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Herb Witch in Training-- More Herbs Around the Neighborhood!

Herb Witch in Training-- More Herbs Around the Neighborhood!

Need the name of this edible plant The first post in Herb Witch in Training describes my first foray into edible weed identification at age 13.

Photographs and Testimonies From Solitary Confinement, Pt. 4

Big black steel gate leading to 33 adolescent " bing" cells. Photo: Lorenzo Steele Jr. My name is Lorenzo Steele Jr.

A Sale of Art Works by Susan Rowland Will Benefit Brooklyn Arts Council

Artist Susan Rowland Photo: townhouse.bz A rare opportunity to purchase the exquisite artworks of long-time Fort Greene resident, Susan Rowland, while benefiting the Brooklyn Arts Council , will take place July 28 and 29, from 6 to 9 p.m.
PABLO PICASSO ON STYLE

PABLO PICASSO ON STYLE

? Art By Harriet Faith, Quote By Pablo Picasso Style is the difference between a circle and the way you draw it.
Herb Witch In Training: Identifying Herbs Around the Neighborhood

Herb Witch In Training: Identifying Herbs Around the Neighborhood

By Akosua Albritton While the precaution to not eat wild plants that grow near roads is maintained, presented today are shots of weeds growing in our neighborhoods. They sprout through cracks in asphalt and cement to be available to us.
Another Beautiful Quote from Eleanor

Another Beautiful Quote from Eleanor

Hand-Lettered Art By Harriet Faith. Quote By Eleanor Roosevelt This is not the first quote by Eleanor Roosevelt that I have used. I painted another quote from her almost exactly one year ago. (Coincidentally) Click here to see it.

Photographs and Testimonies From Solitary Confinement, Pt. 3

My name is Lorenzo Steele Jr., and I am a former New York City corrections officer who spent 15 years working on the infamous Rikers Island (C-74), the nation's most violent adolescent jail.

Photographs and Testimonies From Solitary Confinement, Pt. 2

Lorenzo Steele (r) with a former inmate Anthony Simpson conducting a prison art exhibition at New Rochelle college in 2014. Photo: Lorenzo Steele Jr. My name is Lorenzo Steele Jr.
How Do You Know?

How Do You Know?

Art And Quote By Harriet Faith It's Not Who You Know And It's Not What You Know It's How You Know.... A quote from.. .yours truly. This thought came to me as I was playin' around in my sketchbook with crayons. Yes *crayola crayons.
Fit Mind, Fit Body: Coaching While Walking!

Fit Mind, Fit Body: Coaching While Walking!

HAVE YOU BEEN WANTING TO WORK OUT IN THE MORNING AND YOU JUST CAN'T SEEM GET OUT OF BED? DO YOU WAKE UP AND RENEGOTIATE YOUR PROMISE TO EXERCISE, TURN OVER IN BED AND SAY @#$@ IT, OR DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS: GET UP AND GO WORKOUT PULL THE BLAN