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Always tired. I crochet things. Self-sufficient overthinker. Digital editor for mlk50.com She/her.
Took the widget to the vet because he's been peeing in the house at night, and that's not normal. They can't find anything wrong with him there, but did tell me he's got cataracts (no surprise) and that they're so bad he's effectively blind in dim light/at night. 😭
December 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Took the widget to the vet because he's been peeing in the house at night, and that's not normal. They can't find anything wrong with him there, but did tell me he's got cataracts (no surprise) and that they're so bad he's effectively blind in dim light/at night. 😭
I have a closet full of presents to deal with and I don't wanna.
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I have a closet full of presents to deal with and I don't wanna.
Furniture folks called yesterday and were like, oh yeah....your couch and loveseat will be there tomorrow.
Cool cool cool.
They call 10 minutes before they arrive to let me know that the loveseat didn't make it on the truck and they can't deliver it until Thursday. Couch comes ... with a tear.
Cool cool cool.
They call 10 minutes before they arrive to let me know that the loveseat didn't make it on the truck and they can't deliver it until Thursday. Couch comes ... with a tear.
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Furniture folks called yesterday and were like, oh yeah....your couch and loveseat will be there tomorrow.
Cool cool cool.
They call 10 minutes before they arrive to let me know that the loveseat didn't make it on the truck and they can't deliver it until Thursday. Couch comes ... with a tear.
Cool cool cool.
They call 10 minutes before they arrive to let me know that the loveseat didn't make it on the truck and they can't deliver it until Thursday. Couch comes ... with a tear.
I've been sitting at this desk since 9 a.m., and I've yet to get one of the four things I'm working on across the finish line.
a cat is going down a slide in the grass
ALT: a cat is going down a slide in the grass
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December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I've been sitting at this desk since 9 a.m., and I've yet to get one of the four things I'm working on across the finish line.
So Pantone's color of the year is .... White.
Cool cool cool.
Cool cool cool.
a man in a blue shirt says i 'm done while pointing
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says i 'm done while pointing
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December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
So Pantone's color of the year is .... White.
Cool cool cool.
Cool cool cool.
When you have an 8-year-old daughter, this is what happens to your Spotify
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When you have an 8-year-old daughter, this is what happens to your Spotify
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Reading all my friends' posts about them stressing and prepping food all day for tomorrow and knowing I'm just making a pot of chili to go with our free pie from Perkins
a man in a vest and tie is standing in front of a sign that says and rapid
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Reading all my friends' posts about them stressing and prepping food all day for tomorrow and knowing I'm just making a pot of chili to go with our free pie from Perkins
Why is the last work day before any vacation/holiday starts THE. ABSOLUTE. BUSIEST. day of your life?
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Why is the last work day before any vacation/holiday starts THE. ABSOLUTE. BUSIEST. day of your life?
Sometimes I wonder if, after my sessions, my therapist goes outside to smoke a cigarette and disassociate from the clusterfuck that is my brain dumping.
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sometimes I wonder if, after my sessions, my therapist goes outside to smoke a cigarette and disassociate from the clusterfuck that is my brain dumping.
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Americans are going hungry so that others can afford to live the American dream.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Americans are going hungry so that others can afford to live the American dream.
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Em is finally reading at the correct level. I had to start her with basic phonics last year because her old school didn't teach her squat but sight words. So in the span of a year and a half, she's gone from a kindergarten to second-grade level, and I couldn't be more proud of her.
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Em is finally reading at the correct level. I had to start her with basic phonics last year because her old school didn't teach her squat but sight words. So in the span of a year and a half, she's gone from a kindergarten to second-grade level, and I couldn't be more proud of her.
Settle this periodic debate between me and my husband. Does he or does he not look like Gino Vanelli?
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Settle this periodic debate between me and my husband. Does he or does he not look like Gino Vanelli?
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"But the truth is, Memphis is infrastructurally racist. The schools, the roads, the housing — all of it is designed to keep poor Black and brown folks in economic servitude. The state government’s negligence & hostility aren’t accidental; it’s strategic."
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“I’m not built to see my babies in zip ties because of somebody’s xenophobia”
Illustration by Sri Vee for MLK50 MLK50 allowed the writer to use an alias in order to protect their identity. I never thought I’d find myself caged in a poorly constructed labyrinth, gaudily d…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"But the truth is, Memphis is infrastructurally racist. The schools, the roads, the housing — all of it is designed to keep poor Black and brown folks in economic servitude. The state government’s negligence & hostility aren’t accidental; it’s strategic."
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Dad update: He's clear to drive in town and has been running my mom ragged doing errands. 😆 He has another chest x-ray coming up and then should get the OK for interstate travel, which is what he needs approval for to return to work out of state. Progress!
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Dad update: He's clear to drive in town and has been running my mom ragged doing errands. 😆 He has another chest x-ray coming up and then should get the OK for interstate travel, which is what he needs approval for to return to work out of state. Progress!
It is surprisingly less difficult to rip an apple in half than I thought.
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It is surprisingly less difficult to rip an apple in half than I thought.
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Fun fact! Since last Thursday afternoon, I made 177 phone calls to make this article a reality.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Fun fact! Since last Thursday afternoon, I made 177 phone calls to make this article a reality.
Introducing THE most up-to-date food pantry guide for the Memphis metro area, complete with an interactive map:
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My child singing into her mini karaoke machine in the next room...
"You hurt my feelings, so I'm gonna hurt you!"
Ok then.
"You hurt my feelings, so I'm gonna hurt you!"
Ok then.
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My child singing into her mini karaoke machine in the next room...
"You hurt my feelings, so I'm gonna hurt you!"
Ok then.
"You hurt my feelings, so I'm gonna hurt you!"
Ok then.
On season 4 of "Poldark" and every single man on this show is trash. Even ol Cap'n that we're supposedly supposed to swoon over. TRASH.
October 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On season 4 of "Poldark" and every single man on this show is trash. Even ol Cap'n that we're supposedly supposed to swoon over. TRASH.
Is there anywhere in Memphis where I can get a bottle of pomegranate molasses?
I know I could probably just make my own, but that feels too tedious right now.
I know I could probably just make my own, but that feels too tedious right now.
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there anywhere in Memphis where I can get a bottle of pomegranate molasses?
I know I could probably just make my own, but that feels too tedious right now.
I know I could probably just make my own, but that feels too tedious right now.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
It's wild to live in a time when I can access information about anything I want from anywhere in the world and I'm surrounded by adults who steadily have to ask what day and time trick or treating will be this year.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's wild to live in a time when I can access information about anything I want from anywhere in the world and I'm surrounded by adults who steadily have to ask what day and time trick or treating will be this year.
Dad should get the all clear on Friday to start driving again. It feels like it took forever to get here and also no time at all.
But of course, because his healing is going really well, the kink in all this had to be insurance. He's going round and round about who he can see in his network.
But of course, because his healing is going really well, the kink in all this had to be insurance. He's going round and round about who he can see in his network.
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Dad should get the all clear on Friday to start driving again. It feels like it took forever to get here and also no time at all.
But of course, because his healing is going really well, the kink in all this had to be insurance. He's going round and round about who he can see in his network.
But of course, because his healing is going really well, the kink in all this had to be insurance. He's going round and round about who he can see in his network.
“I had a tent, clothes, a bookbag, personal hygiene, and stuff like that… They bulldozed everything. Didn’t nobody get nothing," said Clemon, an unhoused man who lived in this encampment near Summer Avenue for nearly a year.
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Their friend was killed, then their home was demolished: Inside a Memphis homeless encampment sweep
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October 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“I had a tent, clothes, a bookbag, personal hygiene, and stuff like that… They bulldozed everything. Didn’t nobody get nothing," said Clemon, an unhoused man who lived in this encampment near Summer Avenue for nearly a year.