Independent filmmaker John Sayles released Brother From Another Planet back in 1984. The movie tells the story of a visitor from outer space played by the great actor Joe Morton, who looks like a black man. He arrives on Earth in a spaceship that looks like it is...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 77: Joplin’s Ghost by Tananarive Due
by MHill | Apr 11, 2021 | 2021 Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
As a reader, you notice what kinds of books that you keep gravitating towards. Even though I'm an eclectic reader, I keep gravitating recently towards novels that are about the creative process (books, art, food, or music). Human creativity has always been...
Icon #7
by MHill | Apr 2, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Will Rocket have the baby? Will she get an abortion? Those are the main questions from Issue 7. Rocket is weighing the decision to go through with the pregnancy or get an abortion. This one of the most difficult decisions that any woman has to make especially a...
Marion’s Favorites: A Twist of Marley
by MHill | Mar 28, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Sometimes you can find good music in an unexpected place. A few years ago, I found this CD in a used bookstore section of music for three dollars. I don't know why I bought the CD. I have to admit that I'm not a reggae fan. What??? Marion, are you serious? ...
Icon #6
by MHill | Mar 24, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Icon continues his battle with Blood Syndicate and they finally come to a truce after he explains that his mission on the island is to investigate what happened during the Big Bang Incident. Rocket comes to help her partner and learns that Icon is more than capable...
Marion’s Favorites: Ain’t Nobody Worryin by Anthony Hamilton
by MHill | Mar 20, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Anthony Hamilton is my favorite male R&B singer post the year 2000 (John Legend gets an honorable mention). I will admit that my favorite R&B music is from the late 1970s-early 1980s and Hamilton's sound reminds me of that time period but its modernized for...
Marion’s Favorites: Becker Vineyards 2018 Claret
by MHill | Mar 18, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
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...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 76: Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
by MHill | Mar 16, 2021 | 2021 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I have always been more of a backlist reader than a new release reader. There are so many books published, and it is impossible to keep up as a reader. However, on social media and throughout the publishing world, the new release books especially in fiction are...
Icon #5
by MHill | Mar 11, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
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...
Marion’s Favorites: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
by MHill | Mar 9, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
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...