Talking money…one size does not fit all

On Sunday afternoons when I am cooking I generally have the radio on (yeah, I know how quaint I listen to an actual radio versus an iGadget) turned to my local NPR affiliate and around 4 ish, Marketplace Money with Tess Vigeland is on. If you have never listened to this show, you should check …

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What we lost…stolen phone, dead woman and loss of humanity

After several days of fast and furious writing, I feel like I am hitting a little bit of a slump hence no post yesterday. As usual there were plenty of ideas swirling around in my head but for some reason despite sitting at the computer they never made it out of my head. In the …

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More Black Girls in Maine? Oh My!

Considering that one of my paying gigs involves writing about diversity in Maine, it was with great interest that I listened to the findings that were released from the Census Bureau yesterday about the state of Maine. It seems that between 2000 and 2010 Maine’s Black population increased by 132%! In real numbers that means …

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