Register and Vote
Yesterday marked a banner day for the American political system. Former VP Biden announced that Senator Kamala Harris, of California, will be his running mate for the general election in November. During the original primary …
Intersectional Analysis
Let me begin by saying Black Lives Matter. I wrote a piece over at hippiegrrl explains it all last week that sums up my views on this matter, but I wanted to put that here …
Safe Spaces – cross-post from hippiegrrl explains it all
Let me start off this post by saying Black Lives Matter. I have stated this fact in many previous posts on this site, but I am not certain that I have said those three words …
Huntsville Coffee Tour: Sugar Belle
Hello lovely readers! It has been a while since my last coffee tour post, but we are taking our sweet time getting through these locations. This time around we visited Sugar Belle, a shop that …
End of 2019 Reading Recap
Happy 2020! I am happy to be moving into a new year with new possibilities and a new TBR. Well, some of the old stuff made it to the new TBR, but still, a refresh …
Thoughts
So far, this version (5.0) of hippiegrrl.com has been dedicated to books and coffee, but with this post, we will be changing it up a bit and moving back toward the topics we have been …
Book Review: Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit
The focus that it takes to write a compelling memoir is fascinating and Rebecca Solnit has not disappointed with her, “Recollections of My Nonexistence”. Beginning with snippets from her childhood in the Bay Area and …
Huntsville Coffee Tour: Gold Sprint Coffee
Welcome back to the Huntsville Coffee Tour. We are really enjoying our time on the tour and it will be extended through Autumn and into the Winter season as well. Honestly – coffee is an …
Autumn Reading Update
Updates are now quarterly Yes – I missed August and September, so I have decided to go quarterly with the updates. Since I am now writing reviews for NetGalley, I have trailed off in my …
Book Review: How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian
In “How to Build a Heart’, Maria Padian offers a tale of youth that is interesting and, at times, heartbreaking. Told from the first person perspective of Izzy (Isabella Crawford) this story portrays the struggles …