I like my grey hair because nobody says “Asians look so young” BS to me anymore. My favorite reason, though, is that my hair color matches my cat’s!

My friend at work cooked Indonesian soul food in honor of her mother and gave this lunch box to me. I cannot find proper words to describe how delicious it was or how grateful I am. This world is getting worse everyday, but we cook, share, and care for one another.

I assume, before Wong Kim Ark, (regarding his case Supreme Court affirmed birthright citizenship in 1898) there were many of him like Woh Sing here. "A Chinaman has shaken California to its center by taking our preliminary naturalization papers." from Springfield Weekly Republican (MA), 1.14.1976.

This is John Philip Simpson's "The Captive Slave" (1827), housed in the Art Institute of Chicago. The model is Ira Aldridge, the American-born actor who was famous for his performance in the Atlantic world. If we look into his face close, we can see why he was known as the best actor in his time.

During the pandemic, I voraciously read his poetry and listened to his interviews because his writing made me feel less alone. And his new novel did not disappoint me.

Today I saw a raccoon couple enjoying a walk in the day light!

I was there from 9 to 3 today, and saw the bird keep doing this all day. The other side is a mirror, and the bird is seriously in love with himself.

Jacob Lawrence’s 1947 painting, Children at Play, is displayed at the Wells Library, Indiana University.

The first Black woman lawyer and daughter of Charles Ray, Charlotte Ray advertised her office in Frederick Douglass’s New National Era in March, 1873.

I wrote an essay about Mary A. Shadd Cary and Mary E. Bibb (Henry Bibb's wife), speculating their collaborative relationship if not friendship, which is different from the previous studies about them. I found both of them lived in D.C. after the Civil War. So exciting nerdy moment.

This ad hurts my eyes. From The Christian Recorder, Feb. 1, 1868.

“it is estimated that the registry of voters in South Carolina will show 45,000 white and 60,000 colored voters.” From The Elevator (San Francisco Black newspaper, June 21, 1867)

Some child found Rev. Offley’s notebook to be a good place to doodle.

I was too timid to ask her for a photo with me. Nevertheless, when I ran into her this morning, I expressed my sincere gratitude for her undaunted voice for justice. She is Judith Butler.

I walked to a bench to sit, but this squirrel made sure the bench was taken. I tried to shoo him away, and then he showed me his clenched fist.