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By shay subscriber | September 17, 2008 | 8 Comments

OK, I had several amazing topics in mind this morning for posting but instead a discussion on a local chat board has been on my mind all day and after chewing it over with the spousal unit, I figured I’d blog about it and see if anyone else wants to weigh in. On my local discussion board, someone interested in moving to Maine asked …

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It is what I say it is.. got that?

By shay subscriber | September 15, 2008 | 6 Comments

Here I am a peaceful subject, so peaceful that I don’t spank my little one when she is acting up and believe me as a former spanker who got spanked there are days that the peaceful more gentle route really starts to grate on a Mama’s nerves. However I am not talking about the little one, though she did work me nerves …

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Protect us from the simpletons

By shay subscriber | September 13, 2008 | Comments Off on Protect us from the simpletons

Sorry I have been MIA for longer than usual, but both me and the little one have been battling some nasty bug. Plus I have clients going crazy which has meant little time for blogging. Anyway today as the spousal unit and I once again were discussing the sorry state of America and the 2008 election and the fact that …

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Love in Black and White

By shay subscriber | September 10, 2008 | 12 Comments

Being the Internet junkie I am, I spend a lot of time avoiding client work by hanging out on discussion boards and reading blogs. During the past few months, I have started reading more and more blogs by Black women who are interested in or are involved in interracial relationships. Now I enjoy reading them since after all, my very beloved spousal …

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Raising a gentleman

By shay subscriber | September 9, 2008 | 4 Comments

Last night elder boy called me from his Pops house to catch me up on how the new school year was going and to shoot the shit in general. Due to the time difference and the fact that I have been battling with insomnia and a bad bout of allergies, I wasn’t as talkative as I normally am. However as …

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The misunderstood nap

By shay subscriber | September 8, 2008 | Comments Off on The misunderstood nap

This morning while doing my usual tour through the blogosphere, I stopped at blog that had a You Tube clip of Paul Mooney talking to a young woman about a wide array of issues. At the beginning of the piece Mooney makes mention to the young Black woman interviewing him that he knew she had a gig because she was employed …

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It ain’t always good to be cheap- A Life Lesson

By shay subscriber | September 7, 2008 | Comments Off on It ain’t always good to be cheap- A Life Lesson

Last year, the spousal unit and I faced an untimely reduction in income when he lost half of his clients, at about the same time he was shedding clients like a balding middle aged man sheds hair,our reliable and trusty car decided to give up the ghost.  Now the old car had been bought back when we lived in Chicago …

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We be Negros, now get away from me…

By shay subscriber | September 5, 2008 | Comments Off on We be Negros, now get away from me…

The past day or so has been personally challenging for me, I am going through my monthly leave me the fuck time of month, work has been crazy and we have family visiting from 2000 miles away. The sort of shit that makes a sista just want to scream.  So this morning, I called one of my good sista friends …

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Sarah..the secret weapon

By shay subscriber | September 4, 2008 | Comments Off on Sarah..the secret weapon

So last night I stayed up (damn near fell asleep) to catch the GOP’s vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin give her speech. I daresay that after having to endure Mike Huckabee’s bad attempt at humor (glad to know he got some real soap when he went to college), I almost turned off the tv but I must say I am glad …

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What was she thinking, better yet what was he thinking?

By shay subscriber | September 2, 2008 | 5 Comments

Come on now, you know the kid couldn’t resist getting in on the discussion about Sarah Palin. Seriously as busy as I have been seeing off elder child and working on deadline, I have been paying attention to the news. Damn, McNasty must have been hard up to pick Sarah Palin. Its a shame I am not a Rethuglican since …

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We are tired: Let Black folks decide if they want to activate

By Shay | May 4, 2024

Growing older in the social justice movement as a Black woman is a trip! It makes this current moment of uprising in American colleges interesting to bear witness to, with the lens of an elder activist. Despite what some believe and are loudly proclaiming, this is not the first generation to rise up against the …

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We are tired: Let Black folks decide if they want to activate

By Shay | May 4, 2024

Growing older in the social justice movement as a Black woman is a trip! It makes this current moment of uprising in American colleges interesting to bear witness to, with the lens of an elder activist. Despite what some believe and are loudly proclaiming, this is not the first generation to rise up against the …

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By Shay | May 29, 2022

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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