My coworker has been reading this book for several months now, off and on, and keeps mentioning different passages to me. It is a book that somehow escaped me through my studies, even though I tried to focus on writings by women of color who are politically inclined. Now that I have it in my hands, I'm wondering how it never ended up on any of my reading lists.
Read More6 Things Keeping Me Going Through Winter
I thought I'd take a break from the book reviews and author shout-outs to just post something fun. Winter in Western Washington isn't terrible. We don't get monolithic snow storms or below freezing temperatures, but we do get lots of gray days, occasional snow, and lots of rain. I'm a fan of sunshine, so I thought I'd share a few things that have been keeping me going through the dark and terrible months of the year.
Read MoreIt's Time to Celebrate Some Local Artists
Yesterday I attended the 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Conference organized by the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force. A few people that I work with were presenting on different topics important to me, but on a whim I ended up going to a workshop facilitated by two local artists/writers who I had not yet met but I had heard about when I was still kicking around with my MFA grad school crew on the regular.
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