The…Other. That boogeyman that exists only to blame stuff on or to unload on. Not a scary monster in the closet but the neighbor you can point to in accusation. The “Other” is a convenient tool for blame or to make yourself feel superior or to deflect an argument that isn’t going your way or …
My girlfriend and I were in Sweden. She has family there and I have friends there and this was during a time when you could just go visit people in another country. It seems so long ago… Anyway, we covered a lot of ground driving around Sweden and I discovered a few things. One is …
When I started this space back in 2008, it wasn’t my intent to have it grow into a resource of learning for the public; it was actually just my reflections and musings on living in Maine as a Black woman and raising kids here, during a time when blogging was all the rage. But sometimes, …