Gloria Jean's Journal

Janet Allen, left, and Linda Allen Bryant, descendants of West Ford photograph by S. Groer Two African-American ladies pictured above are demanding their family's recognition as being descendants of George Washington. On the right is author Linda Allen Bryant who took it upon herself to tell the... Sign in to see full entry.

What is going to happen to us in 2009? That is the question. There are a myriad of unanswered issues going into this new year concerning our continuance on this earth as human beings able to function and merely survive as such. With all the financial crisis; lack of money and the environmental... Sign in to see full entry.

Theoretically speaking the worse case scenario is that the Second Great Depression is evident, some think it is upon us, in spite of the fact that I have the utmost confidence in the present administration responsible for scooping us up out of this inevitable economic implosion and preventing it... Sign in to see full entry.

Just when you've lost all faith in mankind you discover that there are still some good people left to warm your heart. Entering McDonald's on Niagara Falls Boulevard one day I stumbled over a bag of weed and since I do not indulge I politely turned it over to the manager on duty that particular day.... Sign in to see full entry.

Granted there are 50 states in the union and I need to subtract 32; wait a minute, let me grab my calculator, now let's see, 50 - 32 = 18; meaning 32 is more than half of 50 and a large percentage thereof. Close to 75% of the United States is now affected by toxic ash and this statistic is... Sign in to see full entry.