Dear 2020,

I started this year with so much joy! And I choose to end it with the same note.

For me this year has been about CULTIVATING joy, against all odds. Cultivate because sometime I literally have to dig it out and remove weeds constantly. I read my HAPPY 2020 post and what a WOW! Looking back and reading where my mind was at that period in time. Not knowing what you would be the most memorable and unprecedented year of them all. I pen this to you from a place of gratitude. I am alive. My loved ones are alive and to the ones we lost this year, may their souls rest in eternal peace. You took so much from us and yet, you gave as a lot. A lot to think about. A lot to ponder on. We had to digest some things and deal with others that gave us indigestion. Lawd!

Remember how we used to count down the days? Ah 2020! You have really felt like a whole decade! A rollercoaster that I can’t wait to get off but even with getting off, I have to remember that there still an ongoing circus in the world. Not sure what we shall come across. So we are treading lightly as if walking on eggshells. Not touching anything, washing hands constantly if we do. Maintaining 6 feet apart and hoping we survive it all.

My insta poet friend Kimani said it so well – “When this year started, we were talking “2020 vision” and that’s what happened. Through it all, everything became clearer.

Thank you for making things crystal. Au revoir 2020!

To my new readers, welcome. Karibu. To the ones who been on this ride - I appreciate you for rocking with me this long. I am talking 2012! Whewww

Happy and Healthy 2021!

These images were taken a few days after a snow storm. This fit has also been my winter uniform. Thermals, sweats and a Hoodie. I sometimes throw on a beanie on my baldie, or where a cap with a scarf. I might dress up to usher the new year on because , my love for fashion still remains.

Hoodie: Mgenge True

Sweats: Men’s’ borrowed - never returning back if you know what I mean. :)

Coat: BB Dakota

Scarf: Chanel

Cap: Polo

Bag: Trader Joe’s

Shoes: Adidas

Masks are mandatory in New York. I took it off for the purposes of the shoot.

Images: Mariam Hurston