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Another try, Another cry

Or is this post a time robbing crime?

Today kicks off another season for excitement, frustration, unhealthy snacks and ROLL TIDE FOOTBALL !!!

Here we go Willie! Another year of high hopes, spilt tears and a championship up for grabs, good luck.

This is tough. I have many years I would want to relive so I could make the changes that affect the present but there is a haunting thought in the dark recess of my mind telling me this is the major one. With that said I guess today’s answer would be 1982. This is the year I got married, and started my over the road career in earnest. I won’t go into detail but there it is.

TTC   ✅
Your three words today are:
GIST
GRIP
GRIPE

S&G   ✅
For September, we have chosen the colour Lilac.

SC   ✅
This weekend your challenge is to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 90 words using the word “Trade”.

In the gist of life’s journey I often gripe about the present affairs

I stopped to smell a lilac today and it flooded my memories, taking me back to a time in life where I had nothing to gripe about. The purple flower was a symbol of love and beauty that my mother told me was the gist of life. I was maybe five or six at the time and I wouldn’t trade that memory for anything this world has to offer in these modern times. Memories like these grip my heart strings and gently tug at them bringing tears to my eyes.

https://youtu.be/o7TuGz5H7kE

S526 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

A powerful edition of #WMPG's #WaxPoetic today (#MartinLutherKingDay)!

Wax Poetic
Jan 19, 2026 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

With Chet

"Mixtape style on wax...

From Funk to Punk! A high energy eclectic mix brought to you on VINYL!"

Includes both music and spoken word tracks including: #MartinLutherKingJr, #CutChemist, #CharlesBradley #TheTemptations , #OtisRedding #StevieWonder , #GilScottHeron, #PublicEnemy, and #NinaSimone.

Playlist:
https://spinitron.com/WMPG/pl/21849701/Wax-Poetic

Archived version (available for 5 weeks):
www.wmpg.org/archive-player/?show_key=mon1700&archive_key=0

More archives:
https://www.wmpg.org/show/mon1730/#

#Funk #Soul #BlackHistory #HipHop #AfricaAmericanHistory #BlackMusicians #CommunityRadio

#BlackHistoryMonth - daily short history audio features

Posted February 7, 2022 by 'mpger

"Everyday in the month of February #WMPG is airing a short audio feature about an influential Black man or woman in history. We’ll hear about people from Maine to Malawi. We celebrate scientists, radicals, teachers, preachers, musicians, athletes, and those who fought to followed their dreams.

You can hear them all again right here:
Billie Holiday, Leonard Cummings, Macon Bolling Allen, Harriet Tubman, Nelson Mandela, Shirley Chisholm, Marsha P. Johnson, Gordon Parks, Jackie Robinson, #MaryMcleodBethune, #JosephineBaker, #GeraldTalbot, #DukeEllington, #NinaSimone, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLorde, #SojournerTruth, Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisolm, Tarana Burke, #ScottJoplin, Angela Davis, #EmmittTill, #BarackObama, #ClaudetteColvin, #RubyBridges, Cornel West, #AliciaGarza #PatrisseCullors and #OpalTometi"

Link to mp3 audio files:
https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-audio-history-stories/
#BlackHistory #BlackMusicians #BlackHistoricalFigures #CommunityRadio #WMPGFM

In #History: #NinaSimone on how #racialinjustice #fuelled her #songs.

In these exclusive #BBC #archive #clips, Nina Simone describes how #racism robbed her of her #dream of being a #classical #pianist, and how in the 1960s she used her remarkable #voice to #demand #equality for #black #Americans.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #History #BlackHistoryMonth #RoleModels #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240215-in-history-nina-simone-how-racial-injustice-fuelled-her-songs

#StrangeFruit #NinaSimone

Or find it on YouTube. Powerful. Haunting. Heartbreaking. Billie Holliday's version as well, but Nina, here, is just---well, everything.

https://www.tiktok.com/@ninasimone/video/7328847708876311850?_r=1&_t=8jeRy5lPw58&fbclid=IwAR3exEBW8o_YxkTeowF1m8-Dd7JKyO5eCysmiQdjyFHOtkDG3tQhonaAL3o&social_sharing=1