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Need Some Christmas Love? Try Christmas In Spite of You

Christmas-phobe Kanton Joseph has holiday overload when he books an AirBNB with Christmas-nut Noel Anderson....

December 23, 2025
Boyfriend should cook himself
Advice Column, Romance, Relationships

How to Tell My Girlfriend Her Cooking Stinks

My girlfriend's cooking isn't even for the dogs. How do I tell her? Hey Kadijah:...

November 18, 2025 1
Contemporary Romance, SMJ Reads, Romance

There’s Something About “There’s Pumpkin About You”

Looking for a fun, romantic autumn read. Check out my review of There's Pumpkin About...

November 11, 2025
SMJ Reads, Romance

Love is in Season in Fakin’ It This Fall

Book Review: 'Tis the season to feel cozy, and Fakin' It This Fall is a...

November 8, 2025
SMJ Reads, Romance

The Girl in the Picture: What a Picture!

Book Review: The Girl in the Picture. It's not just for young adults, y'all. Addictive...

October 23, 2025
AI-imagined image of my 2X-great-grandparents meeting
Black History, Family Legacy, Genealogy, Romance, Family History, S. Marie Blogs

A Century-Old Meet-Cute: Preserving Family Love Stories of the Ancestors

A real-life rom-com from a century ago! See how storytelling and genealogy can “alive” your...

October 21, 2025
SMJ Reads, Romance, S. Marie Blogs

Book Review: The Family Man by KT Adler

Review of hot romcom The Family Man by KT Adler.

October 4, 2025
Black History, Black Genealogy News

Anti-DEI threatens Enslaved.org. How to support Black History and Genealogy.

June 1, 2025

Unless you reside under the Rocky Mountains, you’ve heard that DEI is under assault. How anti-DEI initiatives are affecting us…

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Black History, Genealogy, Black Genealogy News, Family History

RootsMagic 10 software on sale until Monday. Get yours.

May 31, 2025

You have a family tree on AncestryDNA. Or MyHeritage. Or Family Search. Is that enough? No. You need a tree…

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Black History, Black Genealogy News, Uncategorized

Pulitzer Center accepting applications for its 1619 Summer Incubator program

May 31, 2025

What is the significance of 1619? The year 1619 is the year the first enslaved Africans arrived in the English…

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Black History, Black Genealogy News, DNA

Wrongfully Taken Remains of 19 African Americans Returned from Germany. Dillard University Honors Them.

May 29, 2025

The remains of nineteen African-American men and women from New Orleans have been returned from the University of Leipzig to…

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Black History, Black Genealogy News

Harvard Ends 15-Year Legal Battle. Gives Up Claim to Early Photos of Enslaved Americans.

May 29, 2025

A decade and a half ago, Tamara Lanier discovered that Harvard University held the original photos of her 3X-great-grandfather Renty…

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Black History, Genealogy, Black Genealogy News

Mass Graves of Civil War Black Union Soldiers Possibly Located in Kentucky

May 29, 2025

In early 1865, Company E of the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry in Kentucky got an assignment–drive cattle from Camp Nelson…

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SMJ Reads, Romance, S. Marie Blogs

Fall in Love with Mr and Mrs Fate

May 25, 2025

What Had Me Jonesing What Struck Me My Bottom Line This book was not perfect. Is there such a thing?…

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About S. Marie

Every love story has a family history behind it. I jones on telling those stories.

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  • Need Some Christmas Love? Try Christmas In Spite of You

    December 23, 2025
  • Boyfriend should cook himself

    How to Tell My Girlfriend Her Cooking Stinks

    November 18, 2025
  • There’s Something About “There’s Pumpkin About You”

    November 11, 2025
  • Love is in Season in Fakin’ It This Fall

    November 8, 2025
  • The Girl in the Picture: What a Picture!

    October 23, 2025

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