Hi Friends, Little did I know when I wrote about grief last time, that it would only be compounded further only a few weeks later. I hope you are taking time to process what you’re feeling and that you are kind and patient with yourself. I need to take my…

Hi Friends, My heart has been so heavy, like something is pressing on my chest. Emotional grief, compounded with the onset of covid in our household, has had me focusing on everyday activities and very little else for the last couple of weeks. Even so, there are moments of clarity…

Hi Friends, This is not about Buffalo and it is about Buffalo. That’s because Buffalo (and so many more) is about each and every one of us. And I’m not sure I even know what to say. But since I am a White person, I know that my role is…

Hi Friends, I hope you’re all well and finding your way clear-eyed and hopeful. One month until summer! I have been circling around a few themes this month that I wanted to share with you. The first is how important memory and history are to our current understanding of the…

Hi Friends, Happy Spring! I hope you’re all enjoying the re-emergence of life and nature into our surroundings and finding new ways to recognize and be in solidarity with our planet and each other. I touched on the role of fear in my Scarcity and Hoarding post in January and…

Hi Friends, I want to take this opportunity to highlight an article by Courtney Napier called “The Fetishization of Antiracism Work” on her Know Better Do Better blog. The whole article is worth a read, but I want to call attention to the sections below in particular. She’s writing about…

Hi Friends, Happy March! I hope you’re all well. I have been finding music to be particularly compelling lately and I wanted to share some inspiration with you. First, I want to highlight two Black female artists who have used their musical talents to draw direct attention to racism and…

Hi Friends, Happy 2022! We’re still here, still holding on. Thank you for continuing this work into the new year. Last time, I talked about our actions as a society from a scarcity mentality, which reinforces a hierarchy of human value and prevents a focus on universal human rights. I’d…

Hi Friends, Happy Holidays! I’m using this post to expand more on solidarity, as informed by Jesse A. Myerson’s “White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism.” All of the quotes below, unless otherwise attributed, are from this essential article, along with most of the content I’m summarizing and…