When the acceptance letter came back, along with a financial aid package that basically covered everything except my move across the country, there was no way I could turn that down. I decided to accept the invitation to become an Ada Comstock Scholar at Smith College.
Why You Should Capitalize Black
Why you should capitalize “Black”? Here’s what the Diversity Styleguide and the Conscious Style Guide have to say about it.
Staying sane in this 3D world…
I’m learning, as I move through this process of personal and business evolution, that my sole purpose for doing this, for doing anything, is to aim for the heart and to keep learning to move from that place. The world done gone crazy, y’all, and I’m not sure i have any other tools to change it than operating in this way. Here’s how I keep from tearing my hair out.
Clutching our crystals: is there anything new under the sun?
Moments ago, I was so struck by this quote from Carl Sagan I felt compelled to write. It sent me down an amazing path of self-inquiry.
Why I Still Wait Tables: Serving Food as a Creative Professional
It’s true, I pull a few shifts at a really nice local restaurant, and people ask me fairly frequently why I do it when I’ve got so much else going on. I fully trust my own professional skills, but there are a whole host of reasons why I keep an partially-employed foot in the “human” world, and why I still wait tables. Here are a few of the biggest: