This is Awkward...

I got my shot from an exhausted med student who told me they routinely had to stay past shift, because well, "whatever it takes, right?" He asked where I was going after all dressed up like that. I said nowhere man, this here's for me, for you, for this. Cheers to everyone else muddling through and sincere love to the many who could not. . . . #vaccine #johnsonandjohnson #oneanddone #washingtondc #dclife #pandemicfashion #coronadiaries #vaccinated #naptime (at Howard University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNa3xGpMCJg/?igshid=vvdvv08njnku

In a rash of unseasonably warm spring days we managed to get stuck up a tree in a winter wonderland. We had everything from horizontal snow, to rain, to hail, and even a little sun - just like a normal day back in Chicago! Couldn't feel my fingers or toes near the end, but still had a blast. And I managed to jump from the tree fall without the 25 minutes of panicking that may or may not have ensued every other time I've tried it! 🙏 . . #treecourse #upatree #adventuretime #adventurepark #pandemicworkout #doubletrouble #zipline (at The Adventure Park at Sandy Spring Friends School) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaPZJksfE1/?igshid=1m5qad8dl8nzd

Feeling flowerful Like something just 'neath the surface is preparing to Rise. . . . #ootd #coatseason #spring #fashion #springfashion #springlook #springlooks #lookoftheday #style #fabulous #retroaesthetic #vintagestyle #vintagelook #aesthetic (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIefKXswHv/?igshid=zkdhs6fwcmlb

Grateful for growth in drops drips surges long and painful years of seeming nothingness but still growth slow and imperceptible or quick quick quick and cutting. Ever growing ever upward It is impossible to do anything but. . . . #shareaseed #slowfood #slowfooddc #igdc #popville #washingtondc #dclife #gardening #garden #spring (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMxAFeJsdlf/?igshid=1jcizqplojzef

This is how we commune outside inside alleyway all day this is elders and youth moving the line today to make it so that there is no line tomorrow. Can't wait to add seeds and pots and soil and grow know how to this work. Thankful for my #ShareASeed partners and to the friends who have supported this and my endeavors schemes projects and dreams. ❤️ (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMruzH2MfL8/?igshid=cu16tnkzx5m7

A busy weekend! Four farmers markets, much seed packet making, a few sweet friends and very good doggos. #ShareASeed rolls on. How can you help? Have you shared your spares? Made a donation? Spread the word? Little projects of love like this need all the TLC they can get... . . . #slowfood #slowfooddc #farmersmarket #popville #igdc #washingtondc #dclife (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMcSyhGMWp-/?igshid=m9nnh3iywyl0

An attempt to bend toward the light. That time when I was 14 and I said I'd always wanted to dance under a street light with someone because wouldn't that just be the sweetest. You picked me up and drove me to the empty school parking lot and we danced and it was. Such an exchange of energy. My heart was full of lightning. We never spoke of it, after. And hardly ever, again. Pulling on shadow like an old coat. It is comforting, even if the elbows are worn thin. I keep trinkets in the pockets that Remind me of you. (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMPnKTkMNCQ/?igshid=pr6f3aiminym

Can't say that I always do things The right way. But I think the doing is probably the most important bit anyway. (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMNDmXas9s4/?igshid=4y4q0cgk6b91

Some will say that such hope is carried by a nation, others by a person. But I believe quite the reverse: hope is awakened, given life, sustained, by the millions of individuals whose deeds and actions, every day, break down borders and refute the worst moments in history, to allow the truth - which is always in danger - to shine brightly, even if only fleetingly... - Camus (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKXmIEMW4X/?igshid=1mvyioy0c12pp

Writing is power The writer is weaver Control over your words is power Wordcraft is weaving My bones are the loom And the thread it is singing. (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMCp0axs8vg/?igshid=5poq7w3wo53e

Today was Project launch day! an idea that woke me from dreams is now a national pilot. Her name is: Share a Seed and her goal is to circumvent tapped out commercial models to get share seeds and get more people growing to reconnect not only with land water food but also with one another Through the act of sharing not just our spare seeds, but also our love, knowledge, wisdom. (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7raldsfeF/?igshid=1jq86cye44xpy

Launched a project last week to reimagine community and food and land and story and what in means to be in relation to those things. I'm excited to share more about it Soon. . . #weekinreview #ootd #pandemiclife #pandemicfashion #sweaterweather #mutualaid #kyanitekitchen #washingtondc #dclife #foodphotography #dinner #curry #greencurry #cookingathome #cookinginthetimeofcorona (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLmW2g0MK6L/?igshid=1s4h27rbm4mpm

