Here we are again. In the US the slide of summer is sinking, the cooler temperatures are coming, and the misogyny with jokes about pumpkin spice lattes is abundant. The arrival of this fall is a bit different though as life is TENSE! I challenge you with how you approach this season because we can […]
Denver Zoo – COVID re-open beta
Guess who got to go to the zoo today? I got to go to the zoo today! And I brought back some tips for your trip.
Short Anti-racism Learning List
It has been a ridiculous week where I did find myself as a Black and Indigenous woman having to act for my kids’ school to write a racism statement and then act to do something as momentum about racism was already dwindling. The one community conversation quickly steered and was symbolized with a complaint that […]
It Starts With Values
I could say this week has been a whole thing, this lifetime, or these 401+ years – they all follow the same course. Hello everyone. I am a human. Just like you are a human I am a human. I should not have to work for this fact to be normalized, yet here we are […]
Neighborhood Toy Store Day at Beyond the Blackboard
Saturday November 9th is Neighborhood Toy Store Day and I hope you know if your favorite retailers are doing anything for the occasion. My family and I have been Beyond the Blackboard fans for years with the types of toys that we actively search for. This store, in Arvada and Southlands, is great for those […]
Ancestors, Diaspora, and Belonging
Growing up I did not have much family. My mother’s Black family disowned her when she married my father from Panama. My grandmother called me “the brown one” until I was 19 when she realized I was sticking with the college thing but she still wasn’t necessarily nice to me. My father’s adoptive White family […]