My friend J and I showed up at Holocene last night to go 80’s 90’s aerobics dancing, and as we arrived, a whole squad of other women was showing up. They were dressed to the nines in their aerobics gear: sweatbands, leotards, legwarmers, sequins, the whole nine. J and I were dressed up too, andContinue reading “Mom Squad”
Category Archives: Creative Inspiration
80’s Dancing
Tonight I’m going 80’s & 90’s dancing. Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
Hothead
After I went off on a rant about something or other one evening, I told the martial arts training partner I was with that I was sorry if I went off for too long. I’m just a real hothead sometimes, I told them. “But you’re trying not to be,” this training partner said back. ItContinue reading “Hothead”
Shortcuts
This evening I was talking with my martial arts training partner on the subject of teaching internal arts to external stylists. “I believe there are shortcuts,” I said to him. “I don’t believe in shortcuts,” he ultimately said. “You have to put in the work.” I thought for a while. “But I still think shortcutsContinue reading “Shortcuts”
Praying to Beyoncé
I consider myself not an extrovert, but a super-hyper extrovert. During Covid I went a little Cuckoo. I couldn’t hang out with real friends, so I started talking to my imaginary celebrity friends. Some of my imaginary celebrity friends are in my Personal Pantheon. Within this Pantheon, Beyoncé is Queen. People in olden times usedContinue reading “Praying to Beyoncé”
Michelle Folk Johnson 