Not partial to "name brands" per se, as I like what I like...but let me tell you, that Ralph Lauren can craft a cardigan that makes you feel like you're wrapped in a hug! Stylish, warm, and always garnering plenty of compliments, the gray and tan stay in rotation over here...

Poached cod filets in my homemade tomato sauce with onions, garlic, and spinach. Putting that over browned rice and my lunch is complete. Now, to go out in the cold to get to the office... 😬🍽

📚 A Christmas to Remember by @authormsbev.bsky.social has me doing a deep dive on the bearded vulture, aka "the LAMMERGEIER, a large bird of prey distinguished by its unique diet of bones and its "beard" of feathers under its beak." 😲😲😲 I LOVE The Blessings Series!!

Made refried beans using navy beans instead of pinto beans for quesadillas, added salmon and fresh tomato. Looks a little crazy, but it was very good! 🍽

Put out those new self-warming pads for the stray cats to help them bear the freezing temps overnight, laid frost cloth over my potato plants, brought in the geranium, basil, and tradescantia, and now I'm cleaning up my bedroom...this is me tomorrow!

Flowers in the garden yesterday...Roses, Geranium, and Mums. 🌱

Corporate Welfare The TRUE Welfare Queens Is BOEING a Broke B*tch? FORD?? GM??? TESLA???? AMAZON????? This post is about SNAP... FEED PEOPLE...like you feed your corporate friends' coffers!!

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Overnight temps will be low, rain on its way...I'm pulling out old plants, putting down new ones, and putting beds to rest for the winter. I already know my back is gonna be screaming later today, but the garden will be winter ready! Pansies, mums, cauliflower, and more collards are in! 🌱

@abreezeclayton.bsky.social You have a hard job! How can I help in Guilford County? This offers some GOOD advice... sherrilyn.substack.com/p/takeaways-...

Your morning read. sherrilyn.substack.com/p/takeaways-...

Out in the garden this morning hustling to harvest collards and kale to give to a coworker today. I need sunlight AFTER work! 🫩🌱

The political science of it all... #Mamdani #Politricks open.substack.com/pub/stewardb...

Got some sunshine in earlier! Planted more cauliflower and looked over the winter garden. The pots are clustered to be able to cover them with frost cloth as it gets colder (the potato plants will die in the frost). Garlic is snuggled under the straw and the greens are unstoppable! 🌱

I got to hang out with my favorite people: my siblings. My brother was honored by www.deezydecks.com last night at their event, celebrating 5 years in business and it was DOPE! FAMU represented and Black business was celebrated. THE MITCHELL THREE continue to make their parents proud! ❤️

I get to hang out with my siblings all day today!! We just celebrated my sister becoming "Dr." and now my brother is being honored. To cap off the weekend, I'm heading to see THE WIZ on Sunday!

Am important lesson on media literacy, re: logical fallacies. Watch this... www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMC5JPhR/

"TELL YOUR CHILDREN WHO THE COWARDS WERE!" -Coates

I'm glad I planted stuff over the weekend, it is chilly and raining outside. This week, I need to fertilize, replant, and mulch the strawberry beds and plant 6 more cauliflower plants. Next week, I'll clean out some of the flower beds and put down mulch. Gardening never stops. Summer highlights ⏬️🌱

I once had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Ben Burkett. His work with Black small farms has won a James Beard Foundation award...read this to understand some of the Black Farmers' struggle with USDA. #farming 🌱 #SNAP disparitytoparity.org/parity-and-s...

The catnip was outside all summer and none of the cats found it. I repotted it and somebody was paying attention...🌱

Pot of navy bean soup on the stove, as I wait for the sun to rise. Planting again today...more garlic and potatoes going down, as well as broccoli, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts. The weather makes clear that I am a gardener and NOT a farmer...I don't like being out there in the cold! 🌱

I really grow stuff...🌱

Peanuts & Ginger harvested from the garden. Planted garlic from the crop we harvested in June. 🌱

"Garden-to-Table" Pasta! 🌱🍽

Crazy to believe...but I can COOK, too!

