This is Awkward...

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I got my shot from an exhausted med student who told me they routinely had to stay past shift, because well, "whatever it takes, right?" He asked where I was going after all dressed up like that. I said nowhere man, this here's for me, for you, for this. Cheers to everyone else muddling through and sincere love to the many who could not. . . . #vaccine #johnsonandjohnson #oneanddone #washingtondc #dclife #pandemicfashion #coronadiaries #vaccinated #naptime (at Howard University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNa3xGpMCJg/?igshid=vvdvv08njnku

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In a rash of unseasonably warm spring days we managed to get stuck up a tree in a winter wonderland. We had everything from horizontal snow, to rain, to hail, and even a little sun - just like a normal day back in Chicago! Couldn't feel my fingers or toes near the end, but still had a blast. And I managed to jump from the tree fall without the 25 minutes of panicking that may or may not have ensued every other time I've tried it! 🙏 . . #treecourse #upatree #adventuretime #adventurepark #pandemicworkout #doubletrouble #zipline (at The Adventure Park at Sandy Spring Friends School) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaPZJksfE1/?igshid=1m5qad8dl8nzd

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Feeling flowerful Like something just 'neath the surface is preparing to Rise. . . . #ootd #coatseason #spring #fashion #springfashion #springlook #springlooks #lookoftheday #style #fabulous #retroaesthetic #vintagestyle #vintagelook #aesthetic (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIefKXswHv/?igshid=zkdhs6fwcmlb

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Grateful for growth in drops drips surges long and painful years of seeming nothingness but still growth slow and imperceptible or quick quick quick and cutting. Ever growing ever upward It is impossible to do anything but. . . . #shareaseed #slowfood #slowfooddc #igdc #popville #washingtondc #dclife #gardening #garden #spring (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMxAFeJsdlf/?igshid=1jcizqplojzef

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This is how we commune outside inside alleyway all day this is elders and youth moving the line today to make it so that there is no line tomorrow. Can't wait to add seeds and pots and soil and grow know how to this work. Thankful for my #ShareASeed partners and to the friends who have supported this and my endeavors schemes projects and dreams. ❤️ (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMruzH2MfL8/?igshid=cu16tnkzx5m7

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A busy weekend! Four farmers markets, much seed packet making, a few sweet friends and very good doggos. #ShareASeed rolls on. How can you help? Have you shared your spares? Made a donation? Spread the word? Little projects of love like this need all the TLC they can get... . . . #slowfood #slowfooddc #farmersmarket #popville #igdc #washingtondc #dclife (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMcSyhGMWp-/?igshid=m9nnh3iywyl0

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An attempt to bend toward the light. That time when I was 14 and I said I'd always wanted to dance under a street light with someone because wouldn't that just be the sweetest. You picked me up and drove me to the empty school parking lot and we danced and it was. Such an exchange of energy. My heart was full of lightning. We never spoke of it, after. And hardly ever, again. Pulling on shadow like an old coat. It is comforting, even if the elbows are worn thin. I keep trinkets in the pockets that Remind me of you. (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMPnKTkMNCQ/?igshid=pr6f3aiminym

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Can't say that I always do things The right way. But I think the doing is probably the most important bit anyway. (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMNDmXas9s4/?igshid=4y4q0cgk6b91

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Some will say that such hope is carried by a nation, others by a person. But I believe quite the reverse: hope is awakened, given life, sustained, by the millions of individuals whose deeds and actions, every day, break down borders and refute the worst moments in history, to allow the truth - which is always in danger - to shine brightly, even if only fleetingly... - Camus (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKXmIEMW4X/?igshid=1mvyioy0c12pp

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Writing is power The writer is weaver Control over your words is power Wordcraft is weaving My bones are the loom And the thread it is singing. (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMCp0axs8vg/?igshid=5poq7w3wo53e

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Today was Project launch day! an idea that woke me from dreams is now a national pilot. Her name is: Share a Seed and her goal is to circumvent tapped out commercial models to get share seeds and get more people growing to reconnect not only with land water food but also with one another Through the act of sharing not just our spare seeds, but also our love, knowledge, wisdom. (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7raldsfeF/?igshid=1jq86cye44xpy

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Launched a project last week to reimagine community and food and land and story and what in means to be in relation to those things. I'm excited to share more about it Soon. . . #weekinreview #ootd #pandemiclife #pandemicfashion #sweaterweather #mutualaid #kyanitekitchen #washingtondc #dclife #foodphotography #dinner #curry #greencurry #cookingathome #cookinginthetimeofcorona (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLmW2g0MK6L/?igshid=1s4h27rbm4mpm

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All black for the rolling blackouts Taking a break from Imposter syndrome, quarantine, rent payments, job hunts, and grief To get laced on caffeine overdoses and pretend Just for an afternoon That things might again Shine. . . . #allblackeverything #allblack #coffee #butfirstcoffee #lacoopdc #igdc #dclife #pandemiclife #poetryinthetimeofcoronavirus #blueskies #winterweather (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLb81F5MrJq/?igshid=7cofvl8rf6l2

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Got these talismans to protect me. Gone through a lot since then. Hard to say the balance without knowing the measure but maybe if I'm still here that means they're working in their way. . . . #ootd #coronadiaries #poetryinthetimeofcoronavirus #mood #fingertattoos #valentines #valentinesdaylook #socialista #red #mirrorselfie #bighair #bigcurls #retroaesthetic #retrostyle #style (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLW34wAsqTR/?igshid=1ahs4j7m5p1km

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Every day I check the tiny nursery on my bookshelf for signs of life The squash has taken the lead and threatens now to crowd the others, while no matter how many onion seeds I plant, only one has shown a willingness to grow. We are working towards something the seeds and I Knowing that most of our efforts will end in failure makes the prospect of growth all the more exciting. . . #ootd #retroaesthetic #retrostyle #retrotshirt #style #aesthetic #boxing #training #womensboxing #workoutroutine #growth (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLKGI1vsqGQ/?igshid=klxwqqz4qo2q

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This is alchemy not charity This is translation of simple objects into the Language of Love This is meals that become Love Clothing that becomes Love Soaps, sani, and shavers that become Love Love Love This is Pure Gold. . . 📸 by myself and other volunteers #kyanitekitchen #mutualaid #dclife #community #washingtondc #igdc #popville @popville @igdc @kyanite.kitchen #solidarity #wefeedus #ward7 #ward7dc (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK_wDPvMj1K/?igshid=1280tcusedkv8

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My snow day is going for the gold even if I'm my only competition. It's humble breakfast and dreaming of Lunar New Year dishes. It's bursting with pride over every new bud that breaks soil. It's another not so glamorous but still grateful day in pandemic life. . . #dclife #snowday #washingtondc #growyourownfood #glowup #growup #growth #growthmindset #peloton #januarygoals #workoutmotivation #workoutgoals #gardening #seedlings #sundayvibes #sunday (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKuD9qpsm9M/?igshid=13l2sxktfahra