“To emancipate all slaves born after passing the act. …”that they should continue with their parents to a certain age, then be brought up, at the public expence, to tillage, arts or sciences, according to their geniusses, till the females should be eighteen, and the males twenty-one years of age, when they should be colonizedContinue reading “What Is The 4th of July to This Slave Descendent”
Author Archives: Iris Lewis
I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
Every new day is the first day of the rest of your life. Most of those days consist of mundane routine events like going to school or work, eating dinner, driving your car, taking the bus, watching television or scrolling on social media. There are other days, however, that are notable. The happy notable orContinue reading “I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer”
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ 5 Insights from Book Club Screening
My book club read Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann and went to see the movie premier in October of 2023. I approached the 3.26 hour runtime of the film with a mix of anticipation and concern. Surprisingly, once the movie started, time flew by, and I never once glanced at myContinue reading “‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ 5 Insights from Book Club Screening”
Piercing Insights: My Encounter with a Rusty Nail and the 8 Lessons It Left Behind
Recently, I had an encounter with a rusty nail. It was about 5:30 am. I was walking from my front door to my car with sandals on, having just dropped my niece at the bus stop. I went into the house and then remembered that I had left my phone in the car. Back toContinue reading “Piercing Insights: My Encounter with a Rusty Nail and the 8 Lessons It Left Behind”
Spaghetti vs. Squashetti spaghetti squash – my ‘noodle’ of choice
Spaghetti with meat sauce is one of my favorite foods. It is one of the few dishes that taste better as leftovers than when first prepared. As I have gotten older, I find myself giving as much weight to how a food makes me feel as to how it tastes. This led me to seekContinue reading “Spaghetti vs. Squashetti spaghetti squash – my ‘noodle’ of choice”
Notes From the Finish Line
photo credit: Medstar Health BWC photography This is me crossing the finish line at the Medstar Baltimore Women’s Classic 5K this past June. I’ve crossed a few finish lines both literally and figuratively as I am sure you have also. These are some reflections from this time around.
How would you caption this picture?
I snapped this picture while sitting in Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. I watched the suitcase fall off of the baggage cart en route to the airplane. It did not seem that the driver of the baggage tug noticed that suitcase had fallen off the cart. He kept going and there was the suitcaseContinue reading “How would you caption this picture?”
WAH-DE-MEL-UHN!!! A slice of refreshment and a symbol of Black economic ingenuity
Watermelon is a sign of summer. I love it! I could eat watermelon every day of the year if it were available. When I was a child my Daddy, G. H. ‘Shorty’ Lewis, grew watermelons, among other things, in his backyard garden. On a hot summer day you could go into the back yard andContinue reading “WAH-DE-MEL-UHN!!! A slice of refreshment and a symbol of Black economic ingenuity”
Christmas Dinner 2020: My First Vlog
On Parenting: “Don’t love them too much.”
We recently celebrated my daughter’s twentieth birthday. When she was a baby I remember my Mom saying “don’t love her too much”. I didn’t understand what she was saying then. As a matter of fact it used to annoy me quite a bit. But as I have gotten older, I’ve come to understand that sheContinue reading “On Parenting: “Don’t love them too much.””
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