Category: In Other Words & Sounds

Art, mothers, and mental health

The Story Behind the Art Each month, Really Leah’s Coasters & More line will feature 2 new styles.  On special holidays, not just the ones people make up while sitting on the pot, (or smoking pot), there will be a bonus image. This is how the reallyleah.com/shop will work from now on or until I […]

A BETTER HISTORY LESSON FOR SUCCESS

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of participating in a small community forum. The crowd consisted of Whites and Blacks professionals in equal measure, with a focus on the Black community within the larger community. A SWOT was utilitized to identify the needs and resources. Nearly ninety percent of the crowd added something to […]

DREAM AGAIN

Many people secretly feel like they are not enough. Maybe you are one of them.

The job you have does not pay all the bills, and the life you live has no thrills for the reels on social media. Maybe life is not all you had hoped for, but you need to know that your story is incomplete.

OCALA’S FIRST SKYSCRAPER

I took this photograph of the Sovereign Building last year and set it on sandstone to create a one-of-a-kind coaster. The Sovereign Building, historically known as the Marion Hotel, sits at 108 N Magnolia Avenue in Ocala, Florida.  The hotel has a rich history in the community. According to records obtained from the City of Ocala, the […]

SKILL AND EDUCATION

Black History is everyone’s history. This fact weighs on my heart as we close Black History Month. Although mainly, Black Americans scurry around like fire ants to build a mound of historical facts for the public and children to learn in a (short) month, our best endeavors will never be enough to encompass all the […]

CHRISTMAS in a SONG

God makes a way Ever gotten a song stuck in your head? Yeah, I know you have. Me too. Recently I learned that this phenomenon ( of stuck songs) happens when we don’t enjoy the song to the fullest. Consequently, we end up with an open loop. This happens most often with songs we despise. […]