The summertime sadness was too real this season. But here I figuratively stand. Somehow still hopeful and finding ways to thrive in spite of the daily, distracting, heavy pounding reality of well... Everything that has or hasn't happened so far throughout this year, 2020. I found myself reverting ...
Mixed In America: Loving Day
Today Is Loving Day. An annual celebration held on June 12, the anniversary of the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia which struck down all state anti-miscegenation laws (legal laws that banned interracial marriage and intercourse) remaining in sixteen U.S. ...
Self Portrait Sunday :: Barber Wife
We have officially entered the 2 month mark of "stay at home orders" for Virginia. But while most of the state is embarking on Phase 1 of re-opening up as of last Friday, the Northern Virginia area is delayed until May 28th since it's much more densely populated. I mentioned in this post, that for ...
Blate @ Beetlecat, Atlanta
Blate (n.) a social appointment or engagement with bloggers. (not an official Webster's Dictionary term but I feel like the general blogworld would be in consensus with the definition above) Since I started blogging *counts years on fingers* EIGHT years ago (wow, time has flown), I’ve been ...
Portraits :: My Mommy Ma & Mom-In-Law
One thing I don't take for granted and am truly thankful for is the fact that my Mommy Ma (Tha, above right), and Mom-in -Law (Nellie, above left) get along. Every time I think of their friendship, it takes me back to that one time we flew Charles's Mom to Chicago 5 years ago to surprise my Mom ...
Bike Tour of Atlanta
Continuing where I left off with recapping our trip to Atlanta last year... Today, I'm recapping our second day exploring this city. Even though we were technically in the ATL to celebrate my birthday, I booked us a bike tour of Atlanta for Charles. Our Euro honeymoon circa 2014, where we ...