I had every intention of farming today...but I got hungry! 🌱

Sool I'm getting old, and I'm cool with it..but days like today, when my 19 year old road trips with a friend from NC to visit her big sister in GA for homecoming makes me realize just how old I am...

Eating straight off the vines today. Sautéed vegetables and pasta with shrimp is on the way! Onion, peppers, okra, tomatoes, and eggplant...🌱

Need to be outside in the garden already, but it's chilly! Harvesting peanuts, peppers, tomatoes, and flower seeds today. Planting garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, and herbs. Had my kiwi vine pruned, so I dont have to climb a ladder to get to the trellis! Visitor is gone...🌱

Woke up hungry...up eating scrambled eggs like I'm rich!

Made the TAZO Classic Chai Latte and added coconut condensed milk, simmered on low...🔥🔥🔥

Went to the feed store to get antibiotics for the cat colony outside, they have colds. Saw plants for sale: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, basil, lettuce, parsley. Owner gives them to me for FREE!!! I have so many plants to get in the ground this weekend! I can't wait to gift garden pots to folks! 🌱

Racism cannot be reformed...history PROVES that! It must be eradicated...defeated...annihilated...then reparations must be paid for its atrocity. Skipping over these steps has the US where it is right now.

I read this because of the "case" against NY AG Letitia James. I'm sharing it because the people who are employed by the federal government seemingly shouldn't be...

Went to look at the garden to plan: what to clear to plant garlic and cauliflower; clean up and fertilize the strawberries and blueberries; cut back roses, kiwi and grape vines; lay compost and straw, etc., etc. Saw this guy playing in the collard patch...🌱🐛

Today, in the garden...I harvested a few things, but didn't do any clearing out. 🌱🌿🍆🫑🫚

What a fascinating concept, I'm halfway through and it has become entrancing... #TheCorrespondent 📚

A loud reminder that this administration wants to bring back SEGREGATION as @victorerikray.bsky.social has pointed out and they're starting within the administration. A literal page out of Woodrow Wilson's playbook. #blacksky #news

Our lived experience is other folks worst nightmare.. These are just *some of the ways Black people have long lived under fascism

In my refrigerator for 5 days, still fresh from the garden. When you grow your own, it tastes better, lasts longer, and checks all the boxes! 🌱

In all my 50+ years, nobody told me Indian Fried Rice was a thing...Completely different flavor profile, even with the same ingredients as Asian Fried Rice. Absolutely DELICIOUS!! Y'all ain't told me nothin!

"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave." Assata Shakur

I am happy when we're together...22 & 19 we're home last weekend and it was a fun time!!

Collards, Broccoli, Carrots, and Potatoes were all planted today. Cleaned up flower beds and kale plants, moved the asparagus bed, planted a new blueberry bush, and added compost to most beds for Fall. Harvested tomatoes and navy beans...tackling the strawberry and blueberry beds this week.🌱

Both girls home from their respective schools... 19 needling 22... 22: You need to find something else to do... Mom: snickering & giggling 🤣

I LOVE SOUP!!! 🍽🍛 Pureed Navy Bean Clam Chowder Lentil Bean Broccoli Cheddar Lobster Bisque She-Crab Potato Ramen Vegetarian Vegetable Soup

Harvested green onion, bok choy, and ginger from the garden. Added them to shrimp, garlic, onion, soy sauce, Furikake, sesame oil, and kim chi for the best ramen I've ever made...🌱🍽🍤🫚🥬

I spent 7 hours in the garden Sunday. Harvesting, pulling weeds, planting potatoes & bok choy, removing plants & debris...built a produce bag for a friend with carrots, tomatoes, bok choy, collards, Lacinato kale, peppers, and eggplant straight from the garden. 🌱🥕🍅🥬

I worked HARD yesterday for the annual NC A&T Sports Hall of Fame Annual Golf Tournament. #AGGIEPRIDE 💙💛