Adventure Category
I Got A Book Deal – Now What?
Posted on May 11, 2020 2 Comments
You read that right, kid! In today’s post I’ll be explaining the process and what comes next for me. I hope you’ll stick around! I used to imagine myself living all sorts of lives: a doctor, an adventurer, a journalist, maybe an astronaut? Little by little, those dreams transformed into this nebulous thing, a sort […]
Friday Media Prep: Black Girl In A Big Dress
Posted on October 5, 2018 3 Comments
Do you have any hobbies that you feel certain no one will understand? For lots of us, it’s common for people to think you shouldn’t, or can’t, like something based on your background. I remember my parents teasing me for liking Coldplay and singing along to every song on Parachutes for hours on end. I […]
Lessons From Studio Ghibli: “Kiki’s Delivery Service”
Posted on September 26, 2018 Leave a Comment
When I was a little girl, old enough to have a say in what I wanted to rent from Blockbuster but young enough to be entranced by colorful VHS boxes, I fell in love with Studio Ghibli films. First, we watched Totoro, then came Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke . Each film transported my little brother and I to worlds just […]
Bessie Stringfield, Your New Patron Saint of Adventure
Posted on August 15, 2018 Leave a Comment
Each week we will feature the kind of everyday heroes you can look up to. They come from all walks of life, age groups and beliefs. We hope you’ll learn as much from them as we have! August is the month of changes, of possibilities, endings and beginnings. Schoolwork looms nearer, pools are emptying, but […]
Do These 10 Things Before Your Next Big Move To Avoid A Monster Meltdown
Posted on August 6, 2018 1 Comment
Yesterday I officially became a Californian. Leaving the midwest behind was that bittersweet mixture of anxiety, elation and hope for the future I used to experience right before taking a plunge into a new body of water. When you can’t see the bottom it’s easy to imagine monsters slithering about the sides, waiting to gobble […]
