"We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos and community." Martin Luther King's last sentence from his last book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community sums up...
Icon #10
by MHill | Aug 15, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Rocket apologizes to Icon for connecting with Holocaust. She learns that Holocaust wants to control the city of Dakota. Icon confronts Holocaust and two dialogue about the role of the Big Bang and how it has affected the city. That dialogue leads to a confrontation...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 84: The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
by MHill | Aug 11, 2021 | 2021 Book Reviews, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"Grace meets you exactly where you are and it doesn't leave you." I heard the author Anne Lamott say this quote on the Tim Ferriss podcast a couple of days ago and knew this would be the opening sentence to my latest book review. Grace would be the proper view about...
Icon #9
by MHill | Aug 7, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
My goal is to re-read and review the entire forty-two issue run of Icon that was published by Milestone Media in conjunction with DC Comics from 1993-1997. I have read the first story arc of eight issues that set-up the origin of Icon and his teenage sidekick,...
Marion’s Favorites: Summer of Soul
by MHill | Jul 6, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews
What has been, it is what will be, And what has been done, it is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9 NASB Bible) This scripture verse from my favorite book in the Bible is appropriate for my latest blog post. The book of...
Marion’s Favorites: High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
by MHill | May 30, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Food is foundational to culture. Every human culture on the planet has food as an essential part of their culture. African Americans did not differ from anyone else along the human spectrum in that regard. High On The Hog is a four-part miniseries on Netflix that...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 79: Respect-The Life of Aretha Franklin by David Ritz
by MHill | May 2, 2021 | 2021 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Sometimes after reading one book will make you want another book with a similar topic. My previous review was a fictional music documentary in a novel titled The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton. Opal Jewel was one half of a groundbreaking punk rock...
Icon #8
by MHill | Apr 12, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
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...
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...
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...