It’s rainy and windy in Seattle right now. I try to take the opportunity at the end of every academic term, particularly those during which I teach, to engage in reflection. When I was younger and stuck inside during occasional heavy rains, watching the rain fall on the world outside, I would also reflect. So, […]
Tag: rest
A Slow Unraveling
I have been in an inquiry around rest, aided profoundly by friends and in community, as well as through the study of rest as written about by Black women, particularly Tricia Hersey, Bishop of the Nap Ministry and her book Rest is Resistance and Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith’s Sacred Rest. What I’ve come to realize is how […]
Cultivating New Things
My dear friend Ale gave me a ginseng plant for my birthday. When she gave it to me, she laughed because she knew I would be surprised. I don’t do well with plants. I support the life of my family and dog, but they also advocate for themselves. Less so with myself, and even less […]
Rest as Resistance
My survival (like that of many of women of color in, and outside, of academia) has always been about the hustle. I write about this a lot. I wrote about it last week, in fact. But I am committed to moving beyond survival, towards thriving. And to do so, I have to slow down. I […]