It may seem late for #Juneteenth, but #freedom is actually late. The prints in my Juneteenth 2022 Print Series are titled: • The Crossing: Blood in the Water • Built on Cotton • Black Women Stand Alone Each image is available as 5x7 & 11x14 print on silk paper. They can be ordered on this site and via my Square Store.
Juneteenth: General Order 3
There was no offer of income, or other funds to allow the newly formerly enslaved people to move about freely. No employment offers. No suggestions on where the free could live freely. He didn't even tell them that their former enslavers would be compensated by the government for the loss of their forced laborers.
Sermon: It doesn’t fit.
Words that come in season are a wonder. And a blessing. https://youtu.be/590byoV58Ss What did you get from this?
Eggs + Swedish Veggie Balls
[From the never pisted archives circa June 2021] I surprised myself with this one! It was a morning after recovery meal. The day before, I didn't really eat well. Nothing truly horrendous... a couple of bowls of cereal in the morning and eating Rocky Road ice cream from the container right before bed. All sugar.Continue reading "Eggs + Swedish Veggie Balls"
Toxicity Manifests in Your Body
For the last two months, I worked in an environment I knew from day one was not a good fit. I'm actually surprised I hung on for as long as I did. If my memory works like it should, I will not put my health at risk for a paycheck again. My stress and glucoseContinue reading "Toxicity Manifests in Your Body"
What I Know about Coaching
I didn’t appreciate having my character, personality and tone mischaracterized. Most definitely not in words commonly used to stereotype, demonize and dismiss Black Women. And absolutely not by the only Black Male manager on the open floor he was dressing me down on.
Poem: What First/Quoi en premier?
Why did you lead me on
With such intensity,
Only to let me fall
Fall, fall
Slowly, clueless
Through the space
Of ignorance
Poem: Have I ever loved?
Who am I if not A creature created in the Image of love? But what is an image If not a facsimile? Non-original Incapable of being Authentic If love is a reaction to receiving For we love because We have first been loved Then what of the love That was supposed to pour into me?Continue reading "Poem: Have I ever loved?"
A Note About Personal Agency
We all have responsibility for our own lives. People assume we give up that agency when we enter certain agreements and relationships - employment, romantic, parental, friend, etc.
Song: The Forever Now
This song was performed shortly before the last episode. The first chords have played at the beginning and end of every episode. It wasn't until the final season that we got a full sing with amazingly poignant lyrics.
Harvest Life 