What a beautiful spot we found for a quick getaway from what we expected to be a hot and muggy early August in the DC area: an AirBnB in Hardy County, WV, about two and a half hours away from Leda’s and my house in East Riverdale, MD. Surrounded by woods up a steep dirt…… Continue reading White privilege on vacation
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On Joni Mitchell, restlessness, & blooming where I’m planted
I love Joni Mitchell’s music for so many reasons, but the songs that capture me the most are the ones that express her restlessness and her longing for stability. She released an entire album about it, Hejira, in 1976. If you made me pick one of her recordings for a desert-island exile, it would be…… Continue reading On Joni Mitchell, restlessness, & blooming where I’m planted