Still Black

A post-election-day reflection on being Black in a country that hates me.

Happy Halloween

A photo post from Halloween 2024

[Highlight] Too Many Ideas

from ‘5 Things to Do When You Have Too Many Ideas and Never Finish Anything: More choice often leads to less action. The more ideas and goals we pursue, the less likely we’ll follow through on any one of them. And vice versa. When we get stuck in motion

My Bedside Bin- August 2024

What ‘s a Bedside Bin? My bedside bin is a collection of books and projects that I’m working through the month of August. These bins have been a mainstay since college although I use the word “bin” loosely. This month, I am using a collapsable black fabric bin. In

New Life Stage and a Black +Country Playlist

Beyoncé said “screw genres,” releasing her country album this past week . With it, for me, comes a new life stage and a Black + Country Playlist. To be fair, my new circumstances are not connected in any way to Cowboy Carter. Neither the artist nor the album served as the catalyst

Black-Centered Books I've Enjoyed

A list of books written by and/or centering the experiences of Black characters. I have rated these books at least a 3. Affiliate Links included.

[Highlights] The Plague

The Plague by Albert Camus (translated by Laura Marris) On traveling One useful way to get to know a city is to find out how people work there, how they love there, and how they die there. — location: 66 ^ref-64407 On motivation and desire The desires of the youngest are

Booktalk November - December 2023

If you haven’t read the first post in this series, please do so here. Here is my 6-5-4-3-2-1 list for November – December 2023 This list does not represent all the books I’ve read since the last post, but it is a snapshot. I read a lot of books.

BookTalk: August - September 2023

When it comes to reading books, I prefer audiobooks over ebooks and use the Libby App and Hoopla Digital platforms to borrow books from my local library. Although I enjoy e-books, reading them on my Kindle Paperwhite isn’t pleasurable. I made a mistake by purchasing the new updated version

[Highlights] Behavior Strategy: How to Teach When-Then

On why When-Then works with students: When-then sentences break down expectations into manageable and achievable chunks for these students. They also remove any ambiguity for students who are unclear about what’s expected of them – Amanda Morin * Author: Amanda Morin * Full Title: Behavior Strategy: How to Teach When-Then * Category: #articles

[Highlights] Living, Loving & Learning

I can love everybody in this room if I had the opportunity to know you with equal intensity, and I still would have the same amount of love and the same potential to love that I have right at this moment. I will have lost nothing. But I first must

Things I did and thought upon learning of of my mother’s death

*Yesterday, a childhood friend asked me to call her. I did. She let me know that my mother died on January 14. Because I’ve been no-contact with my mother and her side of the family for almost 20 years, I was not told immediately. What follows is a list