Going into 2025

What to say upon entering 2025? What's coming to mind is embrace the blank slate, whether it begins with the New Year, or months down the road. The great thing about the metaphor is it evokes the possibility that even if you make a mistake, you can erase it and do over-whether it's one stroke or the whole thing. Or, you can morph what you're doing on the slate like kitsugi, if necessary. As your humble blogger usually doesn't do resolutions, as have mentioned before, this whole idea might be the theme for 2025.

May you and yours be blessed this New Year,

MsRanaDee

(Image from istockphoto.com)

A Tanka

 Inspired by Sabrina C.

What are the small wins?

Lean into that my dearest

But balance it out

Let it be fire for you

Proper for your greatest self

An Intersex Awareness Day Reflection

My Intersex Awareness Day reflection made it to Black Catholic Messenger

Proud to be a Michigander

 Woot!!!

Governor Whitmer officially recognized Ace Week

Version 4.3

 

Another trip around the sun is here for your humble blogger. It's a blessing to make it this far. In fact, some of the lessons from the past year has been don't take anything for granted and go at your own pace. Time may pass by quickly, but stop to smell the roses sometimes.

-Msranadee

Making it to U.S. Catholic

 Your humble blogger made it to U.S. Catholic with a review of Matt Kappadakunnel's The Catholic Church and the Struggle for Racial Justice.  Check it out at the link below and definitely check out Matt's book.

https://uscatholic.org/articles/202408/what-were-reading-this-month-september-2024/

Embracing caftans

 

According to one of my favorite fashion mavens, Lauren Ezersky, "We'll all be wearing caftans this summer". Never in a million years did I think that I would get to the point that I would wear one. I thought it would make me look older than I am. But, at this point, some fashion rules can be broken. There's no age limit to caftans, and if you want to wear one, make it work.  Do what's comfortable for you. For me, I felt like a short one (since I'm short) was the best. Luckily, this Emerson Fry piece has a tie on the inside to give a little form fitting silhouette. With that, I'll be glad to say I'm in my caftan era

-Msranadee