Habari gani, y'all? Today is the first day of Kwanzaa!! We focus on Umoja, or Unity, today -- how can we strive for and maintain unity in our homes, communities, and the world at large? What are we doing to unite our fellow denizens of the planet?

@jakebe Habani gari! When do you light your first candle? Do you and @pendragon make a ritual of it? ^v^

Right now, I'll admit, I'm focusing my unity on my family. We're cleaning the living room and making space in the shelves for those who're joining Keet and I in building a home. I'll come together with the rest of the world once I've got this part settled. I need less turbulence in my world if I'm to share it much beyond what I'm doing now.

Follow

@orrery @pendragon You know what? I hear you. :) I think for me, a big focus of 2019 will be making my home more of a comfort while ALSO making sure I only have what I need. I'd rather not keep accumulating things if I don't have to, you know?

We don't actually have a Kwanzaa kinara; maybe I'll get one for next year!

@jakebe @pendragon Part of the exercise right now is going through all the _stuff_ we've accumulated across fifteen years and a dozen ex-roommates and figuring out how much of it we even care about any more.

Sign in to participate in the conversation
Awoo Space

Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.

While mature content is allowed here, we strongly believe in being able to choose to engage with content on your own terms, so please make sure to put mature and potentially sensitive content behind the CW feature with enough description that people know what it's about.

Before signing up, please read our community guidelines. While it's a very broad swath of topics it covers, please do your best! We believe that as long as you're putting forth genuine effort to limit harm you might cause – even if you haven't read the document – you'll be okay!