shatina

it ain’t just rhythm and blues (but it is mostly jazz)

[shatina @dckry]

new piece: “consider the consultant”.

i talk about the importance of those us who bag the groceries, mop the floors and drive transit to have input on our working conditions.
happy labor day.

https://t.co/L37XjuogIh

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@francemothers libra is the only sign i feel a little green over. i hope you had a wonderful birthday 🪎

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my husband came home with summer flounder and i made pepper fish stew.

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not over Kelela interpolating Aaliyah’s “One in a Million” into “Contact” then transitioning to Sade’s “No Ordinary Love”. i am not surprised that i saw moments of burgeoning love after the show. the lady is a blessing.

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@francemothers i think … this is me with “first wives club”

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Kelela live with beautiful people was the start of autumn. october is the month.

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memphis: hoodoo like we do?

[shatina @dckry]

the south has been good to us. nashville, memphis, jackson, biloxi, boykin, selma, savannah and beaufort

crab rice under spanish moss, Ancestral stops, mojo, gee’s bend quilts, stillness, gullah sweetgrass baskets .. fishing creeks lined with goldenrod

[shatina @dckry]

ceylon, amber musk parfum, hand written letter, Nancy Wilson’s “come get to this” and the occasional piece of carrot cake.

[Ms. Aria 🪞 @venusofurbano]

Once y’all die and become ancestors, what do you want your descendants to put on the altar for you?

[shatina @dckry]

nèe | nine.26.26

jumping the broom
throwing rice

[shatina @dckry]

i’ve had an easier time finding a dress than i’ve had narrowing down the fragrances. but i’ve landed on frederic male’s “hope” and “promise” and maison d’etto’s “canaan”.

[shatina @dckry]

hors d’oeuvres à la sha’tina

dried pear with taleggio, roasted bronte pistachio and duck prosciutto.

washed down with a caramelized pear libation.

plays “i too am wanting” by Syreeta

[shatina @dckry]

@surrealsermons it’s been a long time since i stopped by

the same aloof service and excellent fish

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okonomi on a chilly morning: sake kasu salmon. miso for the soul

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@sarahbillionsss pango books (:
it took some time to arrive but so well worth the wait

[shatina @dckry]

dinner: stewed okra and chicken thigh.
perhaps a little other thigh action later.

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to be fair, i did eat at chug’s diner every day for three days.

the cuban and flan >>>

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went to the waffle house and for the first time in my very vain life did not order a waffle. instead i did a blasphemy and ordered a “protein bowl” (it was fine). anything to feel alive in this dress.

[shatina @dckry]

@dopebleu truly there whenever i need the language

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today is my grandmother’s heavenly birthday.🌻

tribute lunch:

butter beans with preserve lemon and cipriani onion and duck confit and golden squash + heirloom tomato with okra seed oil. washing it down with a white magnolia kombucha.

“the south in her.”