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  First of all, I would like to wish you all a Happy Black History Month. There two foods are that have been well known in the black community. Those foods just happened to be fried chicken and watermelon. Whenever you think of these foods, people would think stereotypes of black people. But believe it or not, fried chicken and watermelon has a very interesting history. A history I was surprised to learn about. Fried chicken as a word was first used in 19th century America. However, this food has Scottish and West African origins. The Scottish used cooking technique of called frittering which meant that poultry was coated batter or flour and deep fried in lard. Many peoples of West Africa cooked their chicken palm oil but unlike the Scottish they seasoned their poultry highly. The slavery trade in the American South. African slaves were allowed to raise their own chicken and fried them on special occasions. Both of the cooking techniques from the Scottish and West Africans we used ...

 First of all, I would like to wish you all a Happy Holidays. The year 2022 will bring new things from me. My new book, Free to  Be Vee , will be released in the coming year. I might to my very first viral poetry show. I also want get my health together as well and take some acting classes. It has been an eventful year for all of us. Anyway, Happy New Year to you all and see you next year!

 Lately, I have heard of a new social media challenge called #slapateacher. This challenge happens to be part a list that can found on TikTok. The reason this trend hit a nerve me is my mom ( I will not said her name on this post) is a retired teacher who was physically attacked at the school she worked ( I will not said the school's name on this post) twice. Even through she substitute teach for extra money, I got concerned about my mom getting slapped by some kid and seeing it go viral. Here are reason why you do not need to do the #slapateacher challenge nor any of the challenges on the list below.  1. IT'S ILLEGAL! When I was in the tenth grade, I learned that if you put your hands on a teacher in a school setting you will get arrested. It counts as assault, vandalism, destruction of property, indecent exposure, etc. 2. EVIDENCE! Whoever could up with these challenges did not think this though. Footage of these trends can be used against you in a court of law. 3. YOU MIGH...

            About around March 2020, the whole world went into lockdown because of the coronavirus also known as COVID-19. Former president Donald Trump was warned earlier in the year but did not anything to prepare the United States. The pandemic happened during an election year in which Trump had lost. Businesses, schools, restaurants, bars, nightclubs movie theaters shutdown due to the stay at home order. Events and festivals which included that 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was cancelled.               Broadway turned off their lights and shut down productions. People quarantined in their homes to prevent the virus from spreading any further. Hundreds of thousands people died because of this virus. People lost their jobs, homes and businesses.              Celebrities were not immune to this pandemic. Some were either tested positive and/ or lost their lives...

First of all, I would like to wish you all a Happy National Poetry Month.  During and after I graduated from university, I did submit some of my poetry on different publications and on my alma mater's literary review called The Oracle. They got turned down unfortunately. However, I did discover PoetryVibe and got good comments. I finally self published my book, The Eclectic Mind of Vee , and I might put it in audiobook. Hey! I might translate my poetry books in different languages. Anyway! Happy National Poetry Month!

April will be Poetry Month and I hope you love my debut book, The Eclectic Mind of Vee and future books to come. Here are things I need to push my creative endeavors a whole lot further. Webcam with or without a microphone A Microphone Tablet Laptop Headphones with a microphone Headphones without a microphone Tripod I might add more things later on this post as an update. If anybody wants to make a donation, I take CashApp, PayPal, money order, etc. Thank you all very much for you love and support.

First of all, I would like to thank you all for your love, support and buying my book, The Ecelctic Mind of Vee . I would also would like to thank my mom, Judy Newbern, for proofreading and editing my debut book. Anyway, I have been working on about a few more books and a screenplay or two. I just have to do a lot of research and writing my manuscript. I also have been reading a lot of books about self publishing. Especially about self publishing at the digital age I live in. Adevertising, marketing, promotion, taxes, etc are a definite must in order to increase my book sales and how self publishing works. There are a couple of books I have been reading by Joanna Penn. They are called Business For Authors and How To Make A Living Your Writing: With Books, Blogging and More. I will keep you posted. Oh...HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!