bedtime stories

  • baby proof: involving kids in activism.

    Last Friday night, our beloved next door neighbors accidentally locked themselves out of their apartment on their way to dinner and so they knocked on our door at bedtime to get the spare key…

    September 26, 2019 17 Comments
  • habit shift: listen to black women.

    I’ve spent a lot of time worrying about how to go about writing this post. But the points that I need to make are really absurdly simple: + White women benefit from, and uphold,…

    October 31, 2018 79 Comments
  • things you can do today.

      Four things to do today to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. + Listen to the Seeing White podcast. I’ve mentioned this here before, but it has been the single…

    January 15, 2018 31 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    five little things that made my week.   1. vanilla extract.  {i don’t know what possessed me, but i had a sudden urge for a dash in morning coffee and i’ve been repeating the move…

    November 3, 2017 19 Comments
  • welcome fall, two ways.

    Tomorrow, fall, which seems deserving of celebration in spite of everything. I’ve always been something of a season watcher. It’s worth the moment to marvel, I think, at the way the light changes in…

    September 21, 2017 9 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    five little things that made my week. 1. this little yogurt jar. {and those lil’ guys for hanging on.} 2. these sandals. {because it’s warmed up again around here. also, twinsies.} 3. this butter. {because it’s…

    June 17, 2016 12 Comments