No new post today, I actually wrote a post for today but it doesn’t quite feel right and its actually a busy day up in my corner of the world. So rather than throw something up simply to have a post a day, I am thinking its time to get back to writing from my heart. I didn’t start blogging …
As a product of the Chicago Public Schools, it was with great interest that I read this story yesterday. Go ahead, take a second, and read it…ok for those that don’t, the crux is that an elementary school in Chicago decided to ban homemade lunches. Yep, kids have two choices, eat the school provided lunch (slop) or eat nothing. Wow! …
It’s Monday morning, its raining and oh yeah; I go back to work today. Now these might all look like reasons to be in a crabby mood but I am crabby for other reasons. After all Monday never did anything to me, the rain is a needed necessity to create beauty and going back to work does put a few …
My staycation is winding down and while I didn’t exactly go swinging from the chandeliers, it turns out when you aren’t functioning as the court jester, air traffic controller and official problem solver you can actually think not only about your current reality but a myriad of thoughts. The type of thoughts that frankly it’s hard to get to when …
It’s hard as hell being a mother these days, seriously. It’s not like when I first became a mom back in 1992, when you needed some advice you had to rely on your actual circle of real life folks. Granted if that circle was comprised of shitheads and bad advice it sucked but at the same time if a mother …
As women I think sometimes its quite easy to get caught up in our roles (mother, partner, daughter, etc) so much so that we lose sight of whom we are. In most cases if someone asked us who are we, we would probably respond with “Well my name is XYZ and I am the mother to ABC, partner to EFG …
On Sunday afternoons when I am cooking I generally have the radio on (yeah, I know how quaint I listen to an actual radio versus an iGadget) turned to my local NPR affiliate and around 4 ish, Marketplace Money with Tess Vigeland is on. If you have never listened to this show, you should check it out; it does a …
Greetings readers! Happy Sunday to you. The sky is blue and the sun is shining in my corner of the world. I originally planned to write a full on post today but as I am on a much needed vacation or shall we say staycation this week, I am going to start this week off by doing what I said …
The past several posts have been a bit more on the serious side so I say it’s time to lighten the mood and what better way to do that than by talking hair. Get a group of Black women together and after a few hours of conversation inevitably the talk will turn to hair. Let me say as my Granny …
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Happy Friday! It’s a gorgeous day up in my corner of the world and way too beautiful to be writing a blog post today. So I present you with the Friday Round-Up a list of blog posts this week from other bloggers that blew my mind. Perhaps if you need to kill some time or have a quiet moment you can check them out. http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/ Check out this cat, I have been a fan of his work forever. http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/ Good stuff here as well http://sweetersalt.com/ A Maine blogger who talks fashion and food…the best of both worlds http://paganchild-starmommy.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-focused.html A new blog that offers words of wisdom for all of us. http://mscleaver.com/ Another Mainer who for Lent is giving up pants, she is also a crafty gal If you have any links to good blogs, feel free to leave em. It’s my hope to make the Friday Round Up a regular feature at my new home specifically I would live to shine some light and love on smaller bloggers. It’s hard out here in this blogosphere with so many good blogs to choose from and so little time so let’s help everyone get a slice of the pie. I will be back on Monday, at that time I will unveil some ideas I have around monetizing things but You May Also Like: No related posts.
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