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Birthday present. Today, Santi (4 years old), my wife's adopted grandson and therefore mine too, came over. Yesterday, he promised to come and greet me for my birthday, and this morning he made his parents go buy this chocolate, which he knows I love. When a little boy makes a gesture like that and shows his love, it's the best gift anyone could receive. I don't post photos of him because at home we're careful not to expose our children on social media. But Santi is a boy with a painful history and is being evaluated for suspected autism.
He likes to come and play with me.

A year ago today, on my 50th birthday, I embarked on an endeavor to draw every day for a year. I did it. I only missed a few days, when I was really sick and one time when I was camping. I wanted to do this because I know I am most productive when I’m held accountable, even if the accountability I feel from others is an illusion (I know none of you all would be mad at me if I missed some days!) I also wanted to push myself to be free with my drawings, less precious, looser. I wanted to see how my digital drawing style would change if I really stuck to it. I wanted to learn what I really loved drawing, rather than what I thought I should draw. I wanted to get more vulnerable with my drawings and push myself to share them, even if I wasn’t sure I wanted to. I wanted to see how my activist work would show up in my drawings. (That last one is still not happening enough to my satisfaction and I want to keep working on that.)

I’m not sure I can keep up another #draweveryday streak for another year. I also write music and poetry and that has kinda fallen to the wayside, so I might want to focus on that this year. Then again, my brain sure does cling to a routine, so… so here’s a lizard! I’m going to try to let myself have some days off and be less rigid with it, but I think you can expect more #drawalmosteveryday posts.

Day 1 of year 51. #drawing #wildlife #lizard #draw #birthday

Angelou On Burns 1996

African American writer and poet Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to Burns Country in Scotland.

She is welcomed to Ayrshire by a group of Burnsians who hold a party in her honour to celebrate Rabbie Burns’ genius. They sing his songs and read his poems, while Angelou, in return, performs one of her own works.

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