December 7 2024
Where I’ve been all day today and likely all day tomorrow. I’ve written about 1,000 words of my literary analysis of The Poet X. Halfway there! I’ve put it in conversation with Audre Lorde’s, Poetry is Not a Luxury and Theoretical Foundations for Social Justice by Lee Anne Bell. Along with inserting myself into the analysis. The professor encouraged me to write a non traditional analysis. She gets me. 🔥🔥🔥
November 30 2024
I laughed so hard. True story of the struggle. 😂😂😂
I be like. Let me restart this convo exactly where we left off 2 years ago. Smooth! 😁🤣😁
November 28 2024
Happy day of gathering to y’all. Sending love. 🖤✊🏻🖤
We laughed, talked, ate, and laughed some more. Good times. 🖤🍁🖤
November 27 2024
I love this book so very much. This was the last of the 3 banned books we read in my Lit Analysis class. This is also the one I’m writing my analysis on and defending against a ban in the mock school board meeting.
Although I’m not a brown skinned girl, nor Catholic, I absolutely do relate to the main character’s writing of poetry and discovery of the power of words and spoken word poetry. It’s as if she climbed into my heart, broke it open, and used the ink of my heart to write this book. I’m sobbing just thinking and writing about it. Especially when paired with Audre Lorde’s 1985 “Poetry is Not a Luxury” essay. These two together make me want to crawl into the ink of these words and explore every molecule, down to their nothingness and back again.
“Poetry is not only dream or vision, it is the skeleton architecture of our lives.” -Audre Lorde “ … Our poems give us strength and courage to see, to feel, to speak, and to dare.” -Audre Lorde “Poetry is a lantern glowing in the dark.” – Xiomara, main character in The Poet X
November 27 2024
Hear that? That’s the sweet, delicious sound of respite. Quiet. Serene.
Lillian is at The Romano Duo’s place, giving me respite. Thank you Romano Duo!!
We’re nearing the end of this semester. I’ve got 3 weeks remaining. Pretty much finished with new material. These 3 weeks will be turning in final projects and presentations, and final exams. Then a month long break. I’m pretty sure group projects were invented as a method of torture for neurodivergent folks. And tests and quizzes?? Those are absolute worthless as a learning tool (for me anyway). I do the same thing I did in high school. Memorize for the test, and then forget. One professor has done away with tests, focusing simply on doing the work. This has been my favorite class and the one I’ve learned the most. Literary analysis. For the entire semester we have read and analyzed text. Culminating in a full blown literary analysis and mock school board meeting happening next week.
November 24 2024
Last week … in clouds.
November 24 2024
Monday Night Poetry – Fundraiser for Eddy House and good times! 🖤🎉🖤
November 23 2024
Another I’m late posting. We celebrated Thomas’s 19th birthday last weekend (actual birthday is November 13th).
Thomas Darnell,
To say that I am deeply proud to be your mom is truly an understatement. I am inspired by you, your intelligence, your empathy, your fortitude, your use of critical thinking. You help to enlighten me in regard to world matters, our country, and interpersonal relationships. You have been the catalyst for uncovering subconscious beliefs and thoughts so that I could unlearn them. I thank you for this.
I am your number 1 fan. I know I don’t always have the words to help, but I am forever here to listen and to hold space for you. Loving and supporting you for eternity.
Love,
Mom
Camilla
(Yes, we had FOUR different cheesecakes!! Apparently, cheesecakes for an eternity, too!)
November 23 2024
Sunset earlier this month. Breathtaking. 🧡🧡🧡
November 23 2034
Late posting these. We had a blast 💥 with the traditional Chromosome 18 Halloween Zoom dance party! Y’all know we love us some dancin’! 🖤🖤🖤
