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Being called an “Oreo” as a young girl and throughout adulthood was a dagger thrown at me for existing in a Black body while cranking my head to Nirvan…
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Mar 10Comment 4Share
Or why I couldn't bring myself to buy weed until it was legal
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Jan 28Comment 2Share
Rosemarie tapped my shoulder to whisper, It’s time. I leapt to my feet and sat on the edge of the bed taking Grandma’s hand as she took her last few br…
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Jan 7CommentShare
I got off the bus one stop early so that I could take the shortcut down Guerrero to 18th. By providence, I caught a stranger’s eyes on me as I exited t…
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Dec 27, 2020Comment 3Share
A year from yesterday, I sat quiet with my grandmother on the couch in her living room. It was before the nurses were there around the clock. Before sh…
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Dec 14, 2020Comment 3Share
This is a picture of me from 6 years ago, attempting to do crow pose in my kitchen. I centered my Manduka equidistant from the stove and butcher block …
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Dec 6, 2020Comment 1Share
Welcome to montrescher by me, qianya vinson (she/her/hers). I am a poet, fledgling novelist, knitwear queen, former burlesque beauty and all around bla…
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Dec 3, 2020CommentShare
WordPress is a lovely tool, no doubt, but requires a bit too much thought and effort when all a bitch wants is to write. This year is teaching me to ow…
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Dec 3, 2020CommentShare
I have been so busy with work. Right now I am juggling two jobs as I continue my regular public health role and then split that with being a Disaster S…
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Aug 13, 2020CommentShare
The path to myself has had, and continues to have many, many detours. But I am working on being the one I choose, every time. we had we had a date and …
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Jul 13, 2020CommentShare
Growth, whatever you want to call it, "the path", our journey, ascension to higher consciousness. No matter the name, when you're in the shit, it can f…
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Jul 1, 2020CommentShare
Many times in my life, fear has paralyzed me on my way to becoming. In order to counter my impulse to quit before obstacles gave way to disappointment;…
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Jun 22, 2020CommentShare
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