Rowland’s New EP ‘K’ Releases Today, Plus She’s Not Rushing the ‘Snap Back’ Body After Birth of Baby Noah — Kelly Rowland is celebrating her 40th birthday, a new baby, a new clothing line, and her new music release K, a soul-confirming, five-bop, melanin-popped dance-in-your-house-naked-during-Covid jaunt into fun and discernment. She is poised to talk about this record when her littlest co-worker decided he had something to say. Newborn Noah…

If only I had brought my wallet with me to the drive-thru — I vacillate on whether to apologize or stand my ground regarding what happened that day, a year ago. Yet what’s done is done and it is what it is. Here’s what happened. I drove to my local Dunkin’ Donuts, ordered a small coffee and a cinnamon raisin bagel. Toasted with…

The star of the Queen of Soul biopic has the perfect advice for women who lead. — For Jennifer Hudson, Respect is not just another movie where she stars as a famous person who sings. For this biopic, she embodies her idol, Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul. The film swings through Franklin’s Detroit church roots, her relationship with her father, and, of course, Franklin’s massive song…

It’s that time of year when people tend to employ the “rule of the re-:” reassess, review, and renew. It’s no surprise, then, that several Medium writers are penning pieces about recovering from job loss, refining their viewpoints, and re-imagining the performance review. The topics may seem vastly different at…

In my house we play loads of electronic games but often slow down on the weekends to finish jigsaw puzzles and play anything from The Game of Life to Super Mario Monopoly Jr. to one of the newer versions of Uno. A recent trip to Target showcased a dizzying array…

It came with a packet of food, teensy instructions and lots of responsibility — Kids birthday parties nowadays are like little wedding showers. There are elaborate invitations. Chefs. Special meals. Custom cakes; often a large one for blowing candles and individual cupcakes for Covid-phobes who don’t eat spittled-upon confections. The invites go out at least a month in advance. The more elaborate parties come…

Is your to-do list the equivalent of an endless scroll? Contemplating the systems behind that question is at the heart of a Medium post about the difference between looking busy and being productive. Writer Anangsha Alammyan delves into this provocative debate as we enter the last few weeks of the…

When was the last time you researched your family? I don’t mean just remembering Granny’s stories, but actually digging into the attic, the library, and the census to see if you can find records of what she spoke? I did the research back when my grandpa told me he worked…

Try this unconventional productivity hack — Everyone’s read about the billionaire who starts his day at 4 a.m., has a perfect breakfast followed by a perfect workout, and then the perfect wardrobe change before being driven to work via a paid-for executive car service. (And if he has kids, someone else does the feeding, wardrobing, lunch-box…