Comments on: Hot Fun in the Summertime! http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/ Celebrating African American Literature. Promoting Our Voices. Showcasing Our Stories. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: APOOO http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 APOOO Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:20:22 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1110 Hey Frances...its so nice to see and hear that you're starting new memories with your girls and grandson. Thanks for sharing. Hey Frances…its so nice to see and hear that you’re starting new memories with your girls and grandson. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: 2sexi4u (Frances) http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 2sexi4u (Frances) Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:13:02 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1104 Hi Yaz, Reading everyone else's made me think of the time growing up and all the neighbors are were on there back porches watching the us play dodgeball and baseball in the back yard. I kinda wish I could go back to the good ole daz. But for the past summers I have been attending Unity Day in Philadelphia. Hanging at Penn's Landing with my girls and grandson.....just chillin and watching the waves. And of course had to eat eat and eat more. Very relaxing. Anyway I could go on and on.... Hi Yaz,

Reading everyone else’s made me think of the time growing up and all the neighbors are were on there back porches watching the us play dodgeball and baseball in the back yard. I kinda wish I could go back to the good ole daz. But for the past summers I have been attending Unity Day in Philadelphia. Hanging at Penn’s Landing with my girls and grandson…..just chillin and watching the waves. And of course had to eat eat and eat more. Very relaxing. Anyway I could go on and on….

]]> By: Onika Pascal http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Onika Pascal Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:12:29 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1097 wow...of late I've been writing about experiences from my childhood and this blog sends me deeper into the memory banks. My summers were always fun. We'd either travel to the New York, or just spend summers at cousins' homes...we'd alternate. When I lived in NY permanently, we'd spend summers in Maryland with my aunt and I loved it to the point where I'm considering moving there at this moment. Yas, thanks for adding more to my days of reminiscing. *hugs to you* wow…of late I’ve been writing about experiences from my childhood and this blog sends me deeper into the memory banks. My summers were always fun. We’d either travel to the New York, or just spend summers at cousins’ homes…we’d alternate. When I lived in NY permanently, we’d spend summers in Maryland with my aunt and I loved it to the point where I’m considering moving there at this moment.

Yas, thanks for adding more to my days of reminiscing.

*hugs to you*

]]> By: Lisa http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Lisa Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:59:22 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1095 Oh and childhood summers... road trips to either Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri. having the whole back seat to myself with my crossword puzzle books and resting on the car floor is the box with the chicken, fruit, cookies, pop and Kool-aid, pound cake and other goodies for snacking. Getting ready for the road trips days before with mama washing my hair in the kitchen sink - my hair was long and plenty thick then - then sending me across the street to our neighbor's youngest and teenage daughter to do cornrows so mama would not have to worry about my hair for those two weeks in the south. chick did it for $10 and we'd be in the basement with the record player going and the television blasting. had a street full of kids to play games of tag, hide and seek, cops and robbers, etc. to run off the junk food we ate all day long(that's what these kids need to do today to fight obesity...rip and run all damn day, lol!!! summer cookouts and festivals, family reunions, going to the drive-in...I could go on and on... Oh and childhood summers…
road trips to either Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri. having the whole back seat to myself with my crossword puzzle books and resting on the car floor is the box with the chicken, fruit, cookies, pop and Kool-aid, pound cake and other goodies for snacking.
Getting ready for the road trips days before with mama washing my hair in the kitchen sink – my hair was long and plenty thick then – then sending me across the street to our neighbor’s youngest and teenage daughter to do cornrows so mama would not have to worry about my hair for those two weeks in the south. chick did it for $10 and we’d be in the basement with the record player going and the television blasting.
had a street full of kids to play games of tag, hide and seek, cops and robbers, etc. to run off the junk food we ate all day long(that’s what these kids need to do today to fight obesity…rip and run all damn day, lol!!!
summer cookouts and festivals, family reunions, going to the drive-in…I could go on and on…

