Simone Monique Barnes
@simonemonique.bsky.social
Getting home from co-hosting ROOTED this evening, a Black Sacred Collective.
Rather than do more, we did less tonight, to celebrate. Left more space to just be.
Then, surprise: how sweet, a bouquet of flowers ❤️
It's been lovely to hold space with all who hold space.
My Spirit is Rooted, indeed.
Rather than do more, we did less tonight, to celebrate. Left more space to just be.
Then, surprise: how sweet, a bouquet of flowers ❤️
It's been lovely to hold space with all who hold space.
My Spirit is Rooted, indeed.
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Getting home from co-hosting ROOTED this evening, a Black Sacred Collective.
Rather than do more, we did less tonight, to celebrate. Left more space to just be.
Then, surprise: how sweet, a bouquet of flowers ❤️
It's been lovely to hold space with all who hold space.
My Spirit is Rooted, indeed.
Rather than do more, we did less tonight, to celebrate. Left more space to just be.
Then, surprise: how sweet, a bouquet of flowers ❤️
It's been lovely to hold space with all who hold space.
My Spirit is Rooted, indeed.
I made a cornament. 😁🌽
It's so cute!
#WorkshopWednesdays
#CentralTexasCherokeeTownship
#NativeAmericanCulturalCenter #ATX
It's so cute!
#WorkshopWednesdays
#CentralTexasCherokeeTownship
#NativeAmericanCulturalCenter #ATX
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I made a cornament. 😁🌽
It's so cute!
#WorkshopWednesdays
#CentralTexasCherokeeTownship
#NativeAmericanCulturalCenter #ATX
It's so cute!
#WorkshopWednesdays
#CentralTexasCherokeeTownship
#NativeAmericanCulturalCenter #ATX
I've neglected the garden recently. I went by to water it, expecting the worst. It's hot outside, as we are in second summer. Despite my lack of weeding, watering and care, many plants are still here. I'm amazed by the resiliency of Texas Sage, a native plant.
Sage wisdom, indeed.
#BloomScrolling
Sage wisdom, indeed.
#BloomScrolling
October 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I've neglected the garden recently. I went by to water it, expecting the worst. It's hot outside, as we are in second summer. Despite my lack of weeding, watering and care, many plants are still here. I'm amazed by the resiliency of Texas Sage, a native plant.
Sage wisdom, indeed.
#BloomScrolling
Sage wisdom, indeed.
#BloomScrolling
Oh Happy Day
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Oh Happy Day
Love is...when the NDN Aunties quietly gift you beaded earrings they made, just because. 😍🤩😍
Community medicine, for sure.
#NativeAmericanCulturalCenter #ATX
Community medicine, for sure.
#NativeAmericanCulturalCenter #ATX
September 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Love is...when the NDN Aunties quietly gift you beaded earrings they made, just because. 😍🤩😍
Community medicine, for sure.
#NativeAmericanCulturalCenter #ATX
Community medicine, for sure.
#NativeAmericanCulturalCenter #ATX
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Evening stroll.
July 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Evening stroll.
The sewing lesson.
An exhausting joy ride to Walgreens just a few minutes down the road to buy batteries for the sewing lamp you explained would make it easier to see handstitch work.
A lesson on using a sewing machine. It's easy peasy, and worth it to customize things for your home.
An exhausting joy ride to Walgreens just a few minutes down the road to buy batteries for the sewing lamp you explained would make it easier to see handstitch work.
A lesson on using a sewing machine. It's easy peasy, and worth it to customize things for your home.
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The sewing lesson.
An exhausting joy ride to Walgreens just a few minutes down the road to buy batteries for the sewing lamp you explained would make it easier to see handstitch work.
A lesson on using a sewing machine. It's easy peasy, and worth it to customize things for your home.
An exhausting joy ride to Walgreens just a few minutes down the road to buy batteries for the sewing lamp you explained would make it easier to see handstitch work.
A lesson on using a sewing machine. It's easy peasy, and worth it to customize things for your home.
Second float of the season. It's always chaotic getting yourselves on to the water, but once you're in, you just let go and flow.
#Texas
#NewBraunfels
#ComalRiver
#Texas
#NewBraunfels
#ComalRiver
June 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Second float of the season. It's always chaotic getting yourselves on to the water, but once you're in, you just let go and flow.
#Texas
#NewBraunfels
#ComalRiver
#Texas
#NewBraunfels
#ComalRiver
Today/this week I'm sitting with the value of EQUITY, thinking about what I think it means, and thinking about what actions I can take to live out the concept of equity in a more meaningful way.
Supporting local food vendors is something I don't do enough of.
Visited @texasfarmersmarket
Supporting local food vendors is something I don't do enough of.
Visited @texasfarmersmarket
June 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today/this week I'm sitting with the value of EQUITY, thinking about what I think it means, and thinking about what actions I can take to live out the concept of equity in a more meaningful way.
Supporting local food vendors is something I don't do enough of.
