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Ananda Leeke
@anandaleeke.bsky.social
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Digital Mindfulness Professional, Multidiscplinary Artist & Author

Album: Thriving Mindfully As Theresa's Daughter
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Books: Love's Troubadours, That Which Awakens Me, Digital Sisterhood & American Change Agent
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Ananda Leeke @anandaleeke.bsky.social · Dec 5
Go to anandaleeke.com/album for more information and listen to and buy Thriving Mindfully As Theresa’s Daughter album on Bandcamp, YouTube Music, Apple Music, & other streaming platforms except for Amazon Music and Spotify.
#spokenword #mindfulness #selfcare #wellness #astrology #selflove #grief
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DAFFODIL is the prompt for #Februllage Day 15. My #collage is entitled “A Tribute to Daffodil Sisters: Mary Etter Bolden and Stella Essa Bolden.” It honors my great-great-grandaunts who died early.

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#ancestralmedicine
February 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Heart is the prompt for #Februllage Day #14. My #collage is entitled The Heart of Father + Daughter Love. It celebrates the love shared by my grandfather, Robert Warren Gartin, Sr. and my mother, Theresa B. Gartin Leeke.

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#ancestralmedicine
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Watermelon is the prompt for #Februllage Day #13. Imagining A Widow’s Watermelon Salvation is the title of my #collage.

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#ancestralmedicine #ancestors #heritage #lineage #blackhistory #blackhistorymatters #blackhistorymonth #ancestry
My Februllage 2026 Collage for Day 13: Watermelon
Watermelon is the prompt for Februllage Day #13. “Imaging A Widow’s Watermelon Salvation” is the title of my collage. I decided to use a black and white photo of my great-great gr…
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February 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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The #Februllage Day 12 prompt is MAGNET. My #collage is entitled Dream Magnets Connecting Me to Iemanja, Salvador da Bahia, and Grandma Gartin’s Love, Wisdom, and Protection.

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#ancestry #ancestralmedicine #digitalcollage #heritage
My Februllage 2026 Collage for Day 12: Magnet
Today’s #Februllage prompt is MAGNET. My collage is entitled “Dream Magnets Connecting Me to Iemanja, Salvador da Bahia, and Grandma Gartin’s Love, Wisdom, and Protection.” My dreams ha…
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February 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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PLANT is the prompt for #Februllage Day 11. My #collage is entitled “Two Generations Planting Seeds of Black Girl Joy.” It explores two things that brought joy to my mother Theresa and I during our girlhoods: playing with our dolls and dogs.

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My Februllage 2026 Collage for Day 11: Plant
PLANT is the prompt for #Februllage Day 11. My collage is entitled “Two Generations Planting Seeds of Black Girl Joy.” It explores two things that brought joy to my mother Theresa and I…
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February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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My #Februllage Day 10 (PROMPT: OBLIVIOUS) is entitled “A Little Girl Is Oblivious.”

Read my blog to learn about the #collage.
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#ancestry #ancestralmedicine #lineage #motherhood #daughterhood #family #BlackMother #BlackDaughter #heritage #grief #girlhood
My Februllage 2026 Collage for Day 10: Oblivious
Yesterday, I discovered that making digital collages dedicated to my loving + wise + well ancestors is a powerful way to care for myself when I experience grief that is born out of the loss of a lo…
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February 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Bottle is the prompt for #Februllage Day 9. My collage is entitled Mother + Daughter + Granddaughter Memory from 1986.

Read my blog to learn more about my #collage.
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#ancestry #ancestralmedicine #digitalcollage #heritage #motherdaughter #family #blackwomen #lineage
My Februllage 2026 Collage for Day 9: Bottle
Bottle is the prompt for #Februllage Day 9. My collage is entitled Mother + Daughter + Granddaughter Memory from 1986. I thought about memories I wish I could have bottled. I decided to create a co…
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February 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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My #Februllage Day 8 collage is called Concrete Family Blessings. The blessings are my grandparents, Dorothy and Robert Gartin's love, care, and work ethic.

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#family #ancestralmedicine #ancestry #heritage #digitalcollage #collage #lineage
February 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Check out my #Februllage Day 7 (PROMPT: Rain) entitled The Johnson Men: Xango’s Sons Rain Down Blessings on Me.

Read my blog to learn more about the #collage and my creative process.
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#ancestralmediciine #ancestry #heritage #Xango #Shango #digitalcollage #heritage
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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My #Februllage Day 6 #collage (PROMPT – Jellyfish) is entitled “A Day of Jellyfish Fun in Iemanja’s Ocean.” It celebrates girls and women of African descent being, playing walking with freedom, joy, and ease.

