Meldon Jenkins-Jones's Posts

Posted about 1 month ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in crafts and hobbies, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction | Tagged with books, clean, Dewey Decimal System, Library, mildew, mold, organize

Stressed by books? Are you stuck at home with piles of books and magazines, and running out of space? Do you want to set up a personal library, but don’t […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction | Tagged with 19th Amendment, African American Women's Suffrage, States Rights, Suffrage, U.S. Constitution, VCU Common Book, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Women's Rights

Speaking of Constitution Day Constitution Day is September 17th. Join the Richmond Public Library (RPL) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in celebrating the 19th Amendment this Constitution Day. The […]

Posted about 5 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Book Reviews, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with 3rd Amendment, Constitution, Drawn and Quartered, International Law, Military, No Quarter, Pirate flag, Tom Cotton

On Monday, June 1, 2020 war veteran and junior Senator from Arkansas, Attorney Thomas Bryant Cotton, used the phrase “no quarter” and has been at the center of controversy. I, […]

Posted about 5 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Book Reviews, nonfiction | Tagged with anxiety relief, cabin fever, Covid-19, Dr. Huberman, habits, mental health, New Normal, nostalgia, stress relief

Habit was a dirty word. Like hope, waiting, and boundaries, the idea of habit was a form of discipline I scoffed at as being confining, restricting, and limiting. As a […]

Posted about 6 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in crafts and hobbies, nonfiction | Tagged with e-books, gardening, Kitchen Garden, novice gardener, Resilience Garden, seeds;, vegetable garden, Victory Garden

GROCERY SHOPPING FROM THE BACK PORCH, Part 2 by Meldon Jenkins-Jones In the words of Nicole Johnsey Burke, the author of Kitchen Garden Revival: A Modern Guide to Creating a […]

Posted about 6 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in crafts and hobbies | Tagged with e-books, gardening, novice gardener, seeds;, vegetable garden

Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch That’s my plan. At least, for vegetables. Last weekend a friend left           some seeds on the porch that I planted in tiny seedling containers  […]

Posted about 6 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Book Reviews, Events, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with 19th Amendment, Constitution, law, Law Day, May 1, Representative democracy, rule of law, Vote, Women's Suffrage

What is Law Day? Law Day was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 as a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law in the United […]