Okay I’m snarky. I shouldn’t be, but I am. And I don’t know why. Despite having every material thing that I’ve ever really wanted, modest though my material aspirations might be. Despite having had, at one time or another, every non-material thing that I’ve ever really wanted, as well. On a day like today, with […]
In 2009, John and Margarita “Maggie” Anderson, an affluent black couple living in Oak Park, Illinois, embarked on a year-long “Empowerment Experiment.” They’d resolved to spend an entire year patronizing black-owned businesses exclusively. That experiment is the focus of a book by Maggie Anderson published just four days ago — Our Black Year. What follows […]
According to City-Data.com, Sanford is a town of roughly 30,000. It doesn’t feel that big, though. A 15-minute walk from city center to the James House; the grocery store another ten minutes beyond. Depot Park, La Dolce Vita Pizzeria, Cafe 121, the Antique Mall … all my usual haunts, all within a three-block radius. And […]
