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You Would Cry Too – circumpolarfox
https://circumpolarfox.com/2015/08/11/you-would-cry-too
Culture, travel, and art. You Would Cry Too. August 11, 2015. August 12, 2015. Birthdays always blindside me, like an annual cairn of squandered youth. The preceding weeks are filled with vague dread, until suddenly it’s my birthday, and I’m like, It’s my birthday? Lamentably, the only thing more predictable than the day itself is the crying that ensues. Birthday tears are a self-fulfilling prophecy, but as Lesley Gore said, It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to! In honor of my birthday, this week’s.
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Ancient Rhythm, though I traveled far, I am Africa! | Ana Elrich
https://anaelrich.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/ancient-rhythm-though-i-traveled-far-i-am-africa
A blog about everything and nothing. Ancient Rhythm, though I traveled far, I am Africa! I’ve been listening to a lot of old Calypso songs lately. This one really encapsulates my feelings as a child of the African Diaspora. By Singing Sandra (2003). From across the continent that some once described as dark. I feel a vibration, feel a rhythm, feel a spark. When my spirit is feeling low, this natural mystic lifts me so. Like a bongo or Orisha drum, deep in the Congo calling me, “Sandra, come! Pain, pain, ...
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