Monday, July 21, 2014. I just finished reading this sweet and empowered article on HuffPost called 10 Things Only People Over 30 Know About Dating. 10 You both have ingrained attitudes and ideas that will not change. 9 You both have limitations and must accept this. 8 You must see beneath the surface.

Thoughts on Black Womanhood and Self-Love. Wednesday, July 12, 2017. A Reflection on Power, Resistance and a Day at the Park.

Thoughts on Writing and Wanderlust. Friday, June 7, 2013. How is it June already? And better yet, how is it June 7th. Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

Because every pursuit should make us feel as lovely as when we pet a dog. This blog is, indeed, a collection of one year of mental meanderings that occasionally resulted in full-on-yet-inconsistent pursuits. But really my penchant for.

Re-learning about men, dating, and myself one date at a time. Happy Monday, friends and readers! Please join me over on my new blog as I shift into discussing the discoveries, joys, questions, and challenges of being in a new relationship for the first time since getting divorced in 2008. My days as a serial dater are over for the foreseeable future. Hope to see you over there! April 4, 2011. My friends, who I unscientifically polled. Even in purely personal ter.

Essays, nostalgia, humor, and weirdness. Who is Captain Calamari? He was a plushy squid with various rattles and mirrors attached to his colorful tentacles. Maybe he was just our favorite toy for the baby. He was a member of our family. The kid seemed to take to him right away. He stared blankly at everything else we deliriously rattled and shook at him, but the Captain always caught his eye.

Like with every other act of parenting, I put on my straight face and made things up. Rugrat Rager and The Half-Pint Heathens. I am cleaning house as usual. Which is to say I.

Have Suitcase, Will Travel. Super Sour Dill Pickle Recipe. Straight out of the jar for an afternoon snack. So when I learned to make my own pickles, I felt like I was unstoppable.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013. as it always seems to be. This past year was a giant mess, though, but nothing I could really talk about or rant about in a public forum. Some things seem to have been resolved, and I am handling things better. I started seeing a counselor back in June? Thankfully, something positive has also happened! I got a job back at the school I from which I was displaced! Unfortu.