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

  • Eyes Wide Open:  To AL Activists

    There he is again, that crow. Every time you think hisย cast of darknessย has diminished, it’sย back again. Heย hovers over what heย thinks is his domain,ย swooping downย on folks he feelsย resemble him. He isย personifiedย by those who feel thatย his presenceย willย purifyย their land. He is their totem; they haveย kidnapped and laid claimย toย the crowย the way they do with everything they touch. They haveย stigmatizedย him.…

  • Abundance Bakery and MY Upside-down Cupcakes

    So, I was commenting on a post about what identifies Chicago, (thanks, Lorraine), and I posted a picture of Abundance. Bakery.ย  I couldn’t believe that I was publishing an issue of Garden Spices Magazine on the topic, Abundance, and that I had not thought of my Chicago crave or the place that satisfies it.ย  My…

  • No Vaccine for Victorine on Valentine’s

    What is happening?!!!  Why is it that everyone I know is vaccinated but moi?!!!  I mean the search is a challenge I wasn’t ready for.  I just knew that when the site opened for the 65+ year olds in Bama, that I would be one of the first to receive one.  I signed up to…