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Where home meets heritage. Stories, traditions, and inspiration celebrating Black home culture.

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Home & Memory

The Power of Porches

The relaxing lull of a porch takes the phrase "we outside" to a whole 'nother level

The other day my husband and I were daydreaming about retirement and he said, "All I want to do is sit on a porch with my wife and watch the cars go by." Sweet, right? And oh, so accurate...

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Recent Stories

Home & Memory

Well? Water!

There is nothing "regular" about water. The best water I ever tasted was from a well on my mother's cousin's property in Woodburn, Ky. A meditation on well water, water hoses, and the simple joy of a cold, clear drink.

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Home & Memory

A Letter From Home

My father used to call watermelon "a letter from home." Whether it's the sweet taste of a favorite fruit, the fresh smell of laundry from the clothesline or a particular summertime song, our senses are always calling us home.

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Community

Why Kinspire?

No matter where we were raised, what our parents did for a living or where we went to school, there are certain things we do and know that are inherently Black.

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Home Life

Black Music Month: What's Your Cleaning Playlist?

That conversation got me thinking about the power of music and how Black folks from my generation (Gen X) spent Saturday mornings doing the same thing: Cleaning.

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Home Life

Friday Night Dinners

Friday nights as a Gen X kid meant one thing and one thing only: TV. Swanson TV dinners on trays in the living room. Hot dogs. Tacos. Fish sticks.

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