Yesterday I was meditating on the notion of what it means to be thirsting for knowledge, and where a worthy place to be seeking wisdom and knowledge might be found. Without getting too into the details, I've been seeking something - something new, something essential, something powerfully worldview shaking.
Read MoreCalling All Feminists
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 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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