. The truth is, everything I got is OLD, and I thought, GOOD, but…