Category Archives: Personal Story

Marriage: Some Intersections of Art & Archiving

Posted on May 14, 2013 by hersaturnreturns

Art and Archiving? The artform I choose is writing – a very controlled medium. With words I can dance, create music, and conjure worlds that I’ve never dreamed could exist unless I made it so. In sentence structure, I find … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Home – Kimani Gray Organizing in my Bush

Posted on March 23, 2013 by hersaturnreturns

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My Brooklyn is a woman’s torso, whose limbs exhaustively reach to the outer boroughs, but whose heart will always beat the rhythms of Church Avenue. My Brooklyn is under attack. It is eating itself alive. It has a virus, and … Continue reading →

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Yield to Call

Posted on October 20, 2012 by hersaturnreturns

DirectionalSigns

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It has something to do with Directional signs -the Saturn. Armed with a permit since last summer, it wasn’t until two Sundays ago that I had my first driving lesson. My hands gripped the steering wheel, and I sat, staring … Continue reading →

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Time Travel

Posted on August 10, 2012 by hersaturnreturns

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From the mountains of Afghanistan, grows a gem called Lapis Lazuli, a piece of rock that forms the color blue, and has been known to provide the healing benefits of love, through the power of discernment. Any source will tell … Continue reading →

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Undeniable Stillness

Posted on August 9, 2012 by hersaturnreturns

Shadow Reflection Shot

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Traveling has been a theme for many women experiencing their Saturn. Just recently, I went to Singapore and Bali, and met a friend there, one who I met at Michigan in 2009. These days spent drifting through the realities of … Continue reading →

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My Grandmother’s Altar

Posted on March 8, 2012 by hersaturnreturns

grandmothersaltar

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Happy International Women’s Workers Day I’m a bit late with the salud, but not really. I wanted to share with you all the text I read for Rivers of Honey last Friday. If you get this in time, you can … Continue reading →

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In Sickness and in Health

Posted on February 24, 2012 by hersaturnreturns

I'll have to take better photos, but at the time, my train was coming.

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I’ve been out of work for the past two days, sick with the weather inside of my skin. A thunderous storm has invaded my belly; I’ve been walking with a rain-stick, and it works, now I am in eternal dripping. … Continue reading →

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Prospects of Love

Posted on February 12, 2012 by hersaturnreturns

Young couple seated in garden from the Powerhouse Museum Collection

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This weekend, I kissed many women to keep the doors of the Lesbian Herstory Archives open! Other than sitting in the kissing booth, I moderated the dating game, and lost all of my raffle tickets. What I won was priceless. … Continue reading →

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Spirit Interview 13 -Jasmine Rae Powers

Posted on January 21, 2012 by hersaturnreturns

Jasmine Rae Powers

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For the first time, I used facebook for good. Jasmine Powers came across my website from an interview on Elixher.com. After Jasmine and I exchanged a few emails, we decided to chat via facebook, and so, to maintain the essence … Continue reading →

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the house in darkness

Posted on January 17, 2012 by hersaturnreturns

Bending One night, she was awake, practicing her performance in the livingroom, I falling asleep in the room, the house in darkness, a loud shriek pierced through the walls. She ran into the room, jumped on the bed, nearly knocking … Continue reading →

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