This is a test drive before the official launch of my new podcast. I wanted to honor my favorite author, Toni Morrison by reading a portion of the Nobel Prize winning, Song Of Solomon that is sadly still relevant today. This passage addresses a problem and gives a "solution" from a place of hopelessness. THIS COULD BE US, BUT YOU KEEP VOTING REPUBLICAN will address problems and discuss solutions from a place of hope and joy, two things people seem to be searching for today. I also am doing this soft opening to honor the 400 year anniversary of the first Africans kidnapped and brought to Virginia on August 20th 1619. Although this episode focuses on African-American history, this podcast will be inclusive. So if you are a woman, man, non-binary, aegender, straight, gay, bi, queer, trans, black, white, brown, young, older, whatever human expression you may be you will find something in the forthcoming episodes to lift your spirits.