Loving and living this life in Seattle
I have had a love affair with libraries since getting my first library card in elementary school. Weekly trips to the library were anticipated with the same fervor as Friday’s pizza and Blockbuster movie night. I lived for this weekly outing. Because we lived on the south end of Kansas City in an area considered …
I have noticed a recent online campaign to promote more whimsy in our daily lives, and I’m fully on board. As a lifelong lover of fantasy (and sci-fi), getting lost in the whimsical affairs of fairies and elves and general badass heroines is my jam. There is magic and adventure and breathtakingly beautiful natural worlds …
I grew up playing video games. I will never forget the day my dad brought home the highly coveted Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) for my brothers and me. I can’t remember our exact reaction, but I am certain shrieks of joy, erratic jumping up and down, and emphatic declarations of love for our dad were …
When I went off to college back in the 1900s (side eye to gen Z), I had three expectations: I would graduate with the knowledge and skill I needed to thrive in my chosen profession; I would meet the man I was going to marry; and I would build lifelong friendships with the people who …
I hope that you’re the one. If not, you are the prototype. ~ 3 Stacks I make no apologies for saying with my whole chest that Black women are lit. I am always blown away by the grace, style, and general flyness of Black women. Growing up, I would marvel at the well-dressed women with …
First and foremost, HAPPY JUNETEENTH because Black Liberation is my favorite thing! As far as I know, none of us has control over what family we are born into and what part of the world we make our grand entrance. I happen to have been born in the good ol’ USA. That comes with a …
I am not what you would consider an animal lover. I am not a fan of pets. I don’t necessarily enjoy encounters with animals in the wild, though I absolutely respect them and their ownership of the great outdoors. It is their home, and I’m just grateful to be granted passage. This is important to …
I cannot remember a time in my life when I didn’t enjoy writing. Even from an early age, I was enamored with stories and the collection of words that collaborated to make stories come to life. The written word is a form of cosmic magic. Words transform, transfix, and teleport us to places we dare …
If you have been around this place for a while, you already know that I speak fluent geek. I adore most things geeky and nerdy in the scifi, fantasy, and comics space. I have traveled to attend a few comic cons in my life with San Diego Comic Con and Dragon Con being the biggest. …
Let me start this by saying I am not on the clock app. I downloaded it during Covid back in 2020 like everyone else but quickly realized I didn’t like the potential danger of the algorithm and I hated that all the content it surfaced for me was of white girls recording themselves doing dances …
