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Kindle Fire vs. Hardback Book   I have not had the opportunity to read as much as I've been reading now. I have read so much that my Kindle Fire, that I received as my retirement gift (in June) from my co-workers has burned out (a tear rolling down my face). I was smart enough to purchase an extended warranty on it!!!   This has truly shown me that electronics vs. a nice hardcover is a trusted and reliable friend. e.g. on the airplane...Flight Attendants announcement...please turn off all electron ics until the captain gives the okay to turn on...blah...blah...blah...etc. But, you can totally ignore that announcement and the embarrassment of being so engrossed in the book that the flight attendant hoovers over you and reminds you to "turn your device OFF!!! Now please!!" but not if you have a book!   Don't get me wrong, I love my electronics and the future of our technological advancements amaze me. I just learned that since the downloaded Librar

Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is the second daughter and youngest child of civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Coretta Scott King . Her older siblings are Martin Luther King III , Dexter Scott King , and the late Yolanda Denise King . Bernice was only five years old when her father died and is the only King child to become a minister . I attended my first book signing yesterday (7-21-2012) since relocating to the historic city of Marion in west central Alabama two weeks ago. The venue was the Lincoln Normal School's Phillips Memorial Auditorium .I enjoyed getting out and meeting more people of Marion. "Desert Rose" details Coretta Scott King's upbringing in a family of proud, land-owning African Americans with a profound devotion to the ideals of social equality and the values of education, as well as her later role as her husband's most trusted confidant and advisor. Coretta Scott King--noted author, hum

  My Siblings and parents all now reside in the South. Mainly in Texas. My eldest Sister and her husband moved from Detroit, Michigan to San Antonio, Texas in October of 2011.  Everyone I speak to about retirement are making plans to migrate South. My sister and her husband are featured in the article by Denene Millner   In EBONYs November 2011 issue , on the “Great Reverse Migration” – why many African Americans are moving back to the south in record numbers. My husband and I just moved from the state of Michigan to the state of Alabama on July 8, 2012. I retired from my job of 25 years with a major airline to farm grapes on 99 acres of land that's been in the family for 100 yrs. I moved over 1,300 books to storage until our renovated farmhouse is completed. I pray that my treasures (books) are safe from bugs, humidity and moisture. Amongst these books is The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. A powerful book that is rich with history, facts and personal memoir