Skip to content

Billie's Back Porch

Everything that makes life real

  • Music
    • Jazz
    • Soulful Notes
  • Better Health
  • Yummy
    • Breads – Yeast and Quick
    • Libations
    • For the Carnivores
    • Sweets for the Sweet
    • Vegetables, Fruits and Grains
      • Vegetarian/Vegan
  • Things to Read
    • Books
    • Poetry
    • History
    • Video
  • Contact Us

Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Watermelon Pops

Herbed Watermelon Pops Recipe Recipe created by Lynn Andriani Photo: 5second/iStock    Ingredients 2 cups cubed watermelon 4 basil leaves 1 cup pink grapefruit juice Directions Place

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Sarah Vaughn

Sarah Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed “Sassy” and “The Divine One”, she won four Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Alberta Hunter

Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter r

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Houston Person

Houston Person (born November 10, 1934) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer. Although he has performed in the hard bop and swing genres, he is most experienced in and b

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

America’s Most Racist Town

Man held up a Black Lives Matter sign in ‘America’s Most Racist Town’ and shared how it went This is full of profanity and ugliness but is familiar to many, many black and brown folks.

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 8, 2020

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

The efforts of the Founders of the American nation to define the role of religious faith in public life and the degree to which it could be supported by public officials that was not inconsistent w

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

Barbie Unveils Diverse Election-Inspired Dolls — Including a Black Woman Running for President!

Mattel has announced its latest set of Barbie dolls meant to expose young girls to different leadership roles and get them excited about shaping the future: an all-new Campaign Team. The diver

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

Best Black Movies of the Last 30 Years

BY Kahl, Victoria Johnson, Complex In the past few years, we’ve seen black creators push the boundaries of black cinema into superhero and horror genres, while also expanding on romantic com

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 8, 2020

50 Essential COVID-19 Tips the CDC Wants You to Know

Wash your hands before leaving your house Wash your hands before and after most activities Stay at least 6 feet away from others (but droplets from a sneeze or cough can spread as much as 13 feet!)

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

A Mask for Every American

I know you want something free, and you can sign up for a free mask. You can also donate to the effort, and you know you can afford $5 – $10, which is the cost of a commercial mask (they are

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 5, 2020

Cleaning with Bleach

Dos and Don’t of Cleaning with Bleach Don’t use it all the time Don’t mix with ammonia (Dalzenia, I remember!) Don’t use it to clean your phone (look HERE for info) Don’t use on

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

My Favorite Bread Pudding

My mother didn’t cook. The only thing I ever saw her make was this bread pudding. This is how she did it. She took her casserole dish and buttered it so the pudding wouldn’t stick. Then she toa

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

Madeleine Albright

According to the inside flap of her book Facism: A Warning, “The twentieth century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survi

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 5, 2020

More Layers Are Better With Homemade Face Masks

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to homemade face masks, two or three layers of fabric is best, researchers say. That’s wha

Read More

  • Prof Patty
  • August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

Another Case of Foolishness

Herman Cain (center), former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, former Republican presidential candidate, and icon of conservative values has died a month after being hospitalized with COVID-19. He attend

Read More

Posts pagination

1 … 44 45 46 47 48 … 56

NY Times

  • Here’s What the New Virginia House Map Looks Like
  • Here’s Where the National Fight Over Gerrymandered Maps Stands
  • With $116 Million Gift, National Gallery Will Send Its Art Around Nation
  • Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law
  • Serial Rapist Pleads Guilty to 2 Murders After Chewed Gum Links DNA to Crimes

NPR

  • Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully
  • A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action
  • The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
  • Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis
  • How a Japanese poet's diary helps scientists reconstruct solar cycles

The Progressive

  • No Place Like Home
  • Trump’s High Gas Prices Are No Accident
  • Community Solar Puts People in Charge
  • On Chicago’s Trains, Homeless Outreach Workers Meet People Where They Are
  • Citizen Journalists Shine a Light on Gaza

FactCheck.org

  • We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award
  • What Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?
  • Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
  • An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
  • Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut

Snopes.com

  • Is John Thune 'no longer considering' SAVE America Act in Senate, as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claimed?
  • Image claiming to show Trump's intact ear after assassination attempt is fake. Here's proof
  • Photo shows Israeli soldier smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon
  • Unpacking WSJ report claiming aides kept Trump out of Situation Room during rescue of two US airmen in Iran
  • State Department reportedly sent $1.25B to Trump's Board of Peace. Officials stay mum

Tradeoffs

  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Powered by WordPress