Zodi of the Pines
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// gardening (zone 9a), reading, crafting, all things Southern Gothic, esoterica // Free 🇭🇹🇸🇩🇨🇩🇵🇸 //
⚔️Go read Baby Suggs’ Sermon in the Clearing.⚔️
⚔️Go read Baby Suggs’ Sermon in the Clearing.⚔️
Four Christmas movies to know me by:
Also, I watch all seasons of “How to Ruin Christmas” each December. Perfect show.
Also, I watch all seasons of “How to Ruin Christmas” each December. Perfect show.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Four Christmas movies to know me by:
Also, I watch all seasons of “How to Ruin Christmas” each December. Perfect show.
Also, I watch all seasons of “How to Ruin Christmas” each December. Perfect show.
Well, friends. With Thanksgiving approaching, I went ahead and harvested the sweet potatoes I’ve been growing these last few months. I started this grow bag with just ONE slip as an experiment.
Definitely have a lot to learn, but this was fun!
#ZodiGardens #BlackUrbanGardeners #GardenSky 🌱
Definitely have a lot to learn, but this was fun!
#ZodiGardens #BlackUrbanGardeners #GardenSky 🌱
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Well, friends. With Thanksgiving approaching, I went ahead and harvested the sweet potatoes I’ve been growing these last few months. I started this grow bag with just ONE slip as an experiment.
Definitely have a lot to learn, but this was fun!
#ZodiGardens #BlackUrbanGardeners #GardenSky 🌱
Definitely have a lot to learn, but this was fun!
#ZodiGardens #BlackUrbanGardeners #GardenSky 🌱
My next fiction audiobook. I enjoyed my first foray into Jessica Cage’s work, so I’m going back for the first book in this series.
I love that her characters are relatable grown women.
#ZodiReads #BlackRomanceBooks #BlackBookSky #NowReading
I love that her characters are relatable grown women.
#ZodiReads #BlackRomanceBooks #BlackBookSky #NowReading
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My next fiction audiobook. I enjoyed my first foray into Jessica Cage’s work, so I’m going back for the first book in this series.
I love that her characters are relatable grown women.
#ZodiReads #BlackRomanceBooks #BlackBookSky #NowReading
I love that her characters are relatable grown women.
#ZodiReads #BlackRomanceBooks #BlackBookSky #NowReading
Watching Hedda and assembling tiny Lego plants. #SundayChill
Something about the energy in this movie reminds me of faculty parties in grad school. Uncanny rich academic tomfoolery.
Something about the energy in this movie reminds me of faculty parties in grad school. Uncanny rich academic tomfoolery.
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Watching Hedda and assembling tiny Lego plants. #SundayChill
Something about the energy in this movie reminds me of faculty parties in grad school. Uncanny rich academic tomfoolery.
Something about the energy in this movie reminds me of faculty parties in grad school. Uncanny rich academic tomfoolery.
Success! These little boys mangled the cake, gorged themselves on pizza, wrestled in the bouncy house, & cooled down with ice cream.
He may not remember details, but I hope he remembers the feeling.
He may not remember details, but I hope he remembers the feeling.
November 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Success! These little boys mangled the cake, gorged themselves on pizza, wrestled in the bouncy house, & cooled down with ice cream.
He may not remember details, but I hope he remembers the feeling.
He may not remember details, but I hope he remembers the feeling.
📚 Knowledge is power.
🙏🏾 May our quest for knowledge lead us to transformative action.
✊🏾 May we leave a better world for our children through our actions.
#ZodiReads #EmancipatoryKnowledge
#TheoryToPraxis
🙏🏾 May our quest for knowledge lead us to transformative action.
✊🏾 May we leave a better world for our children through our actions.
#ZodiReads #EmancipatoryKnowledge
#TheoryToPraxis
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📚 Knowledge is power.
🙏🏾 May our quest for knowledge lead us to transformative action.
✊🏾 May we leave a better world for our children through our actions.
#ZodiReads #EmancipatoryKnowledge
#TheoryToPraxis
🙏🏾 May our quest for knowledge lead us to transformative action.
✊🏾 May we leave a better world for our children through our actions.
#ZodiReads #EmancipatoryKnowledge
#TheoryToPraxis
These 3 books have been revelatory for me this year, as far as thinking about how to address the current state of things using the blueprints provided by our ancestors.
None of this is new. We don’t have to panic & build everything from scratch.
You picking up what I’m putting down?
None of this is new. We don’t have to panic & build everything from scratch.
You picking up what I’m putting down?
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
These 3 books have been revelatory for me this year, as far as thinking about how to address the current state of things using the blueprints provided by our ancestors.
None of this is new. We don’t have to panic & build everything from scratch.
You picking up what I’m putting down?
None of this is new. We don’t have to panic & build everything from scratch.
You picking up what I’m putting down?
I’m late, but I’m finishing up my last book for #SpookySeason2025 this week: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s ‘The Bewitching.’
Wonderful use of mystery and tension to drive the plot forward. I love when authors can pull off multiple POVs and timelines like this.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
Wonderful use of mystery and tension to drive the plot forward. I love when authors can pull off multiple POVs and timelines like this.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m late, but I’m finishing up my last book for #SpookySeason2025 this week: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s ‘The Bewitching.’
Wonderful use of mystery and tension to drive the plot forward. I love when authors can pull off multiple POVs and timelines like this.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
Wonderful use of mystery and tension to drive the plot forward. I love when authors can pull off multiple POVs and timelines like this.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
More photos from our time in the yard this morning.
💧 Obsessed with the way dew drops perfectly decorate the edges of my cabbage leaves.
🐛 My Mojo baby & I relocated a tiny caterpillar.
🥕 My carrot tops are serving verdant lushness. #StiffWhere? 😋
#ZodiGardens #AutumnGarden #BlackGirlsGarden
💧 Obsessed with the way dew drops perfectly decorate the edges of my cabbage leaves.
🐛 My Mojo baby & I relocated a tiny caterpillar.
🥕 My carrot tops are serving verdant lushness. #StiffWhere? 😋
#ZodiGardens #AutumnGarden #BlackGirlsGarden
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
More photos from our time in the yard this morning.
💧 Obsessed with the way dew drops perfectly decorate the edges of my cabbage leaves.
🐛 My Mojo baby & I relocated a tiny caterpillar.
🥕 My carrot tops are serving verdant lushness. #StiffWhere? 😋
#ZodiGardens #AutumnGarden #BlackGirlsGarden
💧 Obsessed with the way dew drops perfectly decorate the edges of my cabbage leaves.
🐛 My Mojo baby & I relocated a tiny caterpillar.
🥕 My carrot tops are serving verdant lushness. #StiffWhere? 😋
#ZodiGardens #AutumnGarden #BlackGirlsGarden
I don’t remember ever having this many peppers on one plant this late in the year. 😲
Every season is different. Every plant is different. There’s always a surprise when working with nature.
#Zone9A #GardenSky 🌱 #UrbanGardening #ZodiGardens
Every season is different. Every plant is different. There’s always a surprise when working with nature.
#Zone9A #GardenSky 🌱 #UrbanGardening #ZodiGardens
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I don’t remember ever having this many peppers on one plant this late in the year. 😲
Every season is different. Every plant is different. There’s always a surprise when working with nature.
#Zone9A #GardenSky 🌱 #UrbanGardening #ZodiGardens
Every season is different. Every plant is different. There’s always a surprise when working with nature.
#Zone9A #GardenSky 🌱 #UrbanGardening #ZodiGardens
Took little man to the Asian Night Market tonight. Saw the Pokemon art exhibit, dancers, sumo wrestlers, & lots of cool items for sale.
Big crowds. I could stay in the house for the rest of the weekend. But I try to get him outside even though I’m a hermitess.
🔗 asiasociety.org/texas/events...
Big crowds. I could stay in the house for the rest of the weekend. But I try to get him outside even though I’m a hermitess.
🔗 asiasociety.org/texas/events...
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Took little man to the Asian Night Market tonight. Saw the Pokemon art exhibit, dancers, sumo wrestlers, & lots of cool items for sale.
Big crowds. I could stay in the house for the rest of the weekend. But I try to get him outside even though I’m a hermitess.
🔗 asiasociety.org/texas/events...
Big crowds. I could stay in the house for the rest of the weekend. But I try to get him outside even though I’m a hermitess.
🔗 asiasociety.org/texas/events...
Autumn sunshine. ☀️🤎
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Autumn sunshine. ☀️🤎
6. Hazel Scott
A gorgeous virtuoso who used her art to uplift, not just entertain. The system tried to erase her legacy. She reminds me that culture is not frivolous; it can be a tool against white supremacy.
🔗 www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
A gorgeous virtuoso who used her art to uplift, not just entertain. The system tried to erase her legacy. She reminds me that culture is not frivolous; it can be a tool against white supremacy.
🔗 www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
6. Hazel Scott
A gorgeous virtuoso who used her art to uplift, not just entertain. The system tried to erase her legacy. She reminds me that culture is not frivolous; it can be a tool against white supremacy.
🔗 www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
A gorgeous virtuoso who used her art to uplift, not just entertain. The system tried to erase her legacy. She reminds me that culture is not frivolous; it can be a tool against white supremacy.
🔗 www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
5. Lucy Carmichael
Mom goals. Raised a confident little genius. Threw light shade at those other parents when necessary.
Mom goals. Raised a confident little genius. Threw light shade at those other parents when necessary.
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
5. Lucy Carmichael
Mom goals. Raised a confident little genius. Threw light shade at those other parents when necessary.
Mom goals. Raised a confident little genius. Threw light shade at those other parents when necessary.
4. Ida B. Wells
What can I say? She was steadfast, brilliant, enterprising. Didn't take mess from white folks or men. Used the power of her words to fight for her people.
What can I say? She was steadfast, brilliant, enterprising. Didn't take mess from white folks or men. Used the power of her words to fight for her people.
