Fat Black Diva

New year, new project! I knit three sweaters for Christmas gifts, now time to work on one for me! #Knitting #CraftyGirl #MeMade #Starting2023Right https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm4QFJMuDb3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Truly the best thing. It's not just kindergarteners. #BeYou #WeAllReallyLikeYou https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckvy1DFuQT2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Apparently, the first Friday of November is #FountainPenDay? So, let me just share the two pens I'm traveling with today: my Pilot Kakuno EF demonstrator with purple ink, and my Kaweco AL Sport EF in Rose Gold with pale blue ink. Thanks, @carnegiehall for providing a lovely background for my fab pens! I'm here loving Songs of Our Native Daughters. I want this glorious performance to go on all night long. #SoMuchLove #OurSongs https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckj4wAnLqew/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Also? My clearly-a-Thanksgiving-and-not-a-Christmas cactus is setting up to bloom! (In truth, this is a whenever-she-feels-like-it cactus because this is about to be its second bloom of the year) #Cactus https://www.instagram.com/p/CkhfaRDOidV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Streeteasy has a very strange idea about which tax bracket I luxuriate in ... and about the listings I've browsed in the past. #IAmNotOprah Also, I would be the worst landlord ... or the best? I'd be letting people slide on their payments all the time, believing every sob story, decreasing rents, installing fancy amenities and not passing those costs on to anyone ... good thing I'm too poor for this to be an option. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkheSiUuVLr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Look what was waiting for me in today's mail! Congratulations, @dionneirvingwriter! Can't wait to dig into this! ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CkbxHWQv_QK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

When you realize your nails perfectly match your new M205 Pelikan Star Ruby ... #NewFountainPen #Pelikan #StarRuby #SelfIndulgenceIsMyJam (And also: This image features only my thumb because, at my big age, I still really suck at applying nail polish and the rest of the nails on my right hand look like a first grader did them! (Sorry, first graders.)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkY_8m1yUF1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In the room where this happens. #SoLucky #SoHappy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj381PnLWR6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Current state of affairs, my office. #Greenery #Burgeoning #FrondsFriends https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0hbKqL_zw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Whoa. Is this what my students understood when they would say they hoped to never see me angry? #Seen #SleepingNotDead https://www.instagram.com/p/CjknVhDOMkn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In the wilds of Manhattan ... damn this fence keeping me out of this surprise open field. #NatureReclaims #MoreThanRosesGrowFromConcrete https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-YMnOOo5i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I was cranky-texting about PT earlier, and the wonderful @gaildottin had only the most perfect comeback. Her reminder: "But you have to take your broken wing. Learn to fly again. Learn to live so free." OMG, I laughed so hard, and I've been singing Mr. Mister all afternoon, cracking myself up and generally being in a much better mood than I would have been without this nonsense! #MeAndMyBrokenWing #LearnToLiveSoFree #RotatorCuffRecuperation https://www.instagram.com/p/CibK_9cr-iV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Light late-night reading. 11:12pm #NewYorkCity #USA “Reviewing the Situation, Part 2” by @girlgriot as part of #24hourproject #24hourproject2022 #24hr22 #24hr22_NewYorkCity #24hr22_BklynStacie #24hr22_GirlGriot #stories For the 2022 edition, #24HrPrj is supporting climate action and the work of Yonton Te in Mexico, fighting for ecological and social transformation. Yontonte.org 24hourproject.org https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWfQWjOsJp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sarah was happy her brother was enjoying his first few days in the City. She wanted him to be so happy to have followed her down from Altamont. She needed him to understand that life in the City wasn't as much like the opening scenes of a romcom as his had been. She needed him to start seeing reality. 10:21pm #NewYorkCity #USA “Ditch the Rose-Colored Glasses” by @girlgriot as part of #24hourproject #24hourproject2022 #24hr22 #24hr22_NewYorkCity #24hr22_BklynStacie #24hr22_GirlGriot #stories For the 2022 edition, #24HrPrj is supporting climate action and the work of Yonton Te in Mexico, fighting for ecological and social transformation. Yontonte.org 24hourproject.org https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWZo00O06c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Bobby has been going out on Saturday nights with Elsa and Eloise for 60 years. Marrying Elsa meant planning events shared with Eloise. It was an odd arrangement, but it worked. At first, everyone assumed Eloise would get married and the weekly diner dates would stop, but that didn't happen. Now it would feel like a punishment if Eloise wasn't joining them every week. He figured he loved her as much as he loved Elsa. Maybe more, since she didn't pick at him about laundry and dirty dishes. 9:16pm #NewYorkCity #USA “Wife, Doubled” by @girlgriot as part of #24hourproject #24hourproject2022 #24hr22 #24hr22_NewYorkCity #24hr22_BklynStacie #24hr22_GirlGriot #stories For the 2022 edition, #24HrPrj is supporting climate action and the work of Yonton Te in Mexico, fighting for ecological and social transformation. Yontonte.org 24hourproject.org https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWSUP3roCB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Joaquin came to the diner because his cousin vouched for him. The diner's been a good job for him -- a lot of friends, decent customers who understand tipping, and his shifts have been manageable. He wants to leave, though, because he has an opportunity to develop a worker cooperative for day laborers, and that's work he's passionate about. He'll stay for now, stay until he's clear what leaving would mean for him. 8:33pm #NewYorkCity #USA “Options” by @girlgriot as part of #24hourproject #24hourproject2022 #24hr22 #24hr22_NewYorkCity #24hr22_BklynStacie #24hr22_GirlGriot #stories For the 2022 edition, #24HrPrj is supporting climate action and the work of Yonton Te in Mexico, fighting for ecological and social transformation. Yontonte.org 24hourproject.org https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWNAiYLIBy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Angelina is glad to be on her way to Manhattan for the night. If Tish hadn't texted, she might have felt that she *had* to go to Harrison's themed party in Bushwick. Harrison was the sweetest man in their friend group, and hanging out with him in a group or a one-on-one evening with him would be lovely, but his parties... no. She'd have to send Tish a gift card or something. 7:36pm #NewYorkCity #USA “TITLE” by @girlgriot as part of #24hourproject #24hourproject2022 #24hr22 #24hr22_NewYorkCity #24hr22_BklynStacie #24hr22_GirlGriot #stories For the 2022 edition, #24HrPrj is supporting climate action and the work of Yonton Te in Mexico, fighting for ecological and social transformation. Yontonte.org 24hourproject.org https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWF14ZrQrm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=