Hello, stranger. I’ve missed this community. I’ve been reluctant to show up here. I’m embarrassed to say that I was worried about showing up alone. With everything swirling around these days, would anybody care to join the circle? Would anybody…
Back in January, I was scrolling through Instagram one morning. Between the photos of decadent pasta dishes and serene bedrooms I’d bookmark, I slowed down when I saw some text, a screenshot of a tweet from one of those “good…
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“We don’t chose what’s going to wake us up.” One of my favorite writers, Dani Shapiro said this and it’s been echoing in my head for the past several months. I’ve been absent here on The Modern Bee. The most…
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The world is scary enough right now, who needs Halloween, right? Wrong! Trick or treating sadly seems to be off the table this year. I can’t see Zoom being able to solve this pickle. It’ll all make for a scary…
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Not to be all doom and gloom…but man, there’s a lot of doom and gloom these days. It doesn’t sit well with me personally to pretend that my uptick of self-care is rooted in the fact that we’re coming up…
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It’s been a busy week. I hate the word busy; I always think about the whole argument about the glorification of busy (I’m Team Don’t Glorify Busy). The act of being busy isn’t the problem, it’s when people use it…
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Here we are! After a great weekend with equal parts taking care of business and taking the time to go on a day trip, I’m looking forward to a productive week and fun weekend plans to cap it off. The…
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Recently, we connected with two women who call the Hudson Valley home, Sharon and Nkoula. After a lazy summer and with zero desire to leave my “within driving distance” bubble these days, I’m looking forward to fall road trips and…
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“This conversation has me very excited. I connected with Nkoula on Instagram over the summer and knew immediately I’d found a kindred spirit. She is a creative, artist, gardener, Pan African activist, and that’s just the start. She was raised…
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I don’t think I’m the only one feeling extra reflective and introspective right now. That being said, I’ve been thinking about the women who have shared their stories, their triumphs and try agains here on The Modern Bee in the…
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Oops! It’s September tomorrow. And while I know that it’ll still technically be summer for a few more weeks, a September summer reading list just sounds…strange. But whatever. If anything, the past few months have been all about adapting to…
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“We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sometimes, you just don’t really have much to say. Today is…
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I don’t know about you, but I’m a regular pendulum of emotions these days. I go from being gratefully optimistic to swinging over to pessimistically, stomach ache-ingly woeful. I’m trying to be extra mindful of being present right now, with…
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