Lemon Pound Cake ndlela November 3, 2024 Food, My Photos, My Work, My Writings Over the years this lemon pound cake has become one of the (if not my thee) favorite cake that I bake. I have make it for friends, for my students, for events and most importantly for myself(!). I use Emily... Read More...
Farmers’ Market Late October ndlela November 2, 2024 My Photos, My Videos, My Writings I live in a part of The Bronx that some (including me) would call a food desert. More so with grocery stores than with restaurants but it has actually gotten better in the years since I've lived here. &nb... Read More...
Happy NaNoWriMo 2024 ndlela November 1, 2024 My Videos, My Work, My Writings Happy November! How the hell did that get here already? Happy NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) 2024. This year I'm not doing it the traditional way which was to power through and write 50 000 words i... Read More...
Friday Focaccia ndlela October 5, 2024 General The joy of fall it not being so damn hot/humid is that I can bake bread again. This focaccia was baked with a few sun dried tomatoes and capers and brushed with a garlic/rosemary (plant-based) butter mix. ... Read More...
Quarter-Finalists! ndlela September 2, 2024 General In the spirit of celebrating wins of every size, I got an email from the 2024 The Big Break Screenwriting Contest letting me know that I was a quarter-finalist for my short script Subway Weed. Woo hoo! I lik... Read More...
Drink and Jazz ndlela August 22, 2024 My Photos, My Videos, My Work Drinks near the UN then trip to Williamsburg for the first time in more than 17 years in July. ... Read More...
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower Year Begins ndlela July 20, 2024 My Writings Photo by Sheila Maldonado We were getting some relief from the holiday weekend heatwave earlier in the month when Sheila talked about how Saturday July 20th, 2024 was the first journal entry date of Octavi... Read More...
Sunflowers ndlela July 17, 2024 My Photos, My Work Seen on my afternoon walk. Neighborhood sunflowers several blocks away from each other. ... Read More...
July 4th Bronx Street Fireworks ndlela July 8, 2024 My Videos, My Work July 4th is a fireworks holiday. Fireworks are illegal in New York State unless you have a permit. So of course the spirits of resistance means there are fireworks galore when the 4th comes around. It got wa... Read More...
30th Anniversary of Freedom Day! ndlela April 27, 2024 General, My Writings Happy Freedom Day!! It is crazy to think that 30 years have passed already. 30 years ago, twenty-year-old me voted for the first time on 26 April 1994 during the first democratic election in South Africa.... Read More...