Ten.One Thousand & Seventy-Four

1. I wanted to sleep in.

2. Cool air.

3. I watch the baby snail try to climb over the garden hose.

4. I am present, but not visible. She uses the word “lynching” to describe what she thinks the other people in the industry might do to her if she…I don’t understand the response because I didn’t quite hear the question. But would she have used that word if she realized there was a Black woman on the call?

5. 81 new likes? That’s not right. What is going on?

6. “It turns out that diversity might also help our bottom line.”

7. We need it.

8. Guacamole for lunch. Journal. Water. Sun.

9. But this is what we mean. Instead of you finding Black people to give you a recipe for your article, perhaps this would be an opportunity to tell your editor that, you know, maybe a Black person should write the article about Juneteenth.

10. When the kids are still up, but you’re very ready to go to sleep.