*disclosure: This is an excerpt from a journal I kept the second week of June 2020. I spent this week starting a journey to understand and educate myself on racism in America and world wide, to understand my own racism and to start to work that I will be doing everyday for the rest of… Continue reading Activism Actions: From One White Person to Another, Day 4
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Writing my Grief: Day 2
If you could tell people something, tell them what is true, what is true about grief and love and loss, something they do not know, or can't know, what would it be? If you could address them, what would be said? You might start with: "what you don't know... " or: "what does not show..."… Continue reading Writing my Grief: Day 2
Social Distancing: are we still doing it?
In the beginning... March 14th, it felt like any contact at all was the end. I stayed home, only went for walks when nobody was around. We cooked all our own food and only went into the world when we had to. I washed everything frequently. It was like that for 4 weeks or so.… Continue reading Social Distancing: are we still doing it?
Activism Action: From one White Person to Another, Day 3
*disclosure: this is an excerpt from a journal I kept the second week of June 2020. It contains my thoughts and feelings as I worked hard to educate myself about racism in America and world wide. Specifically as I came to know my own racism and privilege. It was a week that started a journey… Continue reading Activism Action: From one White Person to Another, Day 3
Here She Comes
Fall. She's right around the corner. I woke up last Monday to a chill I almost didn't know. It's been too long. A crisp feeling. That day the wind blew steady and strong. I stayed outside. I wore long sleeves to bed. Tuesday my favorite fall beverage returned. I know she'll take her time. She… Continue reading Here She Comes
Picking the Pen back up
I kept writing, but couldn't find the emotional 'pagh' to post. Which is okay. I'm working accepting my own need for a break so soon after I'd gotten started. I've spent the last several days going through what I have written and queuing it up for posting. Most of it is related to racism and… Continue reading Picking the Pen back up
Ten Things I’d Never Done Before 2020
Painted a Bob Ross Painting 2. Applied for Unemployment 3. Meditated regularly 4. Researched 'Riotwear' 5. Attended Virtual Seminars just for Me 6. Gained This Much Weight in Such a Small Amount of Time 7. Tried Digital Art 8. Hated my Home this much 9. Enjoyed a Video game 10. Tried this much New Music.… Continue reading Ten Things I’d Never Done Before 2020
Activism Action: From one White Person to Another, Day 2
*disclosure.. this is an excerpt from a journal I kept during the second week of June 2020, documenting my own thoughts and feelings as I started to work on understanding racism in America and world wide, specifically my own racism and my privilege. I would encourage you to go back and read Day 1, if… Continue reading Activism Action: From one White Person to Another, Day 2
Why Corona made us buy a house
Us and everyone else 😳
Activism Action: From one White Person to Another, Day 1
( I would encourage anyone who thinks that this Amplifying Melanated Voices challenge sounds good, to try it. You might be the only one doing it that week. But it really changed my outlook... my feed. Everything.) Day one: #AmplifyMelanatedVoices I’m muted. At least I am on Instagram, but see I process through writing and… Continue reading Activism Action: From one White Person to Another, Day 1
Coffee & Conundrums 