Tongue of Fire

When white denial slips, the truth burns through. This essay is a reflection on racism, silence, and the cost of looking away. The veil has fallen. What once softened the truth now lies in the dirt. When I became an educator, I caught my first glimpses behind the veil that white America has long employed to pretend we were living in a post-racist world. Until then, I could, if I chose, dismiss echoes of hate as jokes, misunderstandings, or euphemisms. Racial violence didn’t h

I’ve been creating all my life, but rarely with true collaboration. I tick on the tock—sometimes too much, sometimes not enough—and I’m done apologizing for it. I’m a Creative Weirdo, built for curiosity, connection, and alchemy. If you create for joy and meaning, maybe we’re part of the same tribe.

From Cain and Abel to every child who’s ever felt unseen, Ghost Siblings explores the ache of being second—the shadow of comparison that lingers across generations. Through Dust’s eyes, this chapter becomes a tender reckoning with jealousy, worth, and the longing to matter.

Eve’s curiosity cracks the silence of paradise. The Knowing reimagines the moment awareness enters the world—not as a fall, but as the birth of consciousness. It’s the ache and the beauty of becoming: the instant we see ourselves and can never go back. Through myth, memoir, and Dust’s quiet testimony, this chapter explores what it means to wake up—to know, to wonder, and to choose.

I set out to write my memoir, but it became something else—a midrash in verse, narrated by a speck of stardust. Remembered by Dust reclaims faith and story from those who weaponize them, weaving kindness, justice, science, and memory into one tapestry. This preface introduces my author’s note and Dust’s first letter, the beginning of a story that will unfold chapter by chapter.

“World Mostly Okay” doesn’t make headlines, but it’s the truth. Scarcity is a script designed to keep us scrambling. Let’s flip it. Let’s live like there’s enough, act like there’s enough, and preach the Word of Enough until fearmongers lose their grip.

Before I had the words for grief, neurodivergence, or belonging, PBS gave me a window into what community, curiosity, and kindness could look like. Now that Congress defunded public broadcasting, I want to say thank you to the shows that raised me.

I left Etsy because I won’t chase visibility in someone else’s machine or profit from a platform that turns human suffering into merch. My kids, even when they were little, watched my choices. They're still watching. And silence is complicity.

This summer, patriotic Americans are showing up to demand justice without exception. Learn your rights, stay safe, and speak truth like it’s your job (because it kinda is). This post introduces The Demonstrator’s Field Guide—a free, downloadable tool with legal tips, chants, multilingual cheat sheets, and survival smarts for resisting with heart. Plus a few extra safety tips to help you protect your body and your voice.