Maya Angelou (Marguerite Johnson), 1928 – 2014
On May 28th the once caged bird flew off to heaven, no longer singing here on Earth.
She left much inspiration behind, inspiration of courage, eloquence, strength and endurance. She travelled so far, from Missouri to Ghana via Europe and Cairo, she saw mountains move for black women in the Unites States of America and she reached millions by the means of her words and works.
Holiday: possibly one of my favorite words for obvious reasons. Everybody needs it, holidays are the perfect excuse to see the world, rest, spend quality time with friends and family or simply do anything you don’t get to do the rest of the year.
News of the death of Chester Nez, the last living talker of the Navajo code, which was created and used during WWII, brought to light once again the plasticity of language and how it can be sculpted and manipulated into whatever we decide it will be.
We mention it to every client: no matter how good you are, a second or third set of eyes helps find errors. Sometimes errors are so obvious that one wonders how they could have been missed.