Visited @texasfarmersmarket
Supporting local food vendors is something I don't do enough of.
Visited @texasfarmersmarket
Led a laughter Yoga meditation this morning.
Spent time this afternoon in East Austin attending an art show, Joy is a Revolution, by artist and author Justin Shells/SoCurious. It was a vibe!
There were art suplies.
So I created a thing. 🙂
"Joy is a choice you make every day." ❤️
#collage
Spent time this afternoon in East Austin attending an art show, Joy is a Revolution, by artist and author Justin Shells/SoCurious. It was a vibe!
There were art suplies.
So I created a thing. 🙂
"Joy is a choice you make every day." ❤️
#collage
May 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Led a laughter Yoga meditation this morning.
Spent time this afternoon in East Austin attending an art show, Joy is a Revolution, by artist and author Justin Shells/SoCurious. It was a vibe!
There were art suplies.
So I created a thing. 🙂
"Joy is a choice you make every day." ❤️
#collage
Spent time this afternoon in East Austin attending an art show, Joy is a Revolution, by artist and author Justin Shells/SoCurious. It was a vibe!
There were art suplies.
So I created a thing. 🙂
"Joy is a choice you make every day." ❤️
#collage
Wow. Time flies.
Tonight we finished our last session of the Junior League of Austin / Leadership Austin's Leadership Bootcamp.
Skill building, team work, and lessons shared with other members about difficult conversations, leveling up, and innovation.
Empowered women empower women, indeed.
Tonight we finished our last session of the Junior League of Austin / Leadership Austin's Leadership Bootcamp.
Skill building, team work, and lessons shared with other members about difficult conversations, leveling up, and innovation.
Empowered women empower women, indeed.
May 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Wow. Time flies.
Tonight we finished our last session of the Junior League of Austin / Leadership Austin's Leadership Bootcamp.
Skill building, team work, and lessons shared with other members about difficult conversations, leveling up, and innovation.
Empowered women empower women, indeed.
Tonight we finished our last session of the Junior League of Austin / Leadership Austin's Leadership Bootcamp.
Skill building, team work, and lessons shared with other members about difficult conversations, leveling up, and innovation.
Empowered women empower women, indeed.
Enjoyed some fresh juice at home, a takeaway from the @allgoqpoc recent smoothie workshop. (We got to take some ingredients home and we're encouraged to blend drinks at home), so I put my under used Ninja and strainer to work!
Caring for myself is community care.
❤️
Caring for myself is community care.
❤️
May 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Enjoyed some fresh juice at home, a takeaway from the @allgoqpoc recent smoothie workshop. (We got to take some ingredients home and we're encouraged to blend drinks at home), so I put my under used Ninja and strainer to work!
Caring for myself is community care.
❤️
Caring for myself is community care.
❤️
"Look up, do you see the sunlight?"
The song "look up" by Joy Oladokun is such a balm for the soul.
It inspired me to capture a photo as I enjoyed the sunlight over the old airport hanger in Mueller Lake Park in East Austin, TX, illuminating the day.
Look up.
The song "look up" by Joy Oladokun is such a balm for the soul.
It inspired me to capture a photo as I enjoyed the sunlight over the old airport hanger in Mueller Lake Park in East Austin, TX, illuminating the day.
Look up.
May 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Look up, do you see the sunlight?"
The song "look up" by Joy Oladokun is such a balm for the soul.
It inspired me to capture a photo as I enjoyed the sunlight over the old airport hanger in Mueller Lake Park in East Austin, TX, illuminating the day.
Look up.
The song "look up" by Joy Oladokun is such a balm for the soul.
It inspired me to capture a photo as I enjoyed the sunlight over the old airport hanger in Mueller Lake Park in East Austin, TX, illuminating the day.
Look up.
Oh my goodness. I saw the stage production of AMAGING at the Vortex theatre in Austin, a collection of five people in the Queer Qmmunity in Austin, ages 65 -91. It filled my spirit! We laughed, we cried (in a good way), we laughed some more.
(Get the VIP ticket to get a goodie bag and cast photo.)
(Get the VIP ticket to get a goodie bag and cast photo.)
May 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Oh my goodness. I saw the stage production of AMAGING at the Vortex theatre in Austin, a collection of five people in the Queer Qmmunity in Austin, ages 65 -91. It filled my spirit! We laughed, we cried (in a good way), we laughed some more.
(Get the VIP ticket to get a goodie bag and cast photo.)
(Get the VIP ticket to get a goodie bag and cast photo.)
Had an ecotherapy, ecotheology, we heal in community kind of morning and afternoon. Nourishing for the soul.
Grateful.
[A bee pollinates a flower at the Urban Roots farm in Austin TX. 🐝🌸]
#BloomScrolling
Grateful.
[A bee pollinates a flower at the Urban Roots farm in Austin TX. 🐝🌸]
#BloomScrolling
May 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Had an ecotherapy, ecotheology, we heal in community kind of morning and afternoon. Nourishing for the soul.
