Wow...

Last Friday I had the honor of reading with some very inspiring and talented women & the evening was quite a success. There were some breathtaking performances by a variety of women from all over the world, lots of laughs and in the end, lots of camaraderie. I loved it.
This past Tuesday I took part in a 5km run. It was my first effort at running a race and I have to say, it was quite a lot of fun. Since I only had 3 weeks to train, I didn't focus too much on speed--I figure I could take a few elements at a time and the first variable to tend to was ensuring my body even knew what running 5km felt like. I didn't run the whole way though, I broke it up with some walking, but it felt really good to have gone through the motions of what 5 km feels like. It was an all-women run, and I participated with some women from work. We all went at our own pace and it was really inspiring for me to set out to do something I had always wanted to do.
I'm slowly but surely preparing for my trip to Trinidad. My son and I will be off to visit my grandmother for three weeks and I am very excited about this trip. Things here in blogland will probably be a bit quiet for the month of July--but one never knows.
Another fun thing for me to look forward to is that I've been invited to be a panelist at a conference for Women of the African Diaspora which is a part of the Kwakoe Festival in Amsterdam.
I am very stoked. And (get this) I'm going to be able to read The Blackgirl's Survival Guide! This will be the first time that I read this poem for the audience it was intended and I cannot even convey the excitement and sense of achievement the thought of this alone fills me with.
Last night Shine held their album release party for which I opened. Click here to hear Shine check out Shine Online and become their friend on myspace at Here
I'm going to see Erykah Badu this Wednesday...looking very forward to it.
We're creating some great stuff over here in Cph: So don't sleep!
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