City Strides to the Countryside
A city-dwelling African American millennial's journey to a home in the country and all she learns along the way
Saving is a waiting game, but I can still be active in budgeting, learning and looking ahead. LEARNING About EXISTING “Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Pexels.com A nice thought: I remember watching The Lord of the... Continue Reading →
It has been a year. A YEAR, since Strides: Update 3, part 2. 10 MONTHS since Kool-Aid Money, Champlain Taste. How quickly time flies! Given it has been a while, I will summarize my update in three separate posts: 1. Budgeting (6/21), 2. Learning (6/28), and 3. Looking [Ahead] (7/5)*. Saving is a waiting game,... Continue Reading →
the IDEAL If reality has knocked me sideways, lying along the shore of Lake Champlain, at sunset, on a balmy, summer, Friday afternoon, is a nice place to look up from the ground. 
Why so salty? Some have said that in our culture, people are quicker to openly talk about sex than to talk... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Strides: Update 3, my latest update on real-life moves towards a home in the country, on a budget, as a Black, American, Millenial, Female. ••• Connecting Over the past several months, I had the privilege of connecting with Professor Emily Bernard and Professor Jonathan Howard, in thinking through the following topics, respectively: the complexity and nuance of black identity... Continue Reading →
Environmental Justice & Stewardship is the fourth pillar of this City Strides to the Countryside project. This post is a teaser and placeholder for the first full-length post on Environmental Justice & Stewardship. Much of the content of this section will focus on sustainable living as it relates to green home construction, green renovations for a... Continue Reading →
*A previous version of this post was posted by mistake on February 12, 2019. It was a draft of the same title as this current post. As I worked on the previous draft, I realized that I had not done enough research to stand behind my conclusions. The draft was also incomplete. For these reasons,... Continue Reading →
“If you are African American or otherwise and you have good income and good credit, having a home is an asset, like your 401(k). Understand it’s an asset. It’s not all peaches and cream. Like anything else, there are issues, but it is a home. And that home over time historically has allowed African Americans... Continue Reading →
