right now i am
:: sitting at my kitchen table {and my feet are sort of falling asleep}
:: writing this blog post {earlier i wrote emails and meeting plans. also, i wrote a few lines in my journal}
:: hoping for a few things to go smoothly this month
:: reading all kinds of news {and then thinking long and processing much} and also reading Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
:: sharing instagram accounts by black creatives and authors in my stories all month - accounts i learn from and find beautiful
:: eating sweet potatoes. so many sweet potatoes. and eating with gratitude and intention
:: drinking coffee {always and ever}
:: playing catch up. too often.
:: collecting . . . actually, i have been working at keeping less, collecting less . . . except books. i am always collecting books
:: listening tp such a mix C.R.E.A.M. BB King vs Wu Tang Clan and Honey Hold Me and New Bold Ruler's Joy and now i just found this playlist and it is what i will be listening to at work tomorrow
:: praying for my kids and my husband and my people while i'm on the treadmill {other times, too, but always when i'm walking}
:: marveling at maddie's artistry {check her work out on instagram @madealineeink}
:: laughing so hard last night when isaac vehemently said, "people who eat cold blueberry bagles with cream cheese are psychopaths"
:: studying passages where women are and aren't in the Bible . . . Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne by Wilda C. Gafney and so much of Alice Linsley's work have been so amazing and eye-opening
:: feeling very edgy about this month
:: preparing for the ends of things - but every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end
and you, my friends, what's your right now looking like?