Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Harriet Tubman No. 11. "$500
Reward! Runaway from subscriber on Thursday night, the 4th inst., from the neighborhood of Cambridge, my
negro girl, Harriet, sometimes called Minty. Is dark chestnut color, rather stout build, but bright and
handsome. Speaks rather deep and has a scar over the left temple. She work a brown plaid shawl. I will
give the above reward captured outside the county, and $300 if captured inside the county, in either case
to be lodged in the Cambridge, Maryland, jail. (Signed) George Carter, Broadacres, near Cambridge, Maryland,
September 24th, 1849" (1940)
Workbook: September, 2022
September 30, 2022 : Crying, without knowing why.September 29, 2022 : Goodbye Norma Jean.September 28, 2022 : I still have pieces of her.September 27, 2022 : There was a movie in my head.September 26, 2022 : My home is lovely.September 25, 2022 : "Ohhhhh no no no no no no no NO..."September 24, 2022 : My home is destroyed.September 23, 2022 : No-one wants to be around you when you're arm-wrestling depression.September 22, 2022 : Americans are that way with their coffees.September 21, 2022 : Chai.September 20, 2022 : Even then, I complied from lack of choice.September 19, 2022 : Months to goal.September 18, 2022 : Morning prep presents an especially dumb hurdle.September 17, 2022 : Coffee by contrast is linked with longevity, cognitive improvement, and particularly liver function.September 16, 2022 : Where sodas follow from a lifetime of muscle memory.September 15, 2022 : NIH articles re health benefits of teas.September 14, 2022 : Tea.September 13, 2022 : There's a man — your mother's date — who introduces himself.September 12, 2022 : Books are missing, or, better, mis-shelved after your move.September 11, 2022 : Caffeine, bro.September 10, 2022 : Where all of this, every note and chord...September 9, 2022 : Yet in the same breath Trotsky also wrote:September 8, 2022 : The exact moment one's personal box of days nears empty.September 7, 2022 : Overlaid or overdetermined by growing sense of unreality.September 6, 2022 : Sit, work or read, focus.September 5, 2022 : Envy , and resentment .September 4, 2022 : I wrote this twenty years ago:September 3, 2022 : I don't want to be awake.September 2, 2022 : When is it age?September 1, 2022 : There's a photo of me with that evil fuck.
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