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#ancestralmedicine
February 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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STAR is the prompt for my #Februllage Day #5 collage. The title of the collage is "My Ancestral Stars: The Bolden Family."

Read my blog to learn more about the #collage. anandaleeke.com/2026/02/05/m...

#ancestralmedicine #digitalcollage #ancestry #heritage #lineage
February 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Check out my #Februllage Day #4 collage (Prompt: BROCCOLI) entitled "Grandma Ida Mae Farmer Gartin: My Wellness Shero Who Reminds Me to Eat Plenty of Green Vegetables."

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#ancestralmedicine #digitalcollage #ancestry #family
February 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Check out my #Februllage Day 3 collage (Prompt: BALLET) entitled "Ballet de Iemanja and Oxum." It celebrates my connection to Yemanya/Iemanja and Oshun/Oxum, the West African Yoruba Orishas/Orixas that embody aspects of water and feminine power.

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February 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Check out my #Februllage Day #2 collage (Prompt: TOAST) entitled Festa de Iemanja Toast to Mommy." It is a toast to the love, friendship, and ancestral connection I share with my mom Theresa B. Gartin Leeke.

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#ancestralmedicine
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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I decided to participate in #Februllage, a collaboration between Edinburgh Collage Collective and the Scandinavian Collage Museum that invites collage artists to make a ‘collage a day’ throughout February.

Check out Day #1 BOOM digital collage.
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#ancestralmedicine
February 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Guess what I've been up?

I've been going SLOW, getting STILL, and taking time to LISTEN to Creator and my loving + wise + well #ancestors.

All of it has led me to a juicy mindful #creativity practice of making #digitalcollages. Read my blog for more.
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#Februllage
SLOW + STILL + LISTEN
Welcome to February, my friends! This month is pretty special to me because it mark’s the 100th anniversary of Black History Month (which is celebrated every day of every year). That’s …
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February 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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In case you missed The @amherstburgfreedom.bsky.social's Virtual Black History presentation on “The Leeke Family’s Legacy of Freedom Seekers from Hagerstown to Amherstburg” that my dad Dr. John F. Leeke and I gave on January 26th, I invite you to watch the replay video.

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The Leeke Family's Legacy of Freedom Seekers from Hagerstown to Amherstburg
YouTube video by Amherstburg Freedom Museum
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January 27, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Special thanks to my amazing Sorors of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. for featuring "American Change Agent: A Life & Legacy of Seeking Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion," the book my dad Dr. John F. Leeke and I wrote about his life and work in the Fall/Winter issue of The Aurora Magazine.
January 23, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Visit bit.ly/4pDYaDS on Jan 26 at 3 PM ET to join the live conversation or go to Microsoft Teams and use Meeting ID 262 051 238 204 98 with Passcode 6aA7qQ96.

#freedomseekers #undergroundrailroad #BlackHistory #AfroCanadianHistory #AmericanChangeAgent#DEI #diversity #equality #inclusion
January 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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On Monday, I joined many people in remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and work. It was a quiet day of reflection on Dr. King's wisdom: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

WHAT MATTERS TO YOU THIS WINTER?

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January 23, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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In 2023 and 2025, I traveled to Salvador da Bahia, Brasil with the amazing support and guidance of tourism innovator Ronnell Perry, founder of AfroBuenaventura Transformative Travel.

Those trips represent SACRED TRAVEL. Read my blog to learn more about my trips.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Fifty-three years after Roe v. Wade and four years after Trump’s court ripped away our rights, the fight isn’t over, it’s raging. Across America, abortion bans are still denying care and endangering lives.
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Something powerful happened on Wednesday night during a discussion I led about my debut novel, "Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One" during the Unity & Presence Book Club in Odenton, MD. I witnessed the impact of my creativity on others.

Read my blog to learn more: anandaleeke.com/2026/01/22/s...
January 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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For me, WITNESS means being present, acknowledging, honoring, and making meaning and memories.

Yesterday, I wrote a post on my Substack page about WITNESS and reposted it on my blog: "WITNESS: The Power and Presence of #Witnessing." anandaleeke.com/2026/01/23/w...

WHAT DOES #WITNESS MEAN TO YOU?
January 23, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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This winter, I've spending time deepening my connection to and cultivating my relationships with “womanline” ancestors on my mother Theresa’s side.

Read my latest blog about their guidance: WISDOM: January Wisdom from My Womanline Ancestors on My Mom Theresa’s Side. anandaleeke.com/2026/01/23/w...
January 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM