I wouldn’t call myself an “outdoors” person. I never had a desire to go camping or hiking in the woods, or to go fishing because there can sometimes be dangers in the wild—like ticks, spiders, and bears to name a few. Yet I realize how being outdoors has influenced me in different stages of my […]
The InStepp Blog: Our Perspective
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Brown Skin
Last Christmas, a friend of mine sent me an IM on social media with a “you’d-dig-it-the-most” preface that I’d usually pass over. For whatever reason, I opened the message, gave it a listen and was immediately drawn in. The video was of a group of coeds from Robeson County (North Carolina), wailing in song, singing […]
The Importance of Doing Nothing
As many of us continue to quarantine and practice social distancing, we have all found moments of needing to keep busy and staying productive. I am sure I was not the only one who noticed many posts being shared on social media about how we all have to create and develop and even start new […]