Ms. Nelson’s Favorite History Books
Guest Post by Alena L. Nelson Introduction: One of my favorite ways to learn about history has always been through novels. Over the years there have been many books that have changed my worldview, deepened my understanding of history and highlighted power dynamics in our communities that stem from events long past. Now, as a…
Insights From My First Year of Blogging
This week marks one year since I first started my blog and posted my first welcome post! Since that day I have written 67 blog posts totaling 75,082 words!
Christmas Lights
Ever since I was a little kid, one of my favorite parts of the holiday season was seeing all the houses decked out with lights and decorations. While my own family did our part each year to bring joy to passerby’s, putting up lots of fun Christmas lights, lawn decorations and whatever else we could…
Today Is Alexa’s Birthday!
As many of you know I recently joined Amazon as a Knowledge Engineer in Santa Barbara and I am working on making Alexa smarter. It is pretty awesome working on a cutting edge product that is so customer facing and well known by friends and family. I have only been here a month, but I…
The Natural Draw
The desk is my home The screen is my B&C But my heart wants to roam I need to be out of the city This is life as we know it Some of us were given a great chance There is pressure not to blow it My role seems perfect at first glance The mountains…