My occasional musings….
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My DEI Sniff Test
I recently started a fantastic and challenging new job, but before I got here I spent 6 long months carefully job hunting. At this point in my career, I have afforded myself the right to be a lot more picky about where and with whom I work since I spend more waking hours with coworkers Read more
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Gratitude: May 2019
Before the month ends, I am just sliding in here to share a few things that gave me life this month. Cillian Murphy’s Playlist on BBCRadio 6 Music I completely live for Cillian Murphy. For the past few months, he has been covering for Guy Garvey (of Elbow) on BBC Radio 6 Music. I like Read more
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Gratitude: April 2019
Here are some things I was grateful for last month. I meant to post this last month, but I started a new job and the month zipped by! New job! I am now the Head of Customer Success at Nylas! I couldn’t ask for a better group of folks to work with and the trips Read more
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Gratitude: January 2019
Just sharing one of the things that lifted my spirits this month…. Jeremy Dutcher is a classically-trained queer Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, performer and activist. He is a member of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) band of the Tobique First Nation in North-West New Brunswick, and after doing a research project exploring old wax cylinder recordings Read more
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Gratitude: December 2018
The last few months have been tricky for me. In some ways they’ve been super fulfilling and in others they have been exceedingly frustrating. But through it all I’ve been grateful for my family, friends, comrades, and even strangers who’ve been eager to grab coffee or lunch and talk, offer help, or just join me Read more
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Angélique Kidjo sings Blewu in front of world leaders for Armistice Day
I was exceedingly proud to receive this video of Angelique Kidjo singing this song in Ewe (my family’s language!!) to world heads of states as part of the Armistice Day Celebration. May the spirits of the ancestors do their best on this lot. Ay yi yi. Here are the lyrics in English and then below Read more
Camille E. Acey 