by Pheralyn | Jun 19, 2026 | Culture, Uncategorized
It’s Juneteenth A time to Re-connect And fellowship See how everybody’s doing So many smiles and hugs Waves of laughter too But let’s not forget the proud legacy Our Ancestors left for us to uphold Hopes and Dreams Hopes and Dreams Juneteenth is living proof of our...
by Pheralyn | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Black Joy is a Form/ of Resistance. Black Love a/ Form of Survival./ Peace & Love! How’s everybody doing? Here I go again. Rallying from my soapbox on these interweb streets. Just in case you did not know, Black History is World History. Celebrate Black History...
by Pheralyn | Feb 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Launch yourself into/ An Alternate Universe/ Where Peace & Love Reign/ Today’s Haiku is about finding and claiming your own personal peace. I want you to take a stroll through your most intimate, private chambers. I want you to connect with your true essence. I...
by Pheralyn | Feb 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Peace and Love Everybody! Here’s my Haiku I want you to think about today. Living a Life of/ Perpetual Gratitude/ Brings me Joy and Peace/ That’s right! Peace and Love! How’s everybody doing today? I am frigid just like everybody else. It’s like 13...
by Pheralyn | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
I first met Lisa Marie Simmons over the internet in 2023. Even during that first email exchange we realized how much we have in common even though she is based in Italy and I am here in Philadelphia. We are both African American women artists, dedicated to social...
by Pheralyn | May 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
My maternal Grandmother was born 130 years ago today, on May 25, 1895. Julia McFadden Dingle Lemon lived her entire life in Clarendon County, South Carolina. Her parents – Joseph McFadden and Julia Wallace McFadden – were also from South Carolina. They had been...
