I did this back in 2021, but it still does a pretty job of expressing different ways that I show care and love to myself. How I express self-care:
It’s my Four Year Skate-a-versary!
It was June 2020, a few months into the pandemic, and I was losing my damn mind. In the Before Times, dancing was a central part of my life. I was going out lindy hopping and house dancing several nights a week, traveling to dance events, and obsessing over whatever was new in the dance…
Playing around with Motion Tracking on a Skate Vid
What do you think? Not perfect, but kinda works.
An Epic Day at the Alameda County Fair!
We had an unexpected day off at work because of Juneteenth, which I decided to spend going back to the Alameda County Fair, which I haven’t been to for at least two decades. I have fond memories of going to the fair as a young person. But would it live up to the nostalgia after…
Bella is Gone But…. Meet My New Motor Scooter!
A week and a half ago, my luck with Bella the motor scooter finally ran out. Bella was stolen from a motorcycle parking lot in SOMA in a brief 20 minute window while I was getting dinner at the new IKEA food hall. It really really sucks to lose her. I had a lot of…
I Went to My First National Skate Event, Soul Skate Detroit!
This weekend, I got to experience my first national rhythm skate event, Soul Skate Detroit, one of the most popular skate events in the world. Soul Skate has been held over Memorial Day weekend for 17 years! Getting to skate in one of the historic centers of Black skating in America was high on my…
New PT Exercises for Knee Pain: Leveling Up
Earlier this month I went back to my physical therapist Mitchell to see if my PT exercises are making a difference with my knee pain. I’ve been doing PT since late February, which has been helping, I think? Mitchell watched me do my exercises and decided to switch them up because some of them were…
My First Cup of Coffee (and Second and Third)
I was a junior in high school on my first date with my friend Tricia. We went see a movie, no idea which one. And then she took me to a local diner which was open late and nearly empty. We sat in a booth and talked for an hour or so. I sipped bad…
Falling is a Part of Learning
On the regular I chat with people who are at the very beginning of their roller skate journey. It’s so sweet seeing how excited they are, so delighted to be wearing their brand new skates. It’s the best feeling ever, to be right at the beginning of a new, exciting hobby. At the same time,…
Quakers as a Shared Culture and Epistemology
I have long ruminated about the challenge of living in a digital society where we no longer seem to have a common culture that roots us. It feels like, in generations past, Americans had a more universal experience where we did the same things (e.g. bowling) and consumed the same media (the Bible, the three…