To this very day, I remember the first time I ever heard Aretha Franklin sing.  It was sometime in the 1980’s, when I just a “little dot,” as my mom used to call me.  When I was around 4 or 5 years old, my mom and I had a routine on Saturdays:  I’d get up early to watch Mr. Knozit (my people from South Carolina … Continue reading Aretha Franklin: 1942 – 2018