“if you are not well, you can be healed thru stories.” nazbah tom “are you satisfiable?” staci haines “some bodies get taught that it’s a possibility to be held. some […]
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Year: 2019
birthday reflections
nothing is permanent real love never ends “there are black people in the future” and i am conjuring those futures, daily, in community for a long time people laughed at […]
student self
this week i get to be a student again. it’s always part of what’s happening, i am always learning. there are teachers everywhere…and then there are those moments when you […]
rituals of release
these days i have noticed how often ritual is really about directing my attention, towards and away from emotions, energies, lives, futures. tonight i need rituals. this week i am […]
notes to self aug 7 2019
notes from the Northstar church pleasure activism event in Durham last night… first, read these notes about Toni Morrison: and @thisandthatkat said: “tweet’s southern hummingbird was my shower soundtrack this […]
toni morrison, fly
so. you set down all that weight, gave up all that shit? cleared the ghosts’ hands away from your heels? straightened the wide brims of their hats? kissed the men […]
meandering thoughts after murder
i am from el paso, i was born there. when i saw the news of this latest mass shooting, i felt gut punched. i ignore a lot of the news. […]
instasocial
i spend a fair amount of time dodging plans and ducking phone calls. i am not quite extrovert, not quite introvert, though i dabble convincingly in both at times. i […]
I cannot be your mentor, here’s everything I know
i have been getting weekly requests to mentor people. i am not a great one to one mentor, and my life dance card is full in the best way. here […]
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trust the people
lessons from the emergent strategy immersion new orleans: trust the people who move towards you and already feel like home. trust the people to let you rest. trust the people […]