By Denise Renée Purdie One of the groups I’m in on Facebook posed the question of whether or not we initially wanted a side hustle or...

By Denise Renée Purdie So I’m vending on Juneteenth which I’m pretty excited about even though I’m sure it’s going to be blazing hot. I...

By Denise Renée Purdie I’ve been seeing a number of jobs that basically want you to help AI get better so they can in turn seemingly put...

By Denise Renée Purdie I was just discussing Tina Turner with someone the other day and I just found out about her passing away. When you...

By Denise Renée Purdie As I prepare for the next leg of my journey, I find myself exploring new pathways. That led me to thinking about...

By Denise Renée Purdie I really wanted this blog post to be called “the royal treatment or droning on,” but it seemed a bit long. Gosh,...

By Denise Renée Purdie Today I’m not gonna lie, I’m feeling very tired and a bit flat, probably almost entirely because of the emotions...

By Denise Renée Purdie It might sound weird to get life advice from a song about gambling, but I think this is extremely good advice: “…...

By Denise Renée Purdie I am devolving Butterfly :: caterpillar I bloomed much too soon A while ago I asked a few friends if they’d gone...

By Denise Renée Purdie Being a bibliophile, I want to go to the library of Alexandria!!! I wish I could have seen the original before it...

By Denise Renée Purdie I’ve read Proverbs 31 a number of times, but never noticed the first nine verses and consequently thought the...

By Denise Renée Purdie Last night I cooked tacos for the second time in a week … by the request of a decided carnivore. Since I may be...

By Denise Renée Purdie I know I’m not the only one to engage in the what-if/sliding glass door game. There are a couple pivotal moments...

By Denise Renée Purdie I’d be willing to bet that 95% of the Black population in America has been told, “Do not air your dirty...

By Denise Renée Purdie So … following on with my last blog post about hoping I'll have my second renaissance, which I almost didn’t...

By Denise Renée Purdie Sometimes I feel like I lived my life backwards. I married early, when I was 20, but ended up having to start over...

By Denise Renée Purdie Apart from waking up praying for a couple people who are having health issues, and I do need to do a lot more...