All black for the rolling blackouts Taking a break from Imposter syndrome, quarantine, rent payments, job hunts, and grief To get laced on caffeine overdoses and pretend Just for an afternoon That things might again Shine. . . . #allblackeverything #allblack #coffee #butfirstcoffee #lacoopdc #igdc #dclife #pandemiclife #poetryinthetimeofcoronavirus #blueskies #winterweather (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLb81F5MrJq/?igshid=7cofvl8rf6l2

Got these talismans to protect me. Gone through a lot since then. Hard to say the balance without knowing the measure but maybe if I'm still here that means they're working in their way. . . . #ootd #coronadiaries #poetryinthetimeofcoronavirus #mood #fingertattoos #valentines #valentinesdaylook #socialista #red #mirrorselfie #bighair #bigcurls #retroaesthetic #retrostyle #style (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLW34wAsqTR/?igshid=1ahs4j7m5p1km

Every day I check the tiny nursery on my bookshelf for signs of life The squash has taken the lead and threatens now to crowd the others, while no matter how many onion seeds I plant, only one has shown a willingness to grow. We are working towards something the seeds and I Knowing that most of our efforts will end in failure makes the prospect of growth all the more exciting. . . #ootd #retroaesthetic #retrostyle #retrotshirt #style #aesthetic #boxing #training #womensboxing #workoutroutine #growth (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLKGI1vsqGQ/?igshid=klxwqqz4qo2q

This is alchemy not charity This is translation of simple objects into the Language of Love This is meals that become Love Clothing that becomes Love Soaps, sani, and shavers that become Love Love Love This is Pure Gold. . . 📸 by myself and other volunteers #kyanitekitchen #mutualaid #dclife #community #washingtondc #igdc #popville @popville @igdc @kyanite.kitchen #solidarity #wefeedus #ward7 #ward7dc (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK_wDPvMj1K/?igshid=1280tcusedkv8

My snow day is going for the gold even if I'm my only competition. It's humble breakfast and dreaming of Lunar New Year dishes. It's bursting with pride over every new bud that breaks soil. It's another not so glamorous but still grateful day in pandemic life. . . #dclife #snowday #washingtondc #growyourownfood #glowup #growup #growth #growthmindset #peloton #januarygoals #workoutmotivation #workoutgoals #gardening #seedlings #sundayvibes #sunday (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKuD9qpsm9M/?igshid=13l2sxktfahra

Remembered the morning this What it was like to be small and awake before dawn. I suppose there is some majesty to the pre-dawn hours. It is, after all, hard to beat a stiff coffee and a bit of solitary thinking in the quiet before the world wakes. . . . #donutrundc #vegan @donutrundc @popville #popville #vegandonuts #veganeats #eeeeeats #foodphotography #igdc @igdc #dawnpatrol #predawn #earlymorning #washingtondc #dclife #yummy #shopsmall #supportsmallbusiness (at Donut Run) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKl2-OTs_Ab/?igshid=64apm86bqg93

What a long long long long long cycle I've been stuck in. I keep telling myself that all things have an end, even circles eventually wear thin from the constant running of laps 'round them. Fraying like the edges of a table laid in lace, caressed by one too many communions twixt thumb and forefinger. At some point surely, the thread can be picked up, again? . . #coronadiaries #covidlife #poetryinthetimeofcoronavirus #sweaterweather #sweaters #ootd #style #fashion #updo #updostyles #retroaesthetic #retrostyle (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUH_YhM_cI/?igshid=ey3rl8t0vbsb

The work is the joy Through every struggle. In grief, in darkness The work is the joy The people are the joy. When we stand in the glow of our victories and we pause just a moment to breathe to soak it in to rest our feet and we look around and we know The work is the joy The people are the joy Solidarity is joy. . . Proud to join @1fairwage_official for their official #inauguration event celebrating the end of the tipped minimum wage and lifting of the federal minimum wage to $15/hr. I am comforted knowing every one of these workers is back at it today, fighting for the next victory. Support community work however you can, when you can. . . . #fightdontstarve #onefairwage #fightfor15 #marthadeardc #igdc #popville @popville #washingtondc #dc #dclife #community #labor #labormovement #unionstrong (at Martha Dear) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKRYH-nMADq/?igshid=1gpyvbmhylrub