Summary

The author of a Medium blog discusses their weekly reading list, sharing highlights and personal updates, including the purchase of a car and the potential discontinuation of their "What I Read this Week" feature.

Abstract

In the latest update on their Medium blog, the author reflects on their reading activities over the past week. Despite a busy schedule that included buying a car, they managed to read and highlight five interesting stories from a total of 30. The author provides quotes and commentary on these selected pieces, touching on diverse topics such as personal dilemmas, family engagement in education, Black History Month, the challenges of aging, and humorous observations on vandalism. The article concludes with a nod to the broader list of stories and writers featured for the week, a contemplation on the future of the weekly reading feature, and a promotional invitation for readers to become Medium members, with the offer of guidance on how to start earning money through the platform.

Opinions

The author acknowledges a lower volume of reading due to personal errands and the significant event of purchasing a vehicle.
They express excitement about the stories they did manage to read, suggesting that the selected highlights are particularly noteworthy.
The author seems to value the community of writers on Medium, emphasizing the importance of promoting other writers' work.
There is a sense of indecision regarding the continuation of the "What I Read this Week" feature, indicating that the author is considering its discontinuation but has not made a final decision.
The author is enthusiastic about the potential for new Medium members to earn money on the platform and offers to assist newcomers in getting started.

What I Read this Week

SUNDAY: February 20, 2022

It’s that time again Medium readers, and I’m back with the latest update, on what I read on Medium this past week.

I honestly didn’t manage to get a whole lot of reading done, because I was busy running around, trying to get some important errands completed before the three-day holiday on Monday.

I went out and bought a car on Wednesday, so much of my time and focus ended up being on everything but Medium. You’ll hear more about that this coming Thursday, but for now, lets talk about some the great stuff I read this past week.

Enjoy a few of this week’s highlights

This week’s highlights consist of five of the 30 stories in my list, and as you’ll see, I took the time to cite some pretty interesting quotes from those stories.

For example:

STORY TITLE: DILEMMA

Notice this passage from Alombah Delight in theMUSINGS

“Here I am, a few weeks later, pregnant for possibly a stranger. How am I going to tell Goddy? I don’t even know Abdul’s last name. How am I going to locate the father of my baby in a strange land?”

Read and see how this crazy, messed up “dilemma” came about!

STORY TITLE: Do Your Black Children Attend An Elite Private School?

This passage is from Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer

“Family engagement is about the two-way partnership that must prevail between parents, teachers, and school leaders.”

STORY TITLE: February is Black History Month

This passage is from Pene Hodge in Our Souls in Words

“And like a phoenix rising from the ashes, black people survived and began to thrive, even with minimal support from the world that sought to use then eliminate them”.

STORY TITLE: The Thing They Don’t Tell You About Growing Old

This passage is from Gray Miller

“I thought if I got soft I would lose those survival skills. I worried that if I trusted that there might be enough, I’d forget how to scrounge and scramble and leverage and divide when that inevitable scarcity — of time, of money, of health or attention — would hit again”

STORY TITLE: Never Write “Wash Me” on a Dusty Vehicle

This passage is from Kristi Keller

“Initially I thought it was funny. Especially when I saw the first penis etched into the windshield of a Maserati. And several humorous variations of “Wash me” on a Land Rover.”

Final Thoughts

Be sure to take a moment and view the 30 stories in my list from this past week. Pay particular attention to the stories published by:

Robert Roy Britt, Edie Postiglione, Lisa Beth Wright, Justjulieandherblog, and of course, all the rest of the writers who shared stories during this period.

See you next week, where the final story in this feature will more than likely be published.

I’m thinking about discontinuing my “What I Read this Week” feature for good, but I’m not certain, since this is my dedicated day to comment on stories and promote other writers.

As for now, the decision is up in the air, but either way, I’LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.

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