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Pizza Crust Dough Lessons from a 5 yo
#114 days of digital mass#114 days of social distancing Today is my first time to make pizza dough from scratch. Guess who helped me measure ingredients, locating the right measuring spoons, measuring out the yeast, flour, salt and more. My 5yo #princess2015la. After...
Making Pizza with My Princess
#114 days of digital mass #114 days of social distancing Today is my first time to make pizza dough from scratch. Guess who helped me measure ingredients, locating the right measuring spoons, measuring out the yeast, flour, salt and more. My 5yo #princess2015la. After...
Sources of Hope and Inspiration
#120 days of digital mass#120 days of #socialdistancing Bars, beaches and indoor dining shut down again; whole restaurants set up outdoor dining. These are my sources of inspiration and hope that this pandemic will cleanse us all off our complacency and into being...
Drawing Brightness and Lola’s House
#109 days of daily digital mass; #109 days of #socialdistancing The rise in #CoronaVirus new cases is at its peak in Los Angeles County. 11% increase over 14 days in ICU cases in California. Worldwide, it is at 9, 343, 448 confirmed cases. 478, 818 deaths in 188...
A 5 1/2 year old’s Perspective
108 days of Daily Mass/108 days of #socialdistancing. When she made #blacklivesmatter poster, she specifically made one poster for each: her grandpa, her grandma, her mom, her papa, a white friend who was physically bullying her last summer that it took her quite...
Juneteenth 2020
Let America value lives of blacks; may the nation no longer be comfortable with unnecessary and unwarranted deaths at the hands of men in blue uniform, policymakers and powers that be. While working at a state public health agency ruled by white males, I was told...
Six Books
I ordered 6 books on Black Americans and I have been reading daily for two weeks now. I have been doing anti-racist work and multicultural leadership development for 2 decades, including interethnic relations leadership development intensive training with Asian...
Confident in her Choice
#princess2015la is confidently making choices, supported by her #grandparents. She is making #apple #gooseberries #popsicles. Grandma told her if she made just plain apple juice, it will turn brown due to oxidative browning when its enzymes...
“Grandma, I only say kind words.”
Retailers all opened - masks mandatory 99 days of #socialdistancing. #princess2015la started her day with us making pancakes. Her patient Lolo is teaching math using measuring spoons. Her grandma talks to her about her weekend. We dissected three dreams. They were...