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A week ago, at the snack stand on First and K Streets NE, I asked a group of Duke Ellington School students what they thought about the...

I've grown dreadlocs for seven years. Started off with a shaved head after my mother died. I was in mourning and I wanted to do something...

I came back home to DC in 2013, after spending two years in the Bay Area, California where I was introduced to large scale cannabis...

Wow. Something has shifted. My days over the last week have been filled with so much positive and affirmative movement forward. The...

Last day in Brazil and suddenly I'm having trouble with how my race is perceived here. I have not ever been classified white in any...

I'm sitting in the back of a "slow food" restaurant in the eco-tourist center of Lençois, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brasil. Bro. I'm on...

I don't do drugs, and I don't like to stay dirty. So I'm not a dirty hippy. But if liking natural things and actively participating in...

Spent the day at the river. I took a long walk following the wind. Wound up in a cute little almost private crevice of the river where I...

I started this blog because I'm at the beginning of an intense trial in life. More than a challenge, it is all of my challenges brought...

I haven't been this far out and alone at the same time ever. Feels like a risk and an adventure and then lonely and after that, playful....