asakiyume | four generations; Koffee

Four generations
At Readercon I came across this quartet of women. (They were wearing masks, as per Readercon's careful regulations, but they took them off for the photo.) The one holding the book is its author, Terrie M. Scott. The one to her right as you look at the photo is her mother. The one on the far left is her daughter. And the girl between her daughter and her is her granddaughter. Her daughter, granddaughter, and mother all came with her to help her sell her [latest--turns out she's written quite a few] novel.

I was so touched by this display of familial solidarity. You could see that the other three were super proud of their daughter/mother/grandmother. We should all be so lucky in our families!

I'm thinking this novel is not likely to be my cup of tea these days, but I bought it anyway because I was so impressed with the family, and I wanted to support Terrie's efforts. And who knows, maybe I'll be surprised.

Koffee
Did I ever share any of Koffee's music before? I first discovered her when someone I followed on Twitter shared her song Toast. She looks about 12 in that video, and also like she's ready to take on the whole world, with hands and eyes wide open.

Today I'm very in the mood for her song Blazin

Light me up, i'm at di gas station waitin'
We are di ones on fiyah
Got di whole world blazin'

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nineweaving

What a beautiful family! Thank you for this portrait.

Nine

asakiyume

You're very welcome!

I sat in on one of your panels, the one on ritual--loved this line (paraphrased) of yours: "You change now into then: time travel; you change 'I' into 'you' or 'you' into another 'you': transformation."

Thank you! I loved the panel topic, but there's something about a conversation in a mask that seems to dull and diminish what one says, so I am very glad that some of my passion came through.

Nine