Celebrating Elizabeth Catlett: The Artist and Her Passion Are True Inspirations
{Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Catlett, who dedicated her art to the struggle of African Americans and women, died on Monday at her home in Mexico. She...
[Wordful Wednesday] Attack of the Killer Lemons
Occasionally Mari, Lila and I test the waters in the produce aisle at the grocery store, making a point of picking up fruits and vegetables...
{Wordful Wednesday} We’ve Been Snowbound For Three Days :: Send. Help. Now.
We’re snowbound. Again. Being held hostage by all the ice and a bunch of people who can’t drive on said ice and a city that...
{Wordful Wednesday} Black Snow Bunnies: My Babies and their Granddad On Christmas Vacation
There is absolutely nothing more peaceful to me than spending time with three of my favorite people in the world: My daughters and my dad....
{Wordful Wednesday} Mari's Awesome, Supersplendiferous, Fantasticalicious Camp Pictures!
So my baby Mari survived her first sleepaway camp. More specifically, I survived Mari’s first sleepaway camp. She was gone for three… excruciatingly… looooong… days, hiking, repelling...
Wordful Wednesday: A Spring Break Family Affair on St. Simon's Island
I was looking through iPhoto on my desktop earlier today and came across these pictures snapshots of a spring break vacation our family took with...
Word(ful) Wednesday: Janelle Monáe's "Tightrope"
Janelle Monáe and her extremely catchy tune, “Tightrope,” off her sophomore album, “The Arch Android,” are both just too cute for words. I especially love...
Word(ful) Wednesday: Look At Me…
I’m not really sure if pictures of me as a baby are limited because my parents weren’t big on taking them or because I’M ADOPTED...
Wordful Wed: Halftime IS Game Time, Thanks To the Band
This is my confession: I’m a total band hag. Like seriously? I can sit through an entire football game one with the teams sloshing around...
Wordful Wednesday: A Beautiful Black Boy
This is my nephew, Miles. Take a good, hard look at him. What do you see? He’s athletic, sure. And a handsome lil’ devil, too....
