Embrace of Violets

Apr 21, 2022

“But the one thing that we all will have in common—regardless of our status—is that we are all wrestlers, fighting for our lives.” — Olivia N. McLean (author) I believe that the spirits of ancestors guiding and speaking to us—they tell us stories, give us vivid allegories, or…

Nov 9, 2022

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Dec 7, 2022

Wishes and a new poem

Feb 14

“What you think of as plain, as unattractive, as perhaps outdated or forgotten, I remember, and I love.” - Olivia Nicole McLean (from “January Love Letter”) Today is a tired day—a dreary, rainy, stay-in-the-hot-shower sort of day. Not like last week; last Saturday—in fact—when I…

Jan 29

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Hello, my readers! I typically recommend lesbian reads, but today, I strongly encourage you to listen to Glennon Doyle’s podcast “We Can Do Hard Things…

Jan 22

I’ve not posted in a couple of weeks, and this one won’t be long. But I wanted to check in with my readers and wish each of you a marvelous week! Take…

Jan 18

So at 6:47am on New Year’s Eve, I woke up with the worst pain I’ve felt in my life in my upper abdomen (no—I hadn’t been partying or drinking any…

Jan 4

Happy holidays to those celebrating! My gift to you is a recording of Metta meditation for reflection and for comfort. For those who face a holiday of…

Dec 25, 2022

Coping and Grounding (December 18, 2022) So tonight (yes, I am up late tonight—but I’ll get better about getting to bed earlier), for coping, I selected…

Dec 19, 2022

I keep feeling the lump on my face, wondering if it’s only my imagination, or it’s getting bigger gradually. I was under intense anxiety and depression…

Dec 19, 2022

The tiredness in her brown eyes—like the wind when it sends rhythmic sighs. Like the tides fall and rise. Albeit a photo, merely, I could read it; the…

Dec 17, 2022

Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson. Cher and Alex. The world is so ageist, that when someone is of legal marriage age (across all states—so I mean 21…

Dec 4, 2022

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Embracing the violets one by one. With petals to the cheek, the lips—caressing the neck against dark skin that blushes with the color of the strokes and kisses of a flower simple and understated; the silent voice of writing the black lesbian heart.

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