The Price of Peace (Domestic)
“…Women are encyclopedias, boy! Volume A, Volume B, Volume C. Spend some time with every book and maybe […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
Same as it ever was (for Travon, Danroy, Cary, et ...
Two poems by Langston Hughes, seminal poet, novelist, playwright and humorist, and Sterling A. Brown, poet, professor, folklorist […]
Embarassed for/by myself
Have you ever been embarrassed for or by your own behavior? Not embarrassed because of what others might […]
Brown Boy Down (for Travon)
He’s a boy doing boy things but because he’s brown his actions (walking, standing, breathing) brings a frown, […]
Forty or four – abundance or scarcity?
A friend of mine estimates that she has forty towels and washcloths in rotation. I have six (plus […]
The Inoculation Effect
The Inoculation Effect happens when a child, in disadvantaged circumstances, is guided through childhood by his/her parents to […]
More than One
One of the most important lessons we can teach our kids, particularly in their young adolescence, is the concept of […]
Sun Music: The Sound of the Sun
File this under “I’m so proud.” I’m very proud my husband. Check out the article written by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Kenneth […]
It’s great to be useful
The email jumped out at me. I knew the writer. She’d purchased my booklet, Pushing through Shyness and […]
Why am I here?
Why am I here? (Well I know that Mommy and Daddy had some fun but other than that…) […]
Sound Reasons or Flimsy Excuses?
Your reasons are reasonable and if I didn’t know you, I’d believe them. Because I know you and […]
From the Job Boards – 3
I look at job sites everyday both for myself and for a host of friends and acquaintances. We’ve […]
But You Didn’t!
I could have written a better book than that. You’re right, but you didn’t. I could have made […]
Culture for the poor
“Culture for the poor must never be poor culture. We must have the best instruments for the poorest […]
The Importance of Context
Context Until finding that first book by Langston Hughes with his photo on the jacket, I hadn’t realized […]
Real Questions about Sex & Relationships for Teens: A Discussion ...
Real Questions about Sex and Relationships for Teens: A Discussion Guide for Parents By Candelaria Silva-Collins, copyright 2012 […]
The Siblings – Evil and Good
Evil and Good are siblings that walk together always. Once they were conjoined in harmony. They separated for various […]
Secrets and Lies
My mother once shared the following line that she overheard a man saying to his girlfriend, “I ain’t […]