]]> By: APOOO http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 APOOO Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:23:55 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1099 Lisa--yes we ripped and ran during the summer...although I was heavy until I got to the 9th grade and had to take it off to wear the fly outfits ...hehe. Did someone say drive-in...hehe. I need to contact Meta Smith to see if she wants to be featured at APOOO this month. Onika--HEY GURRRLLLLLLLLLLLL! Glad I could help you stroll down memory lane. xoxo Lisa–yes we ripped and ran during the summer…although I was heavy until I got to the 9th grade and had to take it off to wear the fly outfits …hehe. Did someone say drive-in…hehe.
I need to contact Meta Smith to see if she wants to be featured at APOOO this month.

Onika–HEY GURRRLLLLLLLLLLLL! Glad I could help you stroll down memory lane. xoxo

]]> By: APOOO http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 APOOO Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:59:00 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1094 Kortney--hear hear for the summer loving and the summer festivals. Kortney–hear hear for the summer loving and the summer festivals.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Lisa Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:37:08 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1089 So far this summer I have been laying low and focusing on work... ok so I had some fun(WINK WINK) with a Stella Got Her Groove Back moment, but it has been mostly work, LOL!!! Also celebrated my b-day last month with friends and reunited with some friends who were living out of state and the country. And will you be featuring Meta Smith? Her latest, Whip Appeal, is not out until Aug. 19, but I met and interviewed her - and discovered she lives 20 minutes from me - and she gave me a copy and it was very good! And the story of how she got her first contract is incredible(went online, googled an answer for how to get a publishing deal, met her agent online and then got a deal with Warner Books within six weeks...resulting in her debut, The Rolexx Club) and she is a really beautiful and intelligent(Spelman grad) woman. So far this summer I have been laying low and focusing on work…
ok so I had some fun(WINK WINK) with a Stella Got Her Groove Back moment, but it has been mostly work, LOL!!!
Also celebrated my b-day last month with friends and reunited with some friends who were living out of state and the country.
And will you be featuring Meta Smith? Her latest, Whip Appeal, is not out until Aug. 19, but I met and interviewed her – and discovered she lives 20 minutes from me – and she gave me a copy and it was very good!
And the story of how she got her first contract is incredible(went online, googled an answer for how to get a publishing deal, met her agent online and then got a deal with Warner Books within six weeks…resulting in her debut, The Rolexx Club) and she is a really beautiful and intelligent(Spelman grad) woman.

]]> By: Kortney http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Kortney Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:26:06 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1093 Summetime makes me think of summer lovin. My fond memories that include the summer time are when I was a student in high school. I was never bored because I was in a long-term relationship with a guy. I remember the movies, the walks in the park, kissing outside in the dark, and more. Last but not least you can't forget the summer festivals. Summetime makes me think of summer lovin. My fond memories that include the summer time are when I was a student in high school. I was never bored because I was in a long-term relationship with a guy. I remember the movies, the walks in the park, kissing outside in the dark, and more. Last but not least you can’t forget the summer festivals.

]]> By: Julia http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 Julia Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:14:49 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1062 Being with my children, family time, pool time, park time, silly time, just more time to reconnect with them! Being with my children, family time, pool time, park time, silly time, just more time to reconnect with them!

]]> By: Jennifer C. http://www.apooobooks.com/hot-fun-summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Jennifer C. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:47:11 +0000 http://www.apooobooks.com/?p=1318#comment-1058 I went to HS with author Erick S. Gray. He's a down to earth person. I would like to here what goes on in the mind of Antoine Inch Thomas, author of Flower's Bed. I truly enjoyed that book as did others I let borrow my copy for a quick, dramatic read. I went to HS with author Erick S. Gray. He’s a down to earth person.

I would like to here what goes on in the mind of Antoine Inch Thomas, author of Flower’s Bed. I truly enjoyed that book as did others I let borrow my copy for a quick, dramatic read.

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