Yesenia Montilla
@yeseniamontilla.bsky.social
NAACP Image Award nominated poet. Author: Muse Found in a Colonized Body (Four Way, 2022). The Pink Box (Willow, 2015). Educator. Dreamer. Top Chef/Maybe. Find Me: www.yeseniamontilla.com
@slowdownshow.org rolled it back. So grateful for Tracy K. Smith & her seeing.
The Slowdown@slowdownshow.org · last yr.“Many people live like this on a regular basis,” shares Tracy K. Smith in today’s encore episode. “The peril, the worry, the blood pressure roiling.” Read “a brief meditation on breath” by Yesenia Montilla @yeseniamontilla.bsky.social: bit.ly/43f4xV1
A pack of 250 Avery mailing labels is $18. That's 7.2 cents per label and 250 little stickers you can write/print a message on and slap around town. (Don't be a jerk though.) Ideas: NO KINGS TRUMP DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU DIVEST FROM TESLA DEIA MATTERS TRANS LIVES MATTER You get the idea.
remember this can be one day or day one - do what you can!
The fact that he started with “the revolution will not be televised” & ended with “turn the tv off” an icon.
February 7 2025 | Tarot pulled: The THREE OF WANDS | The THREE OF WANDS, what a telling tarot to pull as a final card for this month.
February 6 2025 February 6 2025 | Tarot pulled: The QUEEN OF CUPS | The QUEEN OF CUPS was pulled today. It brings us into the realm of the sacred feminine. It says: the world will try to harden you, control you, distort your view of it, but you must steady your ships & your heart & stay the course.
“What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses, and birds.” — Jack Gilbert Language is ours. Love is ours. Victory is ours, & they know it.
February 5 2025 | Tarot pulled: The SIX OF WANDS | Beloveds we got the SIX OF WANDS AGAIN! This time upright. | If you are an empath, a feeling person, a student of history, an artist or just a human that pays attention then you know that we are about to engage in the fight of our lives.
February 4 2025 | Tarot pulled: The MAGICIAN | The MAGICIAN is a cheerleader card. It says: you’ve got what it takes, the stars are aligned & anything you manifest in this moment will be. The first day of February we saw The EIGHT OF CUPS that told us to embark on a journey.
February 3 2025 | Tarot pulled: KNIGHT OF PENTACLES | The KNIGHT OF PENTACLES is a sturdy card to receive this February. It is a card of steadfast hard work & frugalness. It asks us to take a look at our finances, to save for a rainy day, a new project, a much needed journey.
February 2 2025 | Tarot pulled: SIX OF WANDS reversed | I have to be honest The SIX OF WANDS reversed is not a good look. It speaks of epic fails, betrayals from allies, abandoning ships or causes. This card also indicates a loss of a throne or a fall from grace.
February 1 2025 February 1 2025 | Tarot pulled: EIGHT OF CUPS | The EIGHT OF CUPS is that girl. The bestie that tells you what it is, no filter, no codling, just truth bomb after truth bomb. & this bestie is telling you: it’s time to move on.
January 7 2025 | Tarot pulled: THREE OF WANDS REVERSED | The THREE OF WANDS REVERSED is the card of starting over & start ups. It asks that we go back to the planning stages of the project, event, our lives & analyze what’s not gelling.
January 6 2025 | Tarot pulled: JUDGEMENT Reversed | The JUDGEMENT card reversed is what the universe pulled for us today. Pay attention, this card is a warning.
January 5 2025 | Tarot pulled: THE HIEROPHANT | THE HIEROPHANT is a card that asks you to “slow down baby.” It asks you to seek counsel, have patience & hold on to tradition. What does this mean for us as individuals & for the collective?
January 4 2025 | Tarot pulled: KING OF WANDS | The KING OF WANDS is a boss card. It manifest courage, passion & overall badassery. This card asks us to step into our creative power for the good of the collective & for the good of our own tightly wound & aching lives.
January 3 2025 | Tarot pulled: TEN OF PENTACLES | The TEN OF PENTACLES is the card most people hope they pull & we’ve pulled it here, on day 3. The legacy of this card is one of great fortune.
January 2 2025 | Tarot pulled: Reverse FOUR OF CUPS | The FOUR OF CUPS is a powerful card. It combats lethargy. It says: Do something! Or at least THINK about it, would you?
First day of the new year. Tarot card pulled: STRENGTH. The STRENGTH card asks us to come together & through our collective power we rally & transform. Of all the cards that could’ve been pulled for this new year, this card signifies the message we carry into 2025: collective liberation.
guess we just gotta wait & see which history is being repeated… Germany 1930s or Rome 44 BC —
