book history. historical geographer. griefblogger.
Writing my dissertation so, well, no time to compose a lot of words. But here are snapshots of my September which was spend in Virginia, the Eastern Shore, and back to Lincoln. Re Research in Richmond, VA. (above) My mom, John Coltrane and Bruce Springsteen share a birthday :). 9/23 Tip for hotel … Continue reading ARCHIVES AND BIRDS AND MISCELLANY
.But first, thank you On August 3, 2021 in Springfield, MO my daughter and I along with friends remembered my son. This was the place where he grew up before we moved to Lincoln in 2015. It was a small, socially distanced gathering of vaccinated friends showing love for our beloved Ricky who went to Heaven last year … Continue reading Update on My Son’s Memorial Scholarship Fund
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Historical geography, however, studies the “series of changes which cultural landscapes have undergone and involves reconstruction of past cultural landscapes.”[2] Its primary objective is to “establish a critical system which embraces the phenomenology of landscape...
And the first post went up today! I am beginning this blog as part of my #selfcare and #griefwork. Now that Spring is here my heart is opened even more. I am sending my son's spirit forth in love through sitting in nature and being grateful for this beautiful Earth. Here is the blog logo … Continue reading I Started a #Birding Blog!
Today those voices out of bondage seem to transmit what is now meant by “soul.”[1] Arna Bontemps
I love my son Ricky so much. I wake up thinking of him and he is my last thought before falling off to sleep each night. Now that he is in Heaven...
***Upendo means love in Swahili The above picture was taken on December 26, 2020 when I was doing some winterbirding on Mattamuskeet Lake, Hyde County, North Carolina. Birding is something that I have recently come into as I navigated my grief journey. Birding makes me happy because my son loved birds very much. His favorites … Continue reading Upendo Rising: On Gratitude— #NewYearsDay
Hold space. Holding space means be with the griever in a nonjudgmental way. Be there but do not push, listen, and make statements that show your support. Avoid the wording “I understand” unless you have suffered the same loss. Try to say “I am so sorry you are going through this and I am here to help you with what you need.”
This essay assesses relevant sources in the account of Ann Clarke’s escape from slavery with a view to examining how the political landscape of the Kansas Territory impeded or facilitated her escape. In identifying the zones of containment, concealment, and wayfinding this paper will illuminate how enslaved freedom seekers and their abolitionist allies circumvented the punitive landscape of Kansas Territory.
The hope? To illuminate how enslaved freedom seekers and their abolitionist allies circumvented the punitive landscapes within the antebellum Great Plains.
But beyond the many beautiful things I know of my son from his time on Earth I now know that as his mother the ways that I cope with Ricky's transition will mark my transformation in the After.
