Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash I never realized how terrifying and liberating (at the same time!) it could be to tell your story until I became a community organizer. Sitting in a room with people who were different in every way – religiously, socio-economically, racially (…need I go on?), you never know what stories…
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It’s a flip…
Photo by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash Every day, a new house goes on the market. It’s exciting to look at the photos of new homes and imagine myself living there, hosting family members at holidays, complaining about snow removal…ya know, just the usual neighborly conversation starters as you pick up your mail from the…
5 ways to stay sane during unstable times
Photo from Gabrielle Henderson on unsplash.com This home buying journey and moving around while waiting to move into a home of my own…is unsettling to say the least. I’ve never been so thankful for a room rental in my life. At the same time, it’s an odd feeling to be in that in-between space of…
8 ways to celebrate Black History Month
Some people don’t like being the “token Black friend”. In my experience, if you don’t have any Black friends and you’d like to change that…and have tons of questions…I don’t mind being your Black friend. “Let me be your Black friend!” I once told someone. To this day, whenever he has questions about how to…
“I’m Still Here” – Book Review
Y’all, I love reading…but we already know that. Black culture in the United States has been a fascinating topic to me as soon as I realized that Black people in this country are not a monolith. One of my first experiences with this was when I was a kid and my cousins from Maryland would…
Why you should visit Vermont
This time of year is absolutely beautiful in Vermont. Covered bridges, horse-drawn carriage rides, hiking, and delicious food are waiting for you there! Early September to late October is the peak of the fall foliage season, but I’d recommend going before mid-October before the temperatures cool off. I went to Vermont in the Fall of…
What I’m reading
When I was a kid, I read for the sheer joy of…#winning. Sure, at some point I really enjoyed reading – the adventure and escape of it all…but somewhere around the fourth grade that all changed when ya girl realized you could win the AR jackpot if you read enough books! AR was the “Accelerated…
Deez Cookies…dem joints AMAZING!
Alright, so I don’t usually put food reviews on my blog…but I tend to switch things up every now and then, and it’s time for more food reviews because this is a food-lovin’-blog, too! So, I recently learned about Deez Cookies from an article in The Columbus Dispatch. I thought it was super dope that…
Family time!
I LOVE spending time with my family! They are the silliest cast of characters I know. They were the ones who taught me to shape stories and engage an audience. We got together recently to celebrate my dad’s (center) 60th birthday. I was so excited to see them because I don’t get to see them…
My first real photo shoot
**This post is not sponsored by Shoott. I just had such a good time with them that I decided to blog about it! Y’all so going back to my love/hate relationship with fall, right? So, I do love some fall fashion! And you already know that I love Cato Fashions (more on that here) so…