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Heard on the local news last night : A 20-something year-old Black man here in Metro Atlanta won about 400-thousand dollars in the Georgia lottery. He was shot to death in an apparent home invasion on Wednesday night. His sister was in the house at the time but unharmed. The moral of this tale : Dreams do come true but when it does it's probably best to leave your neighborhood.

MY BELOVED AND I WALK BENEATH A SUMMER SOUTHERN SUNSET.WE JOYFULLY REMINISCE ABOUT HOW WE MET/ .AFTER THE LAST DISASTER RELATIONSHIP, I WAITED, BECAME PATIENT.SHE LIKE THE SUNSET, A HEAVENLY CREATION..FROM THE RADIO,LISTENING TO 1970'S SOUL MUSIC,LOVE SONGS WITH MEANING.SHE LIKE THE SUN RAYS , HER ESSENCE BEAMING///AMONG THE SUMMER BLOSSOMING COLORFUL FLOWERS,LEAVES GREEN.HER BEAUTIFUL BLACKNESS, A CAPTIVATING PARADISE SCENE./FEELING THE WARM SUMMER BREEZE AS THE SUN GOES DOWN.THE BIRDS HAVE A HARMONY,MELODY SOUND./ WE ARE SMILING, IN A LOVING EMBRACE.MY FINGER GENTLY CARESSES HER FACE..WE LIKE THE SUNSET COLORS,OUR LOVE AND HEARTS TOGETHER BLEND..UNLIKE THE SUN ENDING EACH DAY,OUR LOVE ENDING I WOULD NEVER COMPREHEND/////

When Black Enterprise did a feature article on my digital marketing efforts to sell my book; I thought it would lead to a lot of book sales... I didn't but what I got was an influx of email asking me "HOW do you do this..." It frustrated me at first; but today I have a database of people who were willing shared their email addresses with me for no other reason than to ask a question. Followers on social media are cool - but there's no middlewo/man between me and my email addresses.

An interesting observation, Del. The poor aren't the only ones who play the lottery. One motivation for players from all walks of life is "you gotta get in it, to win it" and "somebody has to win". And, not all players are losers just because they didn't win the big jackpot. Me and a lot of other people got our initial investments back because of the smaller amounts paid out for having fewer than all the winning numbers. Bottom line, for just a moment in time, it was fun to fantasize about what winning a billion dollars would allow you to do! Glad it doesn't cost anything "to sleep, - per chance to dream". Z Z Z Z zzzzzz