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How To Live When You Already Know The Ending

Jan 17, 2025 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

CNN: Michelle Obama. Inauguration Day 2016 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Here’s audio recording of this Black Eyed Story. Enjoy! Well, you brace yourself. It’s as simple as that. Once you understand that at the end there’s a bullet coming for you and there’s no dodging it, there’s no bulletproof-nothing that’s gonna save you, there’s no white flag you can wave, you brace yourself.
The Third Lesson 2024 Taught Me Was “Seeing Is Believing”

Jan 10, 2025 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

A Recap of Lessons One and Two:Lesson One: You never know what’s gonna happen or when something will happen. Lesson Two: Everybody wants love. Daniella Rubinovitz. La Vie En Rose | Through Rose Colored Glasses Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Here’s an audio reading of this Black Eyed Review.
Merry Christmas, Happy Winter Solstice

Dec 20, 2024 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

I am so very grateful for each and every one of you. Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, it doesn’t matter – I mean, I do this for a living, but mostly I do this for the community. I want to see humanity live and breathe in words. Thank you for indulging me. I’ve been scrambling for the perfect Christmas gift for you and nothing seemed fitting. You certainly don’t need more words from me. So what would be good? What would bring you brightness and maybe lift you a bit?
The Second Thing 2024 Taught Me Was Everybody Wants Love

Dec 13, 2024 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

Keith Haring | Men Holding HeartA generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong. bell hooks, All About Love: New VisionsAudio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Here’s an audio reading of this essay.
Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?

Dec 6, 2024 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

Time Life Pictures - New Year’s Eve 1942“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."– Maya Angelou“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”– Oprah WinfreyAudio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. On January 1st at the stroke of midnight, New Years’ Eve merrymakers across the country will sway with drinks in hand singing Auld Lang Syne.
4 Thanksgiving Playlists!!! Yay!!!

Nov 26, 2024 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

This morning I rolled over in bed and whispered to Simon, “I smell Thanksgiving… do you smell that?” Like Lorelei Gilmore who can sniff out snow from miles away, I have the unique gift of being able to sniff out a stuffed turkey roasting three neighborhoods away. I love Thanksgiving dinner. It’s my favorite meal. I love the sagey, brothy, whipped, stuffed and roasted magic of it all.
I'm Shadowbanning Instagram

Nov 22, 2024 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

Carrie Mae Weems | “Untitled (Nude)”. The Kitchen Table Series. 1989-1990 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Here’s an audio recording of this Black Eyed Story.
Salty

Nov 15, 2024 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

Don’t be discouraged. Don’t throw the towel in. Don’t you dare give in. Darling, you are not alone. Sault - 5am, Aiir 2022Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. What if the good news is that nobody knows what’s going to happen to us? Don’t take me as some kind of pollyanna. I’m only wondering if the unknowing might be necessary for our survival. Perhaps we need this space to wonder.
How Much Do You Need?

Nov 12, 2024 | mcsweeneys.net | Marcie Alvis Walker

Without cigarettes, I would not have survived my childhood. My mother smoked a pack a day—more than a pack when our circumstances grew dire, and/or she was bound to the state via a prison cell, a mental ward, or the welfare office. Bump that pack up to a pack and a half. She could only buy them pack by pack. Never could afford the savings bundled in a ten-pack carton. She took it day by day, every night, making sure she set aside at least one to have with her morning cup of Folgers.
Here's Something to Help Your Sanity

Nov 7, 2024 | blackeyedstories.substack.com | Marcie Alvis Walker

Dearhearts, I still don’t know what to say to you. Actually, let me correct myself – I know what I would like to say to you - but, it’s all too much. So, while I figure myself out, I would love if you watched Tressie McMillian Cottom’s interview on The Daily Show. Her expertise and calm will make you feel a little more sane, validated in your feelings, and educated on where we are right now in this country.