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
4. Ida B. Wells
What can I say? She was steadfast, brilliant, enterprising. Didn't take mess from white folks or men. Used the power of her words to fight for her people.
What can I say? She was steadfast, brilliant, enterprising. Didn't take mess from white folks or men. Used the power of her words to fight for her people.
3. The titular character from Monica Furlong's book Juniper. Because Leo & Diane Dillon were my favorite illustrators as a child, & some witchiness & whimsy can serve you well even in serious times.
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
3. The titular character from Monica Furlong's book Juniper. Because Leo & Diane Dillon were my favorite illustrators as a child, & some witchiness & whimsy can serve you well even in serious times.
2. Pam Echols
This is a photo of Pam Echols clawing the face of a cop at a protest in Milwaukee in 1967. Enough said.
This is a photo of Pam Echols clawing the face of a cop at a protest in Milwaukee in 1967. Enough said.
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
2. Pam Echols
This is a photo of Pam Echols clawing the face of a cop at a protest in Milwaukee in 1967. Enough said.
This is a photo of Pam Echols clawing the face of a cop at a protest in Milwaukee in 1967. Enough said.
Birthday mood board / Inspiration for this Era
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1. Cree Summer
Cree has been dropping so much knowledge about aging, self-love, and motherhood, all while being hilarious and fly. I want to be like her when I grow up.
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1. Cree Summer
Cree has been dropping so much knowledge about aging, self-love, and motherhood, all while being hilarious and fly. I want to be like her when I grow up.
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Birthday mood board / Inspiration for this Era
~~~~~
1. Cree Summer
Cree has been dropping so much knowledge about aging, self-love, and motherhood, all while being hilarious and fly. I want to be like her when I grow up.
~~~~~
1. Cree Summer
Cree has been dropping so much knowledge about aging, self-love, and motherhood, all while being hilarious and fly. I want to be like her when I grow up.
Autumn is here!!!!!
🤎🍂🍁🤎
🤎🍂🍁🤎
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Autumn is here!!!!!
🤎🍂🍁🤎
🤎🍂🍁🤎
I added Eden Royce’s Psychopomp and Circumstance to my #SpookySeason2025 reading list.
Listening to Bahni Turpin’s impeccable narration for the audiobook.
I love the world the author created here.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
Listening to Bahni Turpin’s impeccable narration for the audiobook.
I love the world the author created here.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I added Eden Royce’s Psychopomp and Circumstance to my #SpookySeason2025 reading list.
Listening to Bahni Turpin’s impeccable narration for the audiobook.
I love the world the author created here.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
Listening to Bahni Turpin’s impeccable narration for the audiobook.
I love the world the author created here.
#ZodiReads #BlackBookSky
Finally got a Trill Burger at an event today.
It was good. But in no rush to wait in line for another one.
It was good. But in no rush to wait in line for another one.
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Finally got a Trill Burger at an event today.
It was good. But in no rush to wait in line for another one.
It was good. But in no rush to wait in line for another one.
Ok maybe there won’t be outside shenanigans because apparently we’re supposed to get a crap ton of rain this weekend.
I’m about to be stuck inside with a very energetic child. 😆 Y’all pray for my nerves.
And pray for my veggie garden, too. 😬
I’m about to be stuck inside with a very energetic child. 😆 Y’all pray for my nerves.
And pray for my veggie garden, too. 😬
October 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Ok maybe there won’t be outside shenanigans because apparently we’re supposed to get a crap ton of rain this weekend.
I’m about to be stuck inside with a very energetic child. 😆 Y’all pray for my nerves.
And pray for my veggie garden, too. 😬
I’m about to be stuck inside with a very energetic child. 😆 Y’all pray for my nerves.
And pray for my veggie garden, too. 😬
I finished “The Possession of Alba Díaz,” and I just want @isabelcanas.bsky.social to know that her take on the possession/exorcism subgenre is perfect. I won’t give spoilers, but the plot resolution is so satisfying.
Also, the cover is gorgeous. Get into it.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
Also, the cover is gorgeous. Get into it.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I finished “The Possession of Alba Díaz,” and I just want @isabelcanas.bsky.social to know that her take on the possession/exorcism subgenre is perfect. I won’t give spoilers, but the plot resolution is so satisfying.
Also, the cover is gorgeous. Get into it.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
Also, the cover is gorgeous. Get into it.
#ZodiReads #HorrorSky #BookSky
The mushrooms in my raised bed flattened out! This whole time I thought the round and flat ones were different kinds. 😆 Now I know it’s the same kind at different stages of growth. Never paid much attention to them before.
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The mushrooms in my raised bed flattened out! This whole time I thought the round and flat ones were different kinds. 😆 Now I know it’s the same kind at different stages of growth. Never paid much attention to them before.
Summer never knows when to take her overzealous ass home. It is Autumn’s turn! Sheesh!
At least tomorrow will be cooler.
At least tomorrow will be cooler.
October 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Summer never knows when to take her overzealous ass home. It is Autumn’s turn! Sheesh!
At least tomorrow will be cooler.
At least tomorrow will be cooler.