Grateful.
[A bee pollinates a flower at the Urban Roots farm in Austin TX. 🐝🌸]
#BloomScrolling
Grateful.
[A bee pollinates a flower at the Urban Roots farm in Austin TX. 🐝🌸]
#BloomScrolling
I went out to give the chickens breakfast. Noticed they had already been fed.
So why were they all stalking me in the run and giving me the stink eye when I didn't feed them? You're not even hungry! I can see that you ate this morning. (There was still food in their trays!)
Fakers. LOL
So why were they all stalking me in the run and giving me the stink eye when I didn't feed them? You're not even hungry! I can see that you ate this morning. (There was still food in their trays!)
Fakers. LOL
April 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I went out to give the chickens breakfast. Noticed they had already been fed.
So why were they all stalking me in the run and giving me the stink eye when I didn't feed them? You're not even hungry! I can see that you ate this morning. (There was still food in their trays!)
Fakers. LOL
So why were they all stalking me in the run and giving me the stink eye when I didn't feed them? You're not even hungry! I can see that you ate this morning. (There was still food in their trays!)
Fakers. LOL
Nature offers inspiration, metaphors, and theology.
My indoor herb garden has looked a bit raggled and bedraggled for a while. Gardening is not my forte.
I was surprised to see that the dead garden isn't dead after all. There is new life among the dried leaves.
#BloomScrolling
#lavender
My indoor herb garden has looked a bit raggled and bedraggled for a while. Gardening is not my forte.
I was surprised to see that the dead garden isn't dead after all. There is new life among the dried leaves.
#BloomScrolling
#lavender
March 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nature offers inspiration, metaphors, and theology.
My indoor herb garden has looked a bit raggled and bedraggled for a while. Gardening is not my forte.
I was surprised to see that the dead garden isn't dead after all. There is new life among the dried leaves.
#BloomScrolling
#lavender
My indoor herb garden has looked a bit raggled and bedraggled for a while. Gardening is not my forte.
I was surprised to see that the dead garden isn't dead after all. There is new life among the dried leaves.
#BloomScrolling
#lavender
It's time for the Lenten Artists Salon Series, an annual gathering of artists and creative thinkers in the tradition of the Harlem Renaissance. Mondays, Mar 24 - May 5, 2025, on Zoom.
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March 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It's time for the Lenten Artists Salon Series, an annual gathering of artists and creative thinkers in the tradition of the Harlem Renaissance. Mondays, Mar 24 - May 5, 2025, on Zoom.
simonemonique.com/2025-lenten-...
simonemonique.com/2025-lenten-...
QOTD: should stacking be allowed in a family friendly UNO tournament?
If you know me, I think you know where I stand on this. 🤣
If you know me, I think you know where I stand on this. 🤣
February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
QOTD: should stacking be allowed in a family friendly UNO tournament?
If you know me, I think you know where I stand on this. 🤣
If you know me, I think you know where I stand on this. 🤣
Thanks for the birthday wishes, calls, email, messages, and texts. It's been a relaxing and wonderful new year so far.
Ah, what will the 6 weeks of Moni Gras unfold?
(For the record, though I had cake for breakfast, I lit this candle outside. Lifelong birthday lessons. IYKYK 🤣)
#MoniGras
Ah, what will the 6 weeks of Moni Gras unfold?
(For the record, though I had cake for breakfast, I lit this candle outside. Lifelong birthday lessons. IYKYK 🤣)
#MoniGras
February 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Thanks for the birthday wishes, calls, email, messages, and texts. It's been a relaxing and wonderful new year so far.
Ah, what will the 6 weeks of Moni Gras unfold?
(For the record, though I had cake for breakfast, I lit this candle outside. Lifelong birthday lessons. IYKYK 🤣)
#MoniGras
Ah, what will the 6 weeks of Moni Gras unfold?
(For the record, though I had cake for breakfast, I lit this candle outside. Lifelong birthday lessons. IYKYK 🤣)
#MoniGras
So excited to support a young CEO (Riley O Designs) vending at the Brave Communities #MLKDay2025 event at Rozco's Comedy Club in Austin TX. Her products have heartwarming affirmations. Message received. #IAmEnough
January 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
So excited to support a young CEO (Riley O Designs) vending at the Brave Communities #MLKDay2025 event at Rozco's Comedy Club in Austin TX. Her products have heartwarming affirmations. Message received. #IAmEnough
Excited for owner Nikki Jackson-Sagirius opening Divine Luxury Spa, now in Round Rock TX, offering skin care and waxing. (Coming soon infrared sauna.) The space is fabulous (I'd expect nothing less, her attention to detail and quality, and support of other businesses is noteworthy.)
January 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Excited for owner Nikki Jackson-Sagirius opening Divine Luxury Spa, now in Round Rock TX, offering skin care and waxing. (Coming soon infrared sauna.) The space is fabulous (I'd expect nothing less, her attention to detail and quality, and support of other businesses is noteworthy.)