On Plantain Chips, Pounded Yam, and Welcoming Someone Into My World

On Being Seen Through Someone Else's Lens

On Serendipity, Leather, and the Gentleman Who Remembered Everything

On Strangers, Serendipity, and Learning to Let Go

On Consent and the Gentleman Who Had Never Been Asked

On Courtrooms, Coworkers, and Why My Emails Are Never Spicy

On Conditioner Labels, Card Games, and the Gentle Art of Unraveling

On Delays, Money Plants, and Learning to Say Yes

On What a Data Scientist Taught Me About the Art of Feeling

On Rain, Braids, and the Gentleman Who Learned My Language

On Golf, Red Bull, and Choosing Joy in a Chaotic World

On Blanking on "Complex," the Gentleman Who Noticed, and Why Slowing Down Is the Ultimate Rebellion

On Scent, the Gentlemen Who Linger and Reflections on the Memories That Scent Leaves Behind

On Broken Glass and the Art of Being Seen

On Henna, History, the Art of Temporary Adornment and the Gentlemen Who Trace Them

On An Intimate Audit of Love, Loneliness, and the Valentine's Day Industrial Complex and Why the Clearest Path to What You Want Might Be a Paid Deposit

On appetite, leadership, and what actually draws me in

On Touch, Talk, and the Art of Arrival

On Water, Steam, and the Unfurling of a Man

On Waist Beads, Worn Histories, and the Gentlemen Who Notice Them