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It was such an honor to be cordially invited to attend the 19th Annual Reaching For Ethnic Awareness and Cultural Heritage Across Dayton (REACH) Conference at Sinclair Community College on Friday February 24, 2012 and to see friends- Willis "Bing" Davis, Betty Bolton, Leesa Haapapuro, James Pate, Kevin Harris, and others in one room while simultaneously meeting new people! A collaboration between Sinclair Community College, Ebonia Gallery, and the Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC), REACH is a day long event promoting "learning in the arts and humanities by creating an atmosphere that will build respect, knowledge, appreciation, and understanding for the area's culturally diverse populations." From 8AM to 4PM, this post entails eight hours of rich, implanted seeds that'll likely bear fruit to share..... Beautiful display right? After a lovely continental breakfast to fuel the body, REACH's proceedings got started by co-coordinators Tess ...

Dear Life's Plan, I promise to finally make a change. Do things one at a time. If there's a day in which I feel like writing, I’ll do that. If I want to be drawing or painting, I’ll do that. Cannot keep putting things off, cannot continue the laziness. I’m so much better than this! From this day forth, I’ll do the following things before the sleep of death falls upon me: · Finalizing a part of The Yellow Trolley Chronicles- preferably 1st novel. · Then laying the other two books to rest. · Focusing on writing other pieces- meaning continuing on short stories, vignettes, poems, letters, journaling, screenplay, and future novels. · Making art again- starting off with drawing, painting, and printmaking. · Coming up with some fantastic mural ideas for Thurgood Marshall (formerly Colonel White High School for the Performing Arts) and visiting Belmont more often to feel further inspired by watching these young creative high schoolers at work! · Outlining Library- the late night eclec...