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Bad times, Seek Better Growing up around Springtime I always heard “March winds and April showersbring May flowers”. The Cherokee name for the moon in March is “windy moon”.The elders often spoke using proverbs, which are short sayings that express ageneral truth or advice. Now I will expound on a “wind related” proverb. It states,“it’sContinue reading “Bad Times, Seek Better”

Hip Hop Culture Hip Hop originated in New York around 1970 as the brainchild of DJ Kool Hero. Artists utilizedtheir hip-hop talents to express their inner feelings regarding police brutality concerns.Gangster rap emerged on the scene in the 1990s. Gangster rap artists depicted misogyny,violence, drug dealing, and degradation of women among other things as aContinue reading “Hip Hop Culture”

The American Dream is Fading As I look around at all of the neighborhoods of color in Atlanta, I see a subversive force movingin and changing things. These changes are not for the best. There are investors coming, buyinghomes, investing a small amount of money, and painting a lot of the brick homes gray. AfterContinue reading “The American Dream is Fading”

Retirement My parents were not educated in financial planning, but they did share with me things they were taught.They said to me “get a job, pay your bills, save as much as you can, and you’ll receive social security”.Many of you reading this article probably heard similar things from your parents.The reality is that planningContinue reading “Retirement”

O Our Property Value Decreases Owning a home is and should be a goal of most people. However, I do understand that home ownershipis not obtainable to the masses. Becoming an owner of real property is indeed an accomplishment.Therefore, this investment must be protected. The following are ways that we can care for this majorassetContinue reading “Our Property Value Decreases!”

What’s Going On? As I surf the internet, watch the news, and peruse social media content I see a disturbing pattern. I askmyself why is everyone so angry? People will shoot you for cutting them off in traffic, giving them thewrong food in their order, because you “disrespected them”, because you said something they didContinue reading “What’s Going On ?”

The Journey The trek through life can be difficult, and it does take a village to navigate the obstacles that this voyage will present; therefore, it’s the village’s caring, understanding, and love that helps the pilgrimage. Life is made more bearable with the help of the people (village) who truly care about us. In thisContinue reading “The Journey”

Estate Planning I’m no pundit, nor am I an estate planner or writer of wills. However, it is important that we allmake a plan for our estate. Without an estate plan or will your estate is bound to end up inprobate court. Once in probate court, it can take years to resolve the matter. Additionally,Continue reading “Estate Planning”

Throughout history, many unexplainable things have happened. Have you ever asked yourselfwhy certain things happen? How is it that someone can become a public figure amidst anexorbitant number of lies and manufactured falsehoods? A crime of moral turpitude is definedas an offense that is vile or an insult to morality. Such a crime typically involvesContinue reading “Why Is it That…..”

Reckless Disregard For those of us that live in the Atlanta metro area, there have been a number of box stores ( Walmart, Target) thatsuffered fire damage as reported on Saturday, January 28, 2023. It appears that these fires were purposely set bytwo shoplifters. I personally can’t understand this type of behavior. Think about theContinue reading “Reckless Disregard”