http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/ ... she of two waters, sword and honey. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:09:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/07/27/a-mans-thoughts-the-mind-poetry-of-khari/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/07/27/a-mans-thoughts-the-mind-poetry-of-khari/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:18:31 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/07/27/a-mans-thoughts-the-mind-poetry-of-khari/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/07/27/a-mans-thoughts-the-mind-poetry-of-khari/feed/ 0 Khari is perhaps one of the better known spoken word performers in the US. He has sold thousands of CDS of his poetry (a feat deserving of accolades on its own) and performed at poetry venues numbering in the hundreds. He has also published a well received book of poetry. http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/18/prayer-from-the-sioux-nation-you-are-desperately-needed/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/18/prayer-from-the-sioux-nation-you-are-desperately-needed/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:59:15 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/18/prayer-from-the-sioux-nation-you-are-desperately-needed/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/18/prayer-from-the-sioux-nation-you-are-desperately-needed/feed/ 0 I got this in my email this morning… “We ask you to cast, anchor, and hold the Net of Light steady for the Gulf of Mexico,” the Grandmothers said. “This crisis is affecting the entire world, and humanity is asleep. Wake up!” they cried. “Animals are dying, plants are dying, and your Mother is writhing [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/11/guess-we-all-grow-up-kevin-powell-runs-for-us-congress/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/11/guess-we-all-grow-up-kevin-powell-runs-for-us-congress/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:30:48 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/11/guess-we-all-grow-up-kevin-powell-runs-for-us-congress/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/11/guess-we-all-grow-up-kevin-powell-runs-for-us-congress/feed/ 0 Kevin Powell is one of the nicest brothers I have ever met. We met while standing in line to buy Chinese food @ Ho Kwong’s in DaCosta’s Mall, Bridgetown, Barbados back in 1998. I saw him out of the corner of my eye, and said, “That guy looks like Kevin Powell,” in my mind and turned away. [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/musical-milestones-five-years-of-tracked-listening/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/musical-milestones-five-years-of-tracked-listening/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:57:55 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/musical-milestones-five-years-of-tracked-listening/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/musical-milestones-five-years-of-tracked-listening/feed/ 0 10000th track: (15 May 2005) Bob Marley & The Wailers – Ambush In The Night 20000th track: (21 Jun 2005) Mariah Carey – We Belong Together (Remix ft Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony & Da Brat) 30000th track: (23 Jul 2005) Joan Armatrading – I Wanna Hold You 40000th track: (29 Aug 2005) The Cranberries – Sunday 50000th track: (11 Oct 2005) Ella Andall – Olufira Sango 60000th track: [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/indigenous-people-stripped-of-land-rights-in-papua-new-guinea/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/indigenous-people-stripped-of-land-rights-in-papua-new-guinea/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:33:39 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/indigenous-people-stripped-of-land-rights-in-papua-new-guinea/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/indigenous-people-stripped-of-land-rights-in-papua-new-guinea/feed/ 0 This is all too familiar. Aboriginal people’s ousted from their traditional living spaces, destroying culture, sacred spaces, dividing families… just too familiar. We in the world must recognise, these evils are happening thousands of miles away, but what happens to the least of us, happens to all of us. We all pay the price. “Indigenous Landowners have [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/youtube-taken-2002-series-trailer/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/youtube-taken-2002-series-trailer/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:03:41 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/youtube-taken-2002-series-trailer/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/06/03/youtube-taken-2002-series-trailer/feed/ 0 I’ve been re-watching “Taken” a 2002 mini-series, and I’m having a blast picking out minor characters from “Battlestar Glactica”. Clearly Sy Fy (formerly Sci Fi and known fondly as Skiffy) has a pool of talent they dip into for everything. I’ve spotted Fergersky, Zak Adama, Socinus, the woman, King and Felix Gaeta (traitorous jackass), the doctor [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/29/punctuation-junkies-unite/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/29/punctuation-junkies-unite/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 11:29:41 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/29/punctuation-junkies-unite/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/29/punctuation-junkies-unite/feed/ 1 I just found this @ The Oatmeal: How to use a semicolon Very funny… ya’ll know I’m turning into a punctuation Nazi in my old age, but check it out. Neatly explained, the proper use of the semicolon. http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/28/bussas-crime-ins-and-the-ins-and-outs-of-barbados/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/28/bussas-crime-ins-and-the-ins-and-outs-of-barbados/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 13:45:15 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/28/bussas-crime-ins-and-the-ins-and-outs-of-barbados/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/28/bussas-crime-ins-and-the-ins-and-outs-of-barbados/feed/ 1 “…King William was a friend of Bussa, the overall slave leader who was tried and put to death for his crime.” This was taken from page 18 of this year’s edition of The Ins and Outs of Barbados, where the preceding paragraph discusses King William being the leader of the slaves from Sunbury Plantation House (the [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/24/have-tawah-rolling-pin-coffee-pot-will-travel/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/24/have-tawah-rolling-pin-coffee-pot-will-travel/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 21:26:38 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/24/have-tawah-rolling-pin-coffee-pot-will-travel/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/24/have-tawah-rolling-pin-coffee-pot-will-travel/feed/ 2 Back in March, during a frightfully short trip to Trinidad, I accomplished one of my short term goals: acquire a tawah. This tawah for me, is part of my enforced liberation from bad roti experiences when outside of Trinidad. This consists of course in learning how to make roti. I’ve gotten the curry part down… it’s [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/10/vinegar-oh-vinegar-the-prudent-mamas-friend/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/10/vinegar-oh-vinegar-the-prudent-mamas-friend/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 18:35:42 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/10/vinegar-oh-vinegar-the-prudent-mamas-friend/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/05/10/vinegar-oh-vinegar-the-prudent-mamas-friend/feed/ 2 Honestly, vinegar and baking soda must be the miracle in every kitchen. Now I understand why Auntie Olga used to insist on the stuff. I am glad I took the time to pay attention while she bullied me into some of the most ingenious money-saving lessons. Many of them are to follow. Emily Hsieh [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/04/24/baby-no-more-she-blooms/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/04/24/baby-no-more-she-blooms/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:34:10 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/04/24/baby-no-more-she-blooms/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/04/24/baby-no-more-she-blooms/feed/ 0 My 15 year old God-daughter: I held her in my arms, fed her, changed her, bathed her and now she is flowering into a woman and it’s both wondrous and a little shocking to me. How fast the time flies… how quickly it all goes. She has a Facebook page, and a boyfriend, and well ‘looks’ [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/17/10-things-i-appreciate-about-me/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/17/10-things-i-appreciate-about-me/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:40:23 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/17/10-things-i-appreciate-about-me/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/17/10-things-i-appreciate-about-me/feed/ 0 I appreciate that I know how to set goals and meet them. I appreciate my ability to pray with my whole soul. I appreciate my deep intuition and the ability to dream. I appreciate my ability to reproduce. I appreciate my capacity for self-healing. I appreciate my brain’s thirst for information. I appreciate my newly slender body. I appreciate my ability to [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/06/once-more-into-the-breach/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/06/once-more-into-the-breach/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:36:42 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/06/once-more-into-the-breach/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/06/once-more-into-the-breach/feed/ 0 Back in November of 2008, faced with the need to begin travelling again post-baby, I made a largely fruitless trip down to Trinidad to renew my passport. After the easy, smooth, frictionless experience of having it extended while I was in London, I found the arduous two-to-four-day process in Trinidad horrifying, and as I mentioned before, [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/06/the-way-conforms-to-its-own-nature/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/06/the-way-conforms-to-its-own-nature/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:22:22 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/06/the-way-conforms-to-its-own-nature/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/03/06/the-way-conforms-to-its-own-nature/feed/ 0 The Way = Oludumare! I love this quotation of Lao Tzu’s that describes perfectly my own view of the world and Universe I live in and my own ‘concept’ of God. “Something there is, whose veiled creation was before the Earth or sky began to be; so silent, so aloof and so alone, it changes not, nor [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/02/18/bumping-with-the-big-girls/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/02/18/bumping-with-the-big-girls/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:25:29 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/02/18/bumping-with-the-big-girls/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/02/18/bumping-with-the-big-girls/feed/ 0 As usual, I blame Khitten Kurka for this… she played this one night at a party on Kiko Life, and Monrocie Pontecorvo and I were D.Y.I.N.G. with laughter. I make her play it for me every time I’m at one of her sets… but it’s so bad now, I listening to it in my regular playlist. [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/20/i-do-not-deter/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/20/i-do-not-deter/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:23:33 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/20/i-do-not-deter/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/20/i-do-not-deter/feed/ 0 So they use the most tender weapons to fight with joy stealers hate mongerers to break down our will yet step by step; We remain undeterred. We do not subscribe to the malcontent malicious intent hell bent pent and trapped the definition of misery. We do not deter. We choose love. We choose life. We choose to keep this bitch moving. I do not deter. © 2010 N’Delamiko Lord http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/11/aboriginal-horrors-vs-kfc-supposed-racism/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/11/aboriginal-horrors-vs-kfc-supposed-racism/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:28:28 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/11/aboriginal-horrors-vs-kfc-supposed-racism/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/11/aboriginal-horrors-vs-kfc-supposed-racism/feed/ 2 Every so often, some stupid shit pops up and I find the contrast between sense and nonsense just so glaring and pronounced, it warrants a comment. Fireal… Me ain’t know about you, but apparently a furor has