I have never seen anyone coming to America and thinking that there is something as ludicrous as hunger in America. America, the land of milk and honey? No way. Everyone is happy and well fed here. And that's exactly what I thought too. I thought that everything was great here. I'll never forget that day I saw my former high school mate begging on the street. It's an image and an experience that I am yet to forget. He was all American. Not a naturalized citizen, but a born one, from two Read More
I Need Your Help Desperately For My Niche
My people, I need your help. Urgently and desperately. As you know, I have registered Verastic as a business, but that's only the beginning as there is so much more to do. For starters, I need to define, establish, and understand my niche and my Sweet Potatoes. I'm working on a lot of things, and I'll be telling you about them as time goes on. I'm a little frustrated right now that I don't have the time I need to do everything I need to do. But I'm trying. I apologize for the times that it takes Read More
I Finally Launched My Business
I told you briefly about this in my July journal, but now, I'll tell you more. Something wonderful and amazing happened to me at the Prudential Panel at the BlogHer15 conference. Before the panel started, I was a nervous wreck, as I always am when I'm about to speak in front of people. But it's a good kind of nervous wreck, I think. I do not go into a panic attack, nor do I pass out or just bolt. But I'm nervous about sitting or standing there with everyone looking at me. What if I make a Read More
Do You Use An Anti-Wrinkle Cream?
I remember when I was about 15 or 16 years old and I used to break out. I tried some products, but none of them really made any difference. Plus, I was never really faithful with them. So after a while, I just quit them all. It was years later that I realized that all those blemishes had magically erased themselves. That's what happens when you're a teenager. I am no longer a teenager, so my skin isn't the same. I do not have a pimple problem, and I do not have wrinkles either, but Read More
My Weekend Recount: Blogalicious Conference In Baltimore + 5 Lessons I Took Away
Sooo, it was the Blogalicious blog conference this past weekend, and the theme was, Build Your Own Empire. Although I had heard about Blogalicious before, this was the first time I attended their conference. In fact, I had no intention of doing any more travelling for the year, but when I saw that it was in Baltimore, I could not resist. We barely ever have events here. Usually, I type a Vera Goes post when I'm travelling, but there was no travelling involved. Igwe tried to encourage me to stay Read More