Can two broken people heal each other?
“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent…
Salvador: Frida Kahlo and Vegan Eats
Last weekend I got invited to join a friend and family member to Salvador for a few days. I was…
How to enjoy growing older
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing…
What Brazilian women have taught me about self-care and femininity
I recently braided my hair, or actually, twisted my hair. For some reason the first few days of new nylon (i…
Growing Bananas in Brazil (newbie farmer/gardener)
“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as…
Sharing your dreams with dream killers
The other day I was listening to a podcast called ‘happy black woman’ and she was talking about the ways in…