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Seeing America Slowly

A couple of weeks ago I hosted a Zoom event with my neighbor Alan Wright who just fulfilled his lifelong dream of cycling cross-country. He started his solo trip on May 22 in Boston and completed the journey on August 5 in Seaside, Oregon. He used his trip to bring awareness to climate change and raise funds for the Boston cycling nonprofit Bikes Not Bombs. Alan rode more than 4,200 miles over 73 days. That was only half the trip. After riding across the country, Alan saw America from another vantage point: he rode Amtrak from Oregon home to Boston. Alan talks about his trip in his presentation “Seeing America Slowly.”

I Love Erykah Badu!!!

Erykah Badu is a favorite singer, and I had the privilege of seeing her perform live at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on September 30!

This was the first indoor event with a large crowd I have attended since the pandemic began. All attendees were required to show proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID test. I felt safer about going to the concert.  I’ve seen Erykah live at least 20 times over the last 25 years!

Questlove opened the show with an hour of his DJ set of old-school soul, reggae, and hip-hop. It was a nice crowd of diverse ages, races, sexual orientations in the room. This was definitely the Met Gala for Black people! (Rumor has it, actor Chris Meloni was also at the concert.)

I’m so glad I went, and I am still on Badu high.

Peace and Love!

Book Review: The Personal Librarian

The Personal Librarian is based on the true story of Belle da Costa Green, a fair-skinned Black woman who passed for white during the early 1900s and became the personal librarian to financier J.P. Morgan.

It’s a pretty wild story!

It’s a really great read.  I don’t care for fiction that much, but I did like this book!

The story also reminded me of The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe, which was also about a passing Black woman who worked for the Boston Public Library.

Here is an interview with the authors.

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