Yearly Archives: 2007


Armor Up and My Brothers

I’ve been realizing lately that I need to armor up. I need to work hard not to absorb or believe […]


Year of the Friends

On Saturday, I had ten friends over for food, games, and fun. I had intended to have fourteen women over but […]


Possibilities

There is such excitement and hope in the moments of possibility. You put a manuscript in the mail and the […]



Dichotomies

Friday was a day of bad news and hopeful signs.From relatives: a house broken into for the second time in as […]



All White People, All the Time

Artist, satirist and social commentator Damali Ayo has a website – www.rent-a-negro.com. When I first heard about it – I […]





Good News in my circle

When a phone rings in this time and place, we usually look at caller ID to see who it is rather […]



The music sweets me so

The music sweets me so is a line from a children’s book, The Dancing Granny, written by Ashley Bryant. That […]


I Say No, No, No

Saturday was a day of three nos. The first no is something that I didn’t say to friend who came […]


Breaking Bread with Friends

My husband and I had two couples over for dinner tonight. It is pouring rain outside yet they braved the […]



Money Luck

Yesterday I wrote and wrote and wrote so much that I never got around to adding to my blog.One of […]


Putting it Out There

Writing descriptions to query an editor or agent is as difficult, more perhaps as writing the work. This trying to […]