Retirement Musings …

After 36 years as an educator, I officially retired as of January 1st, 2022. Woo Hoo! While I miss colleagues and students, I’m looking forward to the next chapter. The adjustment to retirement was fairly smooth despite a bout of COVID (with brain fog). I also been checking off a few long-neglected household projects. My project list of course included more time to sew, quilt, try new recipes, muse and perhaps exercise. I also imagined frequent traveling. In reality, there don’t seem to be enough hours in the day. Imagine that!?!

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Motherless Child

Inspired by the horrific separation and inhumane treatment of migrant children at the southern border of the United States, Motherless Child features images of paper dolls (as they might have been arranged on a slave ship), a sale notice of small child (as well as other commodities), and the names of the top ten African tribes taken in the Atlantic Slave Trade.

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