It’s been awhile since I wrote a favorite wine post. Well, over the past few months I have added Becker Vineyards 2018 Claret to my regular wine rotation. I rarely drink blended wines, but this Claret has elbowed its way into my wine drinking. I took a chance on this one because I enjoyed… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Marion’s Favorites
Icon #5
Issue 5 picks up from where Issue 4 left off. Icon fights Blood Syndicate, the superhuman group that protects the island near the city of Dakota. The group believes Icon works for the Mayor and wants to cause more problems on the island. Icon explains he is investigating what happened on the island with the… Continue Reading
Marion’s Favorites: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
If Cookout Music was a musical genre, then Maze featuring Frankie Beverly would be the standard bearers. For most of my life, the majority of cookouts I have ever attended would have music by Maze playing. Their silky, elegant style of R&B reached its peak in the late 1970s-early 1980s but nearly four decades later… Continue Reading
Icon #4
Icon tells Rocket she is pregnant. Rocket can’t believe it but decides to take an over-the-counter pregnancy test to make sure. As readers, we all know what the answer will be. Rocket sees her life flash before her eyes as she talks with her best friend about it how could happen. Meanwhile, Icon continues on… Continue Reading
Marion’s Favorites: Biggie I Got A Story To Tell
I just watched the latest Netflix documentary on rapper The Notorious B.I.G. aka Christopher Wallace. I will admit that he was not my favorite rapper of all time. Big Daddy Kane holds that spot with Rakim as a very close second. However, I love watching the creative process for artists. The Notorious B.I.G. was an… Continue Reading
Marion’s Favorites: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions
One of the positive attributes of the internet is that you can be sent down a rabbit hole and pique your curiosity unexpectedly. A few days ago, I went down that aforementioned rabbit hole and wanted to find out more Stevie Wonder’s Classic Period Albums from 1972 to 1976. Those classic period albums were Music… Continue Reading
Icon #3
Issue 3 continued from what happened in Issue 2. The Mayor of Dakota was held hostage by someone she had a connection too and the abductor wanted her to accept responsibility for causing an event to happen at a nearby island. Police stopped Icon and Rocket momentarily from entering city hall, but they could finally… Continue Reading
Icon #2
The Mayor of Dakota, Thomasina Jefferson, is being held hostage at city hall. The police commissioner calls in S.H.R.E.D, the city’s most elite police unit. They hold Icon and Rocket at gunpoint. Icon wants to comply with the police officers and Rocket reminds him of his social status despite being able to defeat the entire… Continue Reading
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 75: Invisible Men by Ken Quattro
Black History Month is in full swing and I have seen many social media posts recognizing the achievements of African Americans throughout the nation’s history. However, I have always wanted to find out something that does not get much recognition or overlooked during this annual celebration in February. Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of… Continue Reading
Icon #1
In 1839, an alien spaceship approaches Earth. A pod from that spaceship is ejected and heads toward the planet. It lands in a field and creates an explosion. A slave woman notices the pod and finds a little black boy inside. The little boy is Augustus Freeman and his life on earth begins. Fast forward… Continue Reading
