Black History: Lena Waithe
Day 5 of 28 of my Black History Month celebration posts. Today I’d like to shine the light on Lena Waithe for her addition to this Black Read More
Black History: Colin Kaepernick
Day 4 of 28 for my art and Black History Month facts. I debated about posting this but I thought it was appropriate and timely for the Read More
Black History: Venus Williams
Today I didn’t get to do a great drawing on my commute to my Bootcamp session on the bus but this is what it ended up looking Read More
Black History: Jesse Owens
The athlete who defied Hitler’s theory of black inferiority was none other than Jesse Owens. He won 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. In Read More
Black History: Nichelle Nichols
Every year for Black History Month (also my birthday month), I’m going to attempt to learn something daily to celebrate the rich history that people of African Read More
A Poem to Live by
Recently my boyfriend shared this poem with me by Chief Tecumseh (upon further research it was also ascribed to some of the Wabasha chiefs, Sitting Bull, Crazy Read More
For the love of cheese
There’s a list of my favorites that I might not be able to have anymore. It’s unfortunate. The most shocking of all is cheese. I mean, who Read More
Adios 2k17
Here’s another year of summarizing the one exceptional first and momentous experiences of my life. I’ve done these for a few years now (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) and I try Read More
In:General
Being Thankful of You
I’m not in love with the holidays. It’s mostly because I don’t share the wonderful memories of my family being around the Thanksgiving table while we feast Read More
In:Running
Running the 55th Annual JFK 50 Mile Memorial
It started like a typical race morning with my ever supportive crew. I was still feeling under the weather but that didn’t seem to affect me Read More
I ran a rough trail marathon, Maine!
The mornings for my marathons usually go as planned, but the nerves are always unpredictable the night before. Sometimes it’s an odd dream: I’ve dreamt anywhere from Read More