"Some things keep you up at night.
This newsletter topic is one of the things that makes me restless.
I often wonder about Dean Ablakwa, a man I have never met, but one I am seriously concerned about.
Here’s why …"

#Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #HostileEnvironment #HomeOffice #Stateless #Ghana #UK

"Before the internet (yes, there was more time before the internet than there has been since its invention) people shared more on a personal level, in a one-to-one nature.

If you were happy, curious, or intrigued, people around you were there to celebrate, investigate, and explore with you.

If you were ill, sad, or lonely, people around you had a workable solution for your immediate need."

https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/the-power-of-community-healing-and?

#Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #AmWriting #Writer #Community #Health #Loss

The Perfect Find - Thoughts
Who doesn't like a romantic comedy?

https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/the-perfect-find-thoughts?r=lvl6h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Review #AmWriting

The Veranda Poems by Jean 'Binta' Breeze - how I hear the poems in her voice.

"I have sat on Jamaican verandahs in my two visits to the birth country of my parents. I have never sat on Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze’s verandah. Yet, as I read through this book of poems I could imagine being with her on her verandah, hearing the poems in her voice."

https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/the-verandah-poems-by-jean-binta?r=lvl6h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#Poetry #JeanBintaBreeze #Jamaica #DubPoetry #Poet #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #Friendship

"I am a part of the Windrush Generation, however my parents were not on the HMT Windrush that arrived in Tilbury, Essex on 22 June 1948.

My mother (& siblings) arrived in Southampton aboard the TN Ascania on 25 June 1958, they were four of the 567 passengers on board; that is when my personal Windrush generation history really started in the UK."

https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/windrush75-is-the-lighthouse-of-caribbean?r=lvl6h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#Windrush75 #Ascania65 #WindrushGeneration #Migration #Caribbean #Britain #HostileEnvironment #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings

https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/liverpool-biennial-world-refugee?sd=pf

Liverpool Biennial, World Refugee Week, Windrush 75
A glut of events and occasions that demand attention and thought:
Migration, British Empire, Colonialism, Cultural erasure, Names, uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things

#LiverpoolBiennial #Liverpool #WorldRefugeeWeek #Windrush75 #Migration #Colonialism #AfricanHolocaust #HumanTrafficking #BritishEmpire #Names #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings #AmWriting

Plants R Us
How important are plants? Is there a household limit? Is a withered plant a symbol of unattended grief?

"Watching plants mature gives a sense of wellbeing, and purpose.

I enjoy looking at the plants as they grow - did you know there is a ‘thing’ about people who have lots of plants?

You know the saying ‘crazy cat lady’? Well, that’s now applied to people with many plants, apparently."

#Plants #WellBeing #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Writer

Easter / Passover/ Ramadan notes
Writing updates | To AI or not to AI? | Stationery shopping | Art history writing | Family History Research |
#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #AmWriting

"Mayflies is a beautiful film exploring the lifelong friendship of Tully and Jimmy, and how that impacts their individual adult relationships when a tragedy occurs.

The central question is … when a terminal illness is diagnosed, just how far will you go for your lifelong friend?"

https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/mayflies-thoughts

#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Writer #AmWriting #Review #Mayflies #TVDrama #CommissionsOpen

"I was quite mystified by not seeing any people of colour around the city, in the central parts of the city ... I was aware that Liverpool had one of the oldest Black communities in the country, ... but these people weren’t visible. So I began asking a few questions, and things started to surface..." Ean Flanders

#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #TheDescendants #EanFlanders #VictoriaGalleryAndMuseum #Liverpool #Windrush #Africans #Caribbeans #GlobalMajority #BlackMastodon #Portraits #Photography

https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/price-slip?r=lvl6h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

"Insurance is necessary.

Insurance claims are costly.

Who really gains from insurance? Insurers, on the whole."

#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Insurance #PriceSlip #SystemError #Fraud #AmWriting

"I recently heard about a man who gave up money, initially for a year, then for three, and now he lives without any bills in a self-built cabin in rural Ireland.

This man has found his purpose in life, have you?"

#CostOfLiving
#MoneylessMan #AddictedToMoney #Capitalism

#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #AmWriting #Writer

"Riches is a family drama on ITV (& Prime) that I almost missed.

It is based around the fallout around the legacy of the multi-million pound Black hair and beauty business - Flair and Glory following the death of the CEO and family patriarch.

If you want secrets and lies, greed and jealousy all linked to big business, this drama is for you. If you liked Succession, you will probably like this series."

#Drama #Riches #AbbyAjayi #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #Review

https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/riches-an-explosive-family-drama

NHS Virtual Wards - the self-checkout lane of the health service? https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/nhs-virtual-wards-the-self-checkout

#NHS #VirtualWards #DIYHealthCare #ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern #ConservativesRuiningBritain #HealthService #MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #AmWriting #Writer #CommissionsOpen

"I hadn’t heard of Janelle Monáe before her screen presence and acting brilliance surprised me in Hidden Figures (2016), and then Moonlight (2016) - she won Best Breakout Artist awards for both roles.

This year (2022) Monáe is again excelling with her winning ways having recently won the SeeHer Best Supporting Artist award for her role in Glass Onion - Knives Out (2022)."

https://open.substack.com/pub/marjoriemorgan/p/janelle-monae-in-3-acts

#JanelleMonáe #Artist #Musician #Actor #Author #Newsletter #AmWriting #MarjoriesMusings #Writer

"Art is for everyone, and is often used as a means of equalising emotional experiences.

Sharing high and low times in art form is a tool utilised by people throughout the world in all ages of our existence.

Visual art has the ability to connect with the emotional core of humanity because it is an accessible form of storytelling."

Read more here: https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/the-equalising-power-of-art?

#Newsletter #Art #LGBTQI #WorldAIDSDay #MarjoriesMusings

"For some reason, maybe a lack of personal interaction outside of my home in the past few months, I've taken to watching reality TV of an evening when I've been unable to read any more.

This feels like I should be in a confessional box as I say this - although I'm not a Catholic, I do have a great deal of Protestant guilt ingrained into my DNA."

https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/reality-tv-my-confession?sd=pf

#MarjoriesMusings #Newsletter #RealityTV #Confessions

"Before I left Twitter (I no longer post there, but still have my locked account), I noticed that there was more and more anti-Black racism from other posters; particularly of interest to me was the kickback against Black people in British adverts.

I, too, had noticed the increase in the Black presence in the commercial breaks starting in the middle of 2020 - a response to #BlackLivesMatter, maybe?"

https://marjoriemorgan.substack.com/p/blackverts-part-ii?sd=pf

#Black #Adverts #Newsletter #MarjoriesMusings