been brewing for a week or so about a ‘racist’ KFC ad aired in Australia. Being interested in Down [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-unlikely-surprise-of-a-discovered-black-egyptian-pharaoh-2/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-unlikely-surprise-of-a-discovered-black-egyptian-pharaoh-2/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:47:39 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-unlikely-surprise-of-a-discovered-black-egyptian-pharaoh-2/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-unlikely-surprise-of-a-discovered-black-egyptian-pharaoh-2/feed/ 0 I’m not sure if this article annoyed me or elated me. Since so few statues and images of the pharohs and the art of Egypt has remained unmolested by racist ‘explorers’ it’s good to find such a prime example in such good condition. However, the article seemed a little too truncated and lacking context for my [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/19/the-little-red-dress-and-the-rediscovery-of-a-new-me/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/19/the-little-red-dress-and-the-rediscovery-of-a-new-me/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:50:43 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/19/the-little-red-dress-and-the-rediscovery-of-a-new-me/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/19/the-little-red-dress-and-the-rediscovery-of-a-new-me/feed/ 12 If a photograph is worth a thousand words, then my recent profile pic update (see it to the right) is speaking volumes. I am thirty five years old. I’ll be thirty-six in April. This year proved to be trying and trial, but most years present this way. This year was hell on everyone I think. I made [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/14/in-heavy-rotation-musical-musings-vol-31/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/14/in-heavy-rotation-musical-musings-vol-31/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:07:49 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/14/in-heavy-rotation-musical-musings-vol-31/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/14/in-heavy-rotation-musical-musings-vol-31/feed/ 0 Week of Dec 7 to Dec 14, 2009 Ranked: 1 Sade – Kiss of Life full track (12 Plays) Ranked: 2 Anthony Hamilton – Float full track (11 Plays) Ranked: 2 Al B. Sure! – Naturally Mine (11 Plays) Ranked: 2 Ginuwine – Show Me The Way (11 Plays) Ranked: 2 John Legend – So High full track (11 Plays) Ranked: 2 Jodeci – Freek'n [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/14/unconscious-mutterings-v10-8/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/14/unconscious-mutterings-v10-8/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:18 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/14/unconscious-mutterings-v10-8/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/12/14/unconscious-mutterings-v10-8/feed/ 0 Up :: and On, Up and On Scram! :: board game Smell :: this and tell me if it’s bad Belong :: to me Doug :: Dog eat Collar :: Blue Squirrel :: must get nut Chinese :: Tiger Tracker :: thepiratebay.org Apartment :: must get the ones on Kiko Life done. via LunaNiña.com | Unconscious Mutterings. http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/29/unconscious-mutterings-v10-7/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/29/unconscious-mutterings-v10-7/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:11:55 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/29/unconscious-mutterings-v10-7/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/29/unconscious-mutterings-v10-7/feed/ 0 MacGyver :: still in awe of Garter :: I caught Tigre’s garter in February Wedge :: heel Inches :: of, umm… ** cough ** Code :: monkey Water ::Sea, River & Rain Running :: running, running and I catching up Curly ::hair Turkey ::lurkey Stupor ::sex Via: LunaNina.com Unconscious Mutterings http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/women-of-colour-and-the-medias-grape-kool-aid/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/women-of-colour-and-the-medias-grape-kool-aid/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:06:12 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/women-of-colour-and-the-medias-grape-kool-aid/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/women-of-colour-and-the-medias-grape-kool-aid/feed/ 0 caption id=”attachment_3142″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Women of Colour”][/caption] Excellent article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown examining the underbelly of modern self-hatred among women of colour around the world. She asks some pertinent questions about why we are continuing to spiral into forced de-racialisation and assimilation, without adequate social fight-back. Come on sisters, stay away from the media’s grape kool-aid. I know that [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/video-growing-hope-in-northern-manitoba-communities-ndelamikocom/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/video-growing-hope-in-northern-manitoba-communities-ndelamikocom/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:03:51 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/video-growing-hope-in-northern-manitoba-communities-ndelamikocom/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/video-growing-hope-in-northern-manitoba-communities-ndelamikocom/feed/ 0 I just added a wonderful clip to the video section, showing how communities in Northern Canada are taking back their food security and how community gardens and gardening are changing the dynamics of their daily lives. I think this is excellent watching for those of us in the ‘developing world’ whose food security is dependent on [...] http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/welcome-back-v-lets-have-a-look-atcha/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/welcome-back-v-lets-have-a-look-atcha/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:06:44 +0000 sungoddess http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/welcome-back-v-lets-have-a-look-atcha/ http://www.thegoddessroom.com/http:/www.thegoddessroom.com/blog/2009/11/07/welcome-back-v-lets-have-a-look-atcha/feed/ 0 Although I know many of you within Barbados (possibly the Caribbean) and who are slaves to C&W cannot access this content, I still want to share it with you. Anyone watch this one as a child? My brother and I were g.l.u.e.d. to the TV on Saturday afternoons, engrossed in this story (told cheesily, I [...]