Yesterday I went out to share Thanksgiving with my brother and his family. The day started with my nephew’s intra-city football game, the Turkey Bowl.
Let me just say to begin, I’m not a football fan. I never have been. I ‘get’ football, as in knowing how it works and understanding most of the rules, but [...]
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Having a “Sunrise, Sunset” moment.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, Yikes!, family, letting go, people I love, the doting aunt, what's so funny?, tagged family, letting go, NaBloPoMo, people I love, the doting aunt, what's so funny?, Yikes! on 27 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
No knight on a white horse, just a friend in need.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, people I love, work, tagged friends, NaBloPoMo, people I love, work on 23 November 2009 | 2 Comments »
This day just got longer and longer until it became this night, which also got longer and longer. Three student crises to manage tonight. I knew I had two that needed sorting, and I’d put a plan in place for both. Then, just before I was going to get started on the first one, Valerie [...]
Maybe seeing will be believing …
Posted in NaBloPoMo, family, full disclosure?, mothers and daughters, people I love, prejudice, race and racism, teaching, where we're from, women, tagged teaching, race and racism, where we're from, family, full disclosure?, people I love, mothers and daughters, black woman, the family adventure, NaBloPoMo, women, prejudice on 19 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
In my morning class, when we read the Times article about Michelle Obama’s “shocking” family tree, we had a conversation about the issue of family histories, about Jefferson and Hemings, about the “important American story” Megan Smolenyak is trying to tell for black people in this country.
“Why might it be hard for African Americans to [...]
And if I’m gay, what’s your point?
Posted in NaBloPoMo, homophobia, language, out and about, people I love, prejudice, teaching, tagged crazy-making, dumb-ass crap, homophobia, language, NaBloPoMo, out and about, people I love, prejudice, teaching on 18 November 2009 | 8 Comments »
Catching up with Jay, I was happy to find this little history lesson on tap:
As a life-long ‘East Coast Cat” myself, I’m glad Jay chose to step up and share a little knowledge with Larry Johnson about Stonewall and ‘weakness’ … and in the process help us all remember that prejudice starts with ignorance.¹
I’m wondering [...]
In the Spotlight
Posted in NaBloPoMo, choose your own adventure, family, memoir, people I love, tagged family, people I love, memoir, choose your own adventure, NaBloPoMo on 24 August 2009 | 2 Comments »
(In fiction, my brother is always “Tony.” It’s the only way I think of him when I’m writing. So, this is a Tony story.)
Walking from Union Square to Irving Place, I passed the Lee Strasberg school. I’ve walked that block any number of times, but somehow I’d never noticed the school before. I’d forgotten about the Strasberg [...]
