As the Incense Burns 🔥

In this episode I discuss some of the most important reflections and lessons that my Elders provided me with in the search for the origins of my family... along with words of advice for aspiring Genealogists.

In this episode, I speak on the concept of Black men being weaponized by virtue of their skin and the power of my Father. Growing up, the world implied that I should stay in my place, but the mandates that I was given charted another path for me.

In this episode I expand on the notion of how history repeats in families, my genealogy efforts and how the selflessness of my assorted family members echoes from the historic record and into the present.

In this installment l discuss the power of Mothers with a missive to my Momma and a reflection on the influence of my Grandmothers in mapping out the winding roots of nearly 200 years of family history.

In this episode - the Author, Poet, Blogger & Genealogist Shun P. Writes tenders an introduction to the "who" behind the "he" and a brief reflection on the lessons that he is "still" learning on the winding trails of life.

I'll touch on those uncomfortable truths and the lies told in humankind's oldest war with its greatest foe... itself. We tell lies to ourselves because the truth is too much to bear.