I arrived home from my trip to Savannah on Sunday afternoon. Sunday night, I got together with Mom and Dad for dinner and to bring The Beast back home. Telling them about the city I'd visited, I mentioned the songwriter and founder of Capitol Records William Mercer. To which my dad responded "It's Johnny Mercer" …
Author: Cydney
Dia de los Muertos
Little and I had another fun outing yesterday. She's shown interest in nature and science, so I thought the rainy day would be perfect one for a trip to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. I'd also read somewhere that there was a family friendly event for the Dia de los Muertos, which I was …
Having Hope
It's been a weird week. I was out sick from work yesterday. I don't think it's a bug, but I didn't feel right. Stress? I had a headache most nights this week which is unusual for me, and some on and off queasiness. I was disappointed to miss my White People Challenging Racism class Wednesday …
I’m Ain’t Sayin’ She’s a Hole Digger…
My neighbor has done some yard work which has created a much clearer view of the comings and goings both on the street and in the neighbor's driveway. As you might imagine, this is something that thrills Harlow to no end! She goes outside at night and stands at the fence for a very long …
I Fail.
Maybe it's me. Maybe it's women. Maybe it's everyone. A human thing. This feeling that no matter what we do, we are not quite cutting it. Not quite good enough. At work, my performance evaluation took place on Friday and today , well, at least I managed to shower before forcing myself to go out …
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White People
Last night I attended my first session for the five-week workshop White People Challenging Racism Turning Talk Into Action. My first impression was that I liked that there is a broad spectrum of ages represented. The youngest person is probably 25 and the oldest, one of the facilitators, is 81. We started by going around …
