Us Three
When I work in downtown Minneapolis, I drive home past a boarded up store spray painted with: “REST IN POWER, GEORGE FLOYD.” Invariably, I read it aloud to myself, alone in the car, and it gives me some hope. After the inhuman, brutal, cruel murder of Floyd in May, I was so relieved to see a national and then international series of protests. Judging by their duration, intensity, and organization, this could be what it looks like when the baton from the Civil Rights movement is taken up again to continue and escalate the fight against the inextricably intertwined institutions of United States racism and United States policing.
So Ess drew up this to-do list in early August. This is the list of things she wanted to do this next day:
“Oh dear!!” is one of my favorite things Ess says.
Mykala and I aren’t exactly… at our best in this photo. But it is the one where Ess is looking at the camera!
The snake Ess really wanted to hold is off-camera.
Best part of this video: “I’m not eating your tongue, that’s just how we shake hands!”
It is sort of interesting: the tags on this site don’t change, but our names for stuffed animals do. “Marge the Monkey” has changed to “Monkey Mao” to just Mao. The dragon in this video “Dante Fiero” changed to Dante but mostly just “Beela” because he would chase Ess and say “blah! blahblah!”
Setting up the new Naturally Dyed Goods space!
If you don’t start playing at the playground as early as possible in the season, you won’t maximize your playground days!
I have a few old Sylvanians that Ess found at my parent’s house, and this is one of the owl family. Mykala made this wedding dress for the mama owl, at Essie’s request.
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