LaShawnda Jones

Now Booking Art & Photo Walks

My Air BnB Experiences Art & Photo Walks are back on the calendar. Search Milwaukee Experiences on Airbnb.com & Milwaukee365.com to book.

Thread: Birthday List by Emily Freeman

It’s my birthday. I’m 37 and I have some things I’d like to share, in no particular order. 1. No one thinks about you more than you do. That thing from two years ago that keeps you up at night? No one else remembers. Honor the memory and let it go. 2. Have fun. Every day. I’veContinueContinue reading “Thread: Birthday List by Emily Freeman”

Poem: It Shouldn’t Take Courage to Love a Black Woman

We, too, desire to bask in the radiance of another’s glory
To be bathed in joy, peace and tranquility
To rest without anxiety and wake without urgency
We don’t need this grace from everyone
Nor do we expect a societal shift out of gratitude for services rendered
But for our men…
It shouldn’t take courage to love a Black Woman

Juneteenth Print Series (2023)

The truth of the country’s beginning, its history, and present state is being erased, banned, rewritten and ignored. For this reason, I wanted to focus on words – names, cities, declarations. I wanted to share what’s already been said, what’s already known, seen and acknowledged. This year’s Juneteenth Series is about honoring and remembering not only our collective past but also our shared present.

Poem: 63 Today

Your presence was joy to me.
What was joy to you? Was any portion
of your earth time enjoyable? Better
than bearable? Worthy of thanksgiving?

63 today. Each year since you left
I think I know you better than ever
and not at all. Who were you, Terry Ann?

ChatGPT: America

America has often failed to live up to its founding principles of equality, liberty, and justice for all. This has been particularly true in regards to the treatment of minorities, including Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and others.

AMC: Court-Ordered Legal Notice

This is essentially giving notice of the Settlement Hearing set for June 29-30, 2023. Shareholders are informed of their right to file a written statement in support of, or objection to, the Proposed Settlement (see post for docket documents).

ChatGPT: Who and What Am I?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, as of 2020, 47.4% of non-Hispanic Black women over the age of 18 in the United States were unmarried and had never been married.

Heard coming out my mouth

To a kindergartener whose hands seem to search out, touch, move and poke everything. This time he pressed a button on the PA system mic and was breathing heavy (a la Dark Vader) to the whole school:

ChatGPT: God, Yeshua, Creation

In the Hebrew Bible, God’s name is written using four consonants, which are transliterated as YHWH or YHVH. This name is known as the Tetragrammaton and is often referred to as the “unpronounceable name of God” because its exact pronunciation is uncertain.