Ernestine Dean

Germany's big on Christmas. It's just such a huge festival. And there are many traditional Christmas markets. And there was one particular stand with a Christmas market selling roasted almonds.

Germany's big on Christmas. It's just such a huge festival. And there are many traditional Christmas markets. And there was one particular stand with a Christmas market selling roasted almonds.

Germany's big on Christmas. It's just such a huge festival. And there are many traditional Christmas markets. And there was one particular stand with a Christmas market selling roasted almonds.

as if they were these kind of fingers, like wafting, pulling, drawing the end, these tendrils of the scent. It was so familiar and reminded me so much of my grandmother's kitchen. And I was back there when I smelled these roasted almonds, that sweet scent, this kind of nutty aroma, chestnutty, beautiful almond scent. And... It was just such a delicious experience for my body.

as if they were these kind of fingers, like wafting, pulling, drawing the end, these tendrils of the scent. It was so familiar and reminded me so much of my grandmother's kitchen. And I was back there when I smelled these roasted almonds, that sweet scent, this kind of nutty aroma, chestnutty, beautiful almond scent. And... It was just such a delicious experience for my body.

as if they were these kind of fingers, like wafting, pulling, drawing the end, these tendrils of the scent. It was so familiar and reminded me so much of my grandmother's kitchen. And I was back there when I smelled these roasted almonds, that sweet scent, this kind of nutty aroma, chestnutty, beautiful almond scent. And... It was just such a delicious experience for my body.

You know how it is when you have something like that and you instantly are back. Your eyes are closed and you are this little one.

You know how it is when you have something like that and you instantly are back. Your eyes are closed and you are this little one.

You know how it is when you have something like that and you instantly are back. Your eyes are closed and you are this little one.

I feel like they are bookmarks.

I feel like they are bookmarks.

I feel like they are bookmarks.

If I looked at our stories as pages of a book, They're very important bookmarks that remind us of who we are and also really is who we are.

If I looked at our stories as pages of a book, They're very important bookmarks that remind us of who we are and also really is who we are.

If I looked at our stories as pages of a book, They're very important bookmarks that remind us of who we are and also really is who we are.

My family was forcibly removed in April the 1960s, at the time of the Group Areas Act, where certain groups or certain places were zoned for white occupational

My family was forcibly removed in April the 1960s, at the time of the Group Areas Act, where certain groups or certain places were zoned for white occupational

My family was forcibly removed in April the 1960s, at the time of the Group Areas Act, where certain groups or certain places were zoned for white occupational

I was born into this amniotic fluid of grief.

I was born into this amniotic fluid of grief.