Beautiful

A few days ago, I met an elderly lady who told me that my locs were beautiful and reminded her of her sister’s hair. Who was her sister? Rosalind Cash. I couldn’t put a face to the name–though I knew I’d heard it before. “Google her,” is what the lady said I should do. When I did, I wanted to smack myself in the forehead…

I definitely remember her guest appearances on several television shows: A Different World, Golden Girls, etc.  Most recently, I saw her (via Netflix streaming) in From A Whisper To A Scream.  Sadly, Rosalind Cash died in 1995 from cancer. Read all about her at IMDB and Wikipedia.

Charlie Chan & Race…

I’ve actually read all of those Charlie Chan novels. I want to write about race/racism in them, but I need to sit down and organize my thoughts about that. There’s so many different components: the anti-Japanese sentiment, racism as a tell-tale sign of class, the way Charlie Chan is treated by his friends, etc. Let’s not even get into how the  native Hawaiians are depicted.

In the meantime, I’m going to try to grab a copy of this:

Gumbo Experiment #1

This is actually 3 experiments in 1: testing out new dutch oven, new chorizo & shrimp gumbo recipe, and taking pics with iPhone.

How did it taste? M gave it her seal of approval. 🙂