5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)

1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card

Thursday through Sunday, my husband was in Colorado, visiting his mom and siblings. And it means I was single parenting for 4 days.

Monday was...well, that Monday.

Tuesday through last night, I was chaperoning my youngest kiddo's 5th-grade class sleepaway camp, right on the water. 38 degrees.

Hi there! I've been dabbling here but I don't want to read about the latest political news. My heart needs boundaries on that incoming administration.

Algorithm, please send me:

° women above 40
° ADHD
° kind-hearted smart asses
° book lovers
° writers
° lovers of the pop culture that feeds us

sometimes writing feels like an unbreakable, spiraling addiction, and at the same time, a glorious, healing cure

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

Salutations!

I'm Shauna James Ahern.

I’m a 5-books-published writer, James-Beard award-winning author, and a deeply experienced writing teacher.

I'm also a big goober, lifelong baseball fan, water-before-mountains woman. Sarcastic. Kind.

Ladies, I would love to help you write your stories.