Freestyle
Sometimes I get this deep down craving for okra--it just don't make no sense! Unfortunately, okra isn't something you can get in my neck of the woods. Nørrebro would be the place, but after a day's hard work, two HEAVY bags of groceries and a weary child, I'll have to do without it tonight. I have to figure out a way to grow it here, at home, make a little window garden.
The book I'm reading about the Yoruba is interesting. A lot of background history that I was completely oblivious to. How come we don't learn this stuff in school? Why can't our education be more inclusive? Multicultural is a stupid term, cause we all, in some way, have some influence on the other. I read the other day about China's early trade with the Eastern coast of Africa--we've always been connected. It makes me think about one of my favorite books, Parzival. One of the reasons I love it so much besides its riff on constancy and inconstancy is Firefitz. Firefitz is this character whose mother was Ethiopian and father was, correct me if I'm wrong--one of the Knights of the Round Table. The thing about Firefitz is that he came out spotted--like a magpie! I always have wondered what he might have looked like if this was to be taken literally and not metaphorically. But anyway, what I loved about was its depiction and proof of interactions between humanities ancestors. Why does one culture have to have a monopoly on that?
Well, there's no okra to be had so Kai and I will make pizza. It was hot today and I took a couple of pics which I'll post later.
Hope all y'all out there healthy, happy and hanging. Life right now is beautiful.
Love,
the lab
The book I'm reading about the Yoruba is interesting. A lot of background history that I was completely oblivious to. How come we don't learn this stuff in school? Why can't our education be more inclusive? Multicultural is a stupid term, cause we all, in some way, have some influence on the other. I read the other day about China's early trade with the Eastern coast of Africa--we've always been connected. It makes me think about one of my favorite books, Parzival. One of the reasons I love it so much besides its riff on constancy and inconstancy is Firefitz. Firefitz is this character whose mother was Ethiopian and father was, correct me if I'm wrong--one of the Knights of the Round Table. The thing about Firefitz is that he came out spotted--like a magpie! I always have wondered what he might have looked like if this was to be taken literally and not metaphorically. But anyway, what I loved about was its depiction and proof of interactions between humanities ancestors. Why does one culture have to have a monopoly on that?
Well, there's no okra to be had so Kai and I will make pizza. It was hot today and I took a couple of pics which I'll post later.
Hope all y'all out there healthy, happy and hanging. Life right now is beautiful.
Love,
the lab
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