I’ve never been a big one for new year’s resolutions. Like most people, my efforts falter as January gets underway. I like the idea, though, of choosing a word or two that’ll serve as guides or intentions during the year, and that’s what I’m going with this year. To make it simple, I’m sticking with […]
Category Archives: Musings
An Advent Meditation on #BlackLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter#ICantBreathe The hashtags float across my Twitter screen; the headlines scream their depressing news, just days apart. With no time to catch a breath from the news in Ferguson, Eric Garner too lost his time to catch a breath. “I am awake. I can’t sleep. So here I am, writing,” I tweeted in the early hours […]
New month, new blog, new plans
This is a new space for me, as well as a new month; my birthday month. I have a lot of projects going on this month, one of which is to work on getting this website set up and running! I’m still not quite sure what form it will all take, and I find myself […]
Pumpkin Spice Latte: Humbug!
With over 200 million iconic pumpkin-spiced drinks sold since its introduction in 2003, the Starbucks Coffee Company claims that this beverage is its “top-selling seasonal beverage of all time,” which customers say “signals the onset of the fall season.” Yet, as a self-confessed lover of autumn, I have somehow avoided the allure the “PSL.” Why, […]