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2 months ago | 
afar.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
J.P. Small Memorial Park Stadium was once home to the Negro Leagues’ Jacksonville Red Caps. Photo courtesy of JP Small Stadium In 1934, Josh Gibson strode up to bat at Yankee Stadium. At six feet one, 220 pounds, he brought size, strength, and vitality to the plate. Some called him the Black Babe Ruth; others called Babe Ruth the white Josh Gibson. With a swing, Gibson reportedly belted a home run out of the park, the ball bouncing onto the streets of the Bronx.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
travelandleisure.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, was left neglected and crumbling for decades. But after a massive $100 million renovation, it reopened in 2023 to an enthusiastic crowd that included Whoopi Goldberg. Hinchliffe, which sits next to Paterson Great Falls, is one of the few Negro League baseball stadiums left in the United States — and it’s among the first historic sites to join New Jersey’s Black Heritage Trail.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
businessinsider.de | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
Übermäßiges Einkaufen für die Feiertage kann die Wohnung unübersichtlich machen, Ängste schüren und die Verschuldung verschlimmern. Die Autorin berichtet von fünf Ideen, die der Minimalismus-Autor Joshua Becker empfiehlt. Etwa, sich von der Denkweise „mehr ist besser“ zu verabschieden. Nachhaltigkeit sei der Schlüssel, wenn es um Dekoration und Geschenke geht.
Als ich ein Kind war, wollte mein Vater keinen Weihnachtsbaum.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
businessinsider.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
Excessive holiday shopping can clutter your home, stoke anxiety, and worsen your debt. Minimalist author Joshua Becker recommends breaking the mindset of "more is better."Sustainability is key when it comes to decorations and gifts. When I was a kid, my father didn't want a Christmas tree. As a minimalist, he didn't enjoy dragging it into the house only to throw it out a few weeks later. But my mother insisted, in order to create some magic for us kids.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
msn.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
When she was a kid in the 1980s and ’90s, Evita Robinson took an annual summer road trip from Long Island, N.Y., down to Camden, S.C. Robinson and some of her extended family members piled into two or three cars around 1 a.m., hoping to avoid traffic around the Northern cities. They ate fried chicken out of shoeboxes on the way down. As they crossed into South Carolina, they hit the roadside attraction South of the Border and Robinson knew the 14-hour caravan was almost over.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
seattletimes.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
My mother’s dieffenbachia (dee-eh-fuhn-baa-kee-uh) was always in the background of my life, quietly beautifying a room with its green, white-speckled leaves. In my childhood home in Texas, it sat in a pot on adobe-red tile that was cool to the touch of bare feet, even when it was 105 degrees outside.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
seriouseats.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
Waiting until each layer is semi-frozen before adding the next creates distinct layers in these ice pops. Fresh seasonal berries give the popsicles a vivid flavor. During Juneteenth you may see a few different flags with varying designs, but you'll probably see the same three colors: red, black, and green. Many people recognize this as a quintessentially Black color combination but don't know the story behind those colors. And for many years, I was one of those people.
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May 18, 2024 | 
seattletimes.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
When visitors arrive at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine, on Florida’s Atlantic coast, it’s common for them to look around and ask, “Where’s the fort?” There isn’t much on the 40-acre grounds except a small museum and a boardwalk leading to a salt marsh. The fort’s remains are buried out there, under earth and water. But soon, a life-size reproduction of Fort Mose will help tell its story as the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what is now the United States.
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May 12, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Sarah Enelow-Snyder
A historical reenactment of the Fort Mose militia in 2021. (Florida State Parks) When visitors arrive at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine, on Florida’s Atlantic coast, it’s common for them to look around and ask, “Where’s the fort?” There isn’t much on the 40-acre grounds except a small museum and a boardwalk leading to a salt marsh. The fort’s remains are buried out there, under earth and water.
