Six Million
I am alive. Six millions Jews are not. Today and everyday, we remember each soul who perished in the Holocaust. We honor the blessed...
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erinschrode
Jan 20, 20211 min read
Good Riddance and good Morning
It’s a fucking miracle we’re alive. And that we survived, when too many did not. And that our institutions just barely made it through,...
erinschrode
Jan 19, 20212 min read
Okay to not be Okay
I’m not okay. And I don’t know if I will be okay. Is that okay? I am going to declare: yes. Because I know that I’m far from the only one...
erinschrode
Jan 19, 20211 min read
MLK
Yes, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” And also, “I have...
erinschrode
Jan 6, 20211 min read
This is America
What does this mean for our future — as Americans and America? Because today has revealed just how unprepared our fragile democracy,...
erinschrode
Jan 5, 20211 min read
Georgia!
Georgia may well send a Black American and a Jewish American to the United States Senate — to uphold, protect and defend rights, justice...
erinschrode
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Alright Right Now
I’m alright right now. And that is an immense blessing as the sun sets on this unimaginable, unforgettable, unfathomable year of 2020. In...
erinschrode
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Doing Nothing
I’m aggressively doing nothing… which is absolutely everything and all too rare. These days have been spent cuddling up in cozy jammies...
erinschrode
Dec 30, 20202 min read
Love and Loss
Tell those you love that you love them. Because life is fleeting. And death is all around us. A powerhouse vivacious woman I went to...
erinschrode
Dec 24, 20201 min read
Twas The Night
‘Twas the night. 📖🎅🏼🎄✨ I’m not able to be at my beloved grandmother’s this year, and thus without my father’s scotch-taped-together...
erinschrode
Dec 24, 20201 min read
A leap of faith
A leap of faith. 🤸🏻♀️🎄🙏🏽✨ And soaring through the sky seems quite fitting for Christmas Eve. 🦌🛷🎅🏼 This much-needed distraction,...
erinschrode
Dec 17, 20203 min read
Hanukkah 2020
Night One: To miracles. To light. To survival. To making it through day by day amid impossibly hard, unfathomably dark times. To...
erinschrode
Dec 14, 20201 min read
Mutual responsibility
My momma is just the best person ever. And I want to do everything I can to protect her — and the beautiful, flourishing, organic garden...
erinschrode
Dec 12, 20201 min read
Light
I took in the light of day today. My soul needed it. Light, like life and time and calm, are fleeting. While my momma and I may be six...
erinschrode
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Christmas Trees
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. ✨🎶🪓🎄 Every year, my dad would take my little self to chop down a Christmas tree with my...
erinschrode
Dec 3, 20201 min read
Winter
And just like that, it’s winter. ❄️ I feel like a little girl again, as I prance through my first snow of 2020 — trying to focus on...
erinschrode
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Giving Tuesday
Could you donate to Turning Green this #GivingTuesday? 💚🌎 I hope you’ll consider clicking turninggreen.org/donate to give $20 (or $200...
erinschrode
Nov 27, 20201 min read
my Momma
Happy birthday, momma. I wish I could hug you today. I wish I could feel your arms wrapped around me. I wish we could be our silly selves...
erinschrode
Nov 26, 20201 min read
Giving thanks
Grateful my grandmothers showed me how to cook. Grateful my mother taught me to love plants. Grateful I found a person who wants to eat...
erinschrode
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Onwards
Me when I saw that every single Trump sign in the neighborhood is now gone. 🇺🇸 We most certainly have work to do to come together and...
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