Weekend Reads #128

Weekend Reads #128

How to Help Madelyne Adams, the woman behind Good Letters Design, is a self-taught designer and letterer living in Washington, D.C., and has created some incredibly inspiring murals in the area. She recently reached out and shared how she is hosting a fundraiser for Mamatoto Village.  You can participate in Madelyne’s fundraiser at this link….

Weekend Reads #127

Weekend Reads #127

Weekend Reads Woah, Nellie, this article blew my mind. The lifestyles of the rich and quarantined. (Washingtonian) How to make yourself immune to secondhand stress. (Harvard Business Review) The German model for America: The long and public reckoning that followed the Holocaust shows a path forward for a United States that desperately needs to confront…

Weekend Reads #126

Weekend Reads #126

This week, our neighbors decorated their yard for Halloween and I didn’t realize how much I look forward to it. We’ve been neighbors for a long while, I remember half walking, half carrying Em to their house to be the first place she trick or treated because they do such a beautiful combination of campy,…

Weekend Reads #125

Weekend Reads #125

I think there have been plenty of voices this week for you to have to read and listen to. So sit in a comfy spot, put in some headphones even if they’re not playing anything (my favorite way to have people leave me alone while blocking out distractions), grab a beverage of choice, and let’s…

Weekend Reads #124

Weekend Reads #124

How to Help Our communities are being inundated with painful stories and images of Black people targeted, harassed, arrested, and killed by police and racist vigilantes. As Black people all across the country grapple with the aftermath of an unprecedented global pandemic, somehow Black people also have to figure how to stay alive while jogging,…