Black, Blonde, Asian, or Other — Gawked at While Traveling the World
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Black, Blonde, Asian, or Other — Gawked at While Traveling the World

ByStefanie Bielekova

This past Saturday, while scrolling through Instagram, I stopped in my tracks at a picture of Oneika Raymond. The picture was lovely, but the words are what lured me in and kept me reading (and replying) to comments for almost an hour. The topic? Oneika gave a candid recap of her experience as a black…

Georgeanne Brennan’s Provence: On Garlic, Gardening, Cuisine & Creative Living (She had me at garlic!)
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Georgeanne Brennan’s Provence: On Garlic, Gardening, Cuisine & Creative Living (She had me at garlic!)

ByStefanie Bielekova

For years now I’ve been bullying myself into reading things I β€œought to” — regardless of whether the words were compelling.Β But this summerΒ I swallowed two of Georgeanne Brennan’s books whole and enjoyed that novel feeling of indulging myself. Not only in words so lovingly crafted to convey all that is ProvenΓ§al, but in the accompanying…

Not My Usual Blogpost – On Hamilton, Collaborations, Travels & Other Tangents
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Not My Usual Blogpost – On Hamilton, Collaborations, Travels & Other Tangents

ByStefanie Bielekova

I get down on myself at times. I wonder what I’m doing with each breath in and each breath out. I spend too much time on my devices, feeding my vices. I haven’t written in a while. Mainly, I’ve been working on different projects, none of which have been brought to fruition just yet. I’ve…