…So this morning I realize something: That practice of “archiving” the eagle call in my head until I could identify it later is my father living on in me.
Godwin Sunday Daniel Okorafor
Thinking of him today. 🦅
…I get my obsession with the natural world from him. He showed me how to pay attention to the world that way. To listen carefully. To notice and be in awe of creatures and plants. To verify what you think you heard or saw…
…Today is the anniversary of my father joining the ancestors. He passed in 2004. Dad loved science (he was a cardiovascular surgeon) and he loved nature…
…YEP!! That was it. A bald eagle was outside my window this morning making noise. 🤠…
…I went straight to my bird app and started checking bird calls. Red-tailed hawk. Nope. Cooper’s hawk. Not even close. Then I went for the one my memory had been leaning toward all along: Bald eagle…
…When I woke up, I jumped out of bed (yeah, I’m one of those who jumps about of bed grinning and saying “It’s a new day!”, lol) and grabbed my phone…
A thread:
Early this morning, I heard a bird call outside my window. It woke me up! I knew it was a raptor, I suspected it was a special one. Immediately told myself, “Remember the sound!” I held onto it in my mind…
Doesn’t even need to be said.
We’ve been reading some of our favorite sections from @nnedi.bsky.social ‘s
Death of the Author aloud in class & I’m now down to just 4 copies left in my classroom, these kids love nothing more than a messy bitch clapping back at her haters
I have no idea what they will think of the ending
Facts. Periwinkle ate too quickly, then jumped on my desk while I was writing and barfed on it yesterday. He is indeed a 🤬perfect angel that no one is allowed to slander.
It’s a preemptive post. I can sense when things are warming up to that and I needed to get ahead of it.
I agree. The primary purpose of the Internet isn’t porn; it’s posting pet pics, period (that’s a lot of p’s, lol).
flowers in the wind
If I post a photo of my cats and you say something negative, you earned whatever response you get from me. Including me telling you to fuck off.
😃
You’re afraid of cats?
That’s unfortunate.
The Space Cats. 😊
Note: This isn’t a survey of novels; I write it, I don’t study those who write it. It’s about what Africanjujuism is, why it exists, and how it works.
📢 I’ll be at Yale University giving a 3-lecture series on the origin, concept, and practice of Africanjujuism.
I’ll discuss masquerades (mmụọ), Nsibidi, the role being Naijamerican played, and the overlap of the mystical and mundane.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Nnedi, just ignore them.
I know it's difficult, but just IGNORE them.
you guys are tiring me out. 😑
you guys are tiring me out. 😑
yes, because you're not of the culture. that's how it works.
in my circles (and just about all black cultures of the world), they are common in some form, with a plethora of meanings and purposes.
I’m working on these lectures further defining Africanjujuism and I talk about being chased by masquerades (mmuo, “spirits”) when I was little and that being where my obsession with them and what they were began (no one explained ANYTHING to us back then, lol!!). THIS is what I’m talking about:
I've had this website bookmarked for over 20 years. I return to it every so often to refresh my knowledge, lol. Why? Because. www.diffen.com/difference/E...
Watching some people react to reading an “unlikeable” character” (I don’t agree but if people want to describe Zelu like that, they’re certainly free to) says a lot more about them than than the character. Like, relax, dude. No one is attacking you…except in your head.
😮💨
Inhale.
Exhale.
when i come to something new to me / unfamiliar, i sit and quietly and observe, first. i listen. i don't bring anything; i let the unfamiliar do the bringing. i don't try to control or sooth myself by comparing with what i know. i let the unfamiliar lead the away.
but maybe that's just me.
no.
yeah, trying to pattern match is exactly what you shouldn't' be doing here. just sit in the fact that this is not familiar to you. it is ok to not know anything about something. i am literally right here telling you about it.
no.
yeah, trying to pattern match is exactly what you shouldn't' be doing here. just sit in the fact that this is not familiar to you. it is ok to not know anything about something. i am literally right here telling you about it.
Let each be what they are.
Ok, preemptive statement: See my tone? These are not “trauma” post. This shit was fantastic and wonderfully foundational to my identity and childhood. If this is new to you, just let ME guide you. Don’t bring negatives to this that aren’t part of anything I’m saying because you’re unfamiliar.
