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08/03/2026

One Star Reviews as seen at the Grove City library.

07/23/2026

Come to Black Flix with us. The weather is amazing and Tracy has started her shenanigans!

It’s been a hot summer and I’ve been over here simmering with ideas for Tastes & Tomes… while also letting life wash ove...
07/14/2026

It’s been a hot summer and I’ve been over here simmering with ideas for Tastes & Tomes… while also letting life wash over me and thinking of next steps and business ventures. I’m intentionally not overwhelming myself with popups because I’m still healing in many ways.

My loooong anticipated subscription boxes are in the works,(just figuring out backend stuff). Incredibly excited for Movie Night at the Commons with Black Flix on 7/23 and The Liberated Lit Club Circle Showcase Zora's House .

I have been hosting incredible authors at Clintonville Books in my event coordinator capacity and I’m so proud of what they’ve accomplished!

Also in personal news, just celebrated 6months going on forever with my fella.

Yesterday I got to live my creative fairy dreams thanks to Columbus Archery 🏹It was an honor to facilitate the craft por...
06/22/2026

Yesterday I got to live my creative fairy dreams thanks to Columbus Archery 🏹
It was an honor to facilitate the craft portion of the Create Arrow and Yoga event. Play is so very important and watching the attendees craft INCREDIBLE fairy houses and hangouts made me so happy. I last crafted with children, so seeing adults (and one young lady) dig deep into their imagination was heartening. The ladies made stories for how their fae would play, rest, and be. Intentionally designing beautiful worlds.

It was a delight to see the joy on their faces from trying new things, from archery, crafting, and yoga with Tifani K Inspires . And don’t get me started on how gorgeous Sunset Park is. I felt extra magical and free. 🧚🏾🧚🏾‍♀️🧚🏿‍♂️✨✨

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth friends! I haven’t been writing much because life, but I do have a Ko-Fi page where you can buy me a coffee and subscribe to all of my upcoming shenanigans! There are tier lists if you’d like to subscribe and this is where I’ll be curating my subscription boxes! Basically what I’m saying is, pay Black women, ESPECIALLY on Juneteenth. I’ll link in my stories to how you can buy me a coffee on Ko-fi

06/17/2026

J.D. Vance has implemented harmful policies to Black women yet is compelled to steal from our work? Not on my watch! You can purchase Communion, Appalachian Elegy or any of bell hooks words from our bookshop.org.

LET THE WHIMSY COMMENCE!As part of Tracy not overextending herself this is only event we have scheduled so far for this ...
06/02/2026

LET THE WHIMSY COMMENCE!
As part of Tracy not overextending herself this is only event we have scheduled so far for this month. I am so excited to create with and

This will be only the second time that I’ve live crafted for an event and I can’t wait to see the magic we create!

All aboard! Come join us for Books Ahoy at Land Grant Extension.
05/30/2026

All aboard! Come join us for Books Ahoy at Land Grant Extension.

*Trigger Warning for this post- Potential Postpartum Depression and Su*cidal Ideations*** please take careI have to apol...
05/29/2026

*Trigger Warning for this post- Potential Postpartum Depression and Su*cidal Ideations*** please take care

I have to apologize for not being fully present and transparent. Incredibly long story short, on 12/23/25, four months into my pregnancy (technically they had both passed away a couple days before then but you get the idea) with twin boys they both passed away. Three weeks after delivering them I went back to work and back to fully operating T&T while alternating between couch surfing and sleeping in my car. I did a full month in a shelter prior to doing that. While also attempting to support my daughter that has multiple chronic illnesses and is an adolescent with her own struggles.

This month I finally received their autopsy report. I had to google multiple terms but from my assessment, it looked to me like my body destroyed my boys. It made me blame myself even more. I feel like I’m constantly failing. Their due date was 5/19. I was not supposed to be doing any of this. I wasn’t supposed to be planning events, I wasn’t supposed to be thinking of little catchy posts, I was supposed to be mothering.

It’s hard because with everything in me, I want to do what I’m doing. My work in this space is truly my passion. It’s my dream. I just don’t feel fully present and I think I’m starting to understand why.

There have been days when I physically couldn’t move. It’s frustrating. I’m no stranger to grief. This year marks year 30 that my older brother was m*rdered. My body won’t allow me to heal naturally, and no amount of journaling or writing poetry is helping. That’s why I think I may have something else going on affecting my brain chemistry.

This is a very long post to say I am very sorry if I haven’t gotten back to you or if I haven’t posted the things I need to post. I am hanging on. My significant other has been holding me up and I am in awe of how someone can love so completely a human ball of string.

I have a lot of things on the horizon that I genuinely am excited about. I just don’t have the bandwidth just yet to post everything right now. But I will!

05/18/2026

Hey everyone my kiddo is having a medical emergency and I’m going to have to cancel the midnight release party for Score tonight. Signed copies of the book and goodies from Tastes & Tomes are still available!

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