By J E Solomon Last Saturday, April 22, 2017, I returned home from enjoying a night at the Trumpets Jazz Club & Restaurant in Montclair, NJ, where Ty Stephens & The Soul Jazz thrilled the audience. It was whaao! During a short break, Ty walked up to greet the audience. …
BY J E SOLOMON IT always seems to me like a dream to imagine that Ghana my motherland, the country that once was the beacon of hope for Africa’s emancipation from foreign economic domination has today been plunged deeply into the inescapable claws of the very economic powers it was …
BY J E SOLOMON Hatred can never be A fruit of the Spirit Though from within It cometh forth Hatred comes not With intentions pure But motives destructive Desiring one thing To stop the way of Peace and progress A hater’s motive is One of active ill-will Full of treachery …
INTENTIONALLY RANDOM & FUNNY (12) BY J E SOLOMON Once I saw a maintenance guy His name tag read Kojo Hussain He fell off a ladder and began to cry His face wore a look of pain I wasn’t born in July As was my sister Jane Why should I …
BY J E SOLOMON On Sunday, March 6, 2016, Ghana celebrated her 59th Independence Day anniversary and a very embarrassing thing happened. It was, without doubt, a national day of shame. Something as ordinary as a brochure that was made for the occasion and distributed among invited guests, had the …
BY J E SOLOMON I once chanced upon a guy named Jerry He offered me juice made from Cherry I told him I only drank juice from Cranberry And seldom would I drink one from Strawberry He then wanted to know why Sounding more like a nosy guy I pretended to …
BY J E SOLOMON I wonder how some people think Someone invited me to his home And without saying ‘you’re welcome’ Or asking me what I’ll like to drink As we do culturally as Africans Like Nigerians and Moroccans Even after becoming Americans This dude just started a conversation On a …
BY J E SOLOMON This blog has been unusually inactive for quite some time this year. Only one article up to this time of the year and that has never happened in the seven years since the website was created. A shift of interest primarily directed toward a different passion …
