I'm eating Haitian food by a woman who owns a cafe in Crown Heights you'd miss if you walk too fast. I visit her every time I'm home.
We're catching up for an hour. Just us. Talking about adventures & self-trust...
When she goes, "Lemme go deposit money. Watch my shop."
HBO Max has a reality show called βHomegrown,β where Atlanta farmer Jamila Norman helps families who want to transform their backyards into fruit & veggie gardens do so.
And itβs so good. Iβm learning so much, and how necessary is someone like her as the need grows.
Bedbugs have taken over Paris and have infested places like the subway, movie theaters, and the airport. Parisβ deputy mayor warns:
βno one is safe.β
I have never seen my parents FIGHT. Arguments, sure. But never fight. Never had a moment where things were cold btwn them.
So I asked them on a call this morning what was the toughest period of their rβship. If there was ever a time they maybe hid from my sisters and I?
So, Iβm at Target, right? Skincare aisle.
I overhear a dude on the phone with his friend, asking him what toner is or how do you decide on a cleanserβ¦
I go up to him and offer my expertise. He happily accepts.
And I spend a half hour showing this dude the WONDERS of skincare.
Guys.
I was walking on the street, minding my business, when this old Black woman in a wheelchair strolling behind me goes,
βBaby. If you donβt move them beautiful wide hips out my wayββ
Seeing Angela Davis truly out here, once again, as a teacher/organizer/active participant in the movement alongside two generations after her own is glorious. Sheβs walking beside, not above, us.
I love it so much.
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