The final remnants of Christmas are now packed away, save for the lovely miniature poinsettia sitting perfectly inside a small ceramic smiling snowman pot on my desk–a gift from one of my patients this year. My mother used to “get the house ready” for the new year. Lingering holiday decorations were not allowed into the…
Farewell 2021
Christmas photos 2021
This year I took on the task of doing my family’s Christmas photos. I have a camera, but I’m no professional photographer. I took as many one-on-one classes as possible with my good friend, photographer Daniel Lippitt, before he relocated out of state so that I could become more self-sufficient with my blogging. And in doing so, I…
More Christmas Blues–What I wear when I want to wear Hanifa
Fireplace crackles as Christmas trees glisten. Sapphire plates and bright golden utensils. Holiday songs as we give love and sing. These are a few of my favorite things. Blue-colored dresses from Hanifa—yes, another one of my favorite things. I bought this (Olivia Maxi) dress a year ago, and unfortunately, I don’t believe it is available anymore….
Inspiration for a blue Christmas
Again, how is it that I have never thought to decorate my Christmas tree blue?! It’s the most beautiful color on the spectrum, and Christmas is my favorite time of the year so fusing the two seems like it would have been apparent genius. But it is only now, Christmas 2021, that I realize this. Because the…
A beautiful Lullaby to add to the playlist
Let’s agree to add this beautiful Lullaby to our 2021 soundtrack playlist. …Goodnight. Black girl, we’ll leave this fight to someone else for nowYou can close your eyes, let your hair downBreath in, breath out Yes, there will be battles, you’ll sometimes loseThey’d never last for a day in your shoesYou still need to rest…
If 2021 had a soundtrack—my playlist
If 2021 had a soundtrack, what would it sound like? I haven’t shared many playlists in this space. Well, there was that one back in November last year to get you through the afternoon. But as the days are counting down, I dare to share what seems to have been the soundtrack to the year in my…