Meteor Shower
by Clint Smith
I read somewhere that meteor showers
are almost always named after
the constellation from which
they originate. It’s funny, I think,
how even the universe is telling us
that we can never get too far
from the place that created us.
How there is always a streak of our past
trailing closely behind us
like a smattering of obstinate memories.
Even when we enter a new atmosphere,
become subsumed in flames, turn to dust,
lose ourselves in the wind, and scatter
the surface of all that rest beneath us,
we bring a part of where we are from
to every place we go.
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February is Black History Month. Here is how I’m celebrating:
Watching:
Crash Course Black American History, hosted by Clint Smith (YouTube)
Red Tails (Disney+)
Captain America: Brave New World (Releases February 14)
Reading:
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lord
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, by Heather McGhee
Live Nourished: Make Peace with Food, Banish Body Shame, and Reclaim Joy, by Shana Minei Spence, MS, RDN, CDN
Cooking:
New-to-me recipe (TBD) from Black Girl Baking, by Jerrelle Guy (The sweet potato pie with chocolate hazelnut crust from this book is *chef’s kiss*.)
New-to-me recipe (TBD) from The Inspired Vegan, by Bryant Terry (Terry’s saag tofu is my go-to; his recipe for the tofu is out of this world.)
Carmen Yount 