While searching for a photo to accompany the post below (which is a cross-post from CoParenting101.org), I was surprised to discover that Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee had explored open marriage and wrote about the experience in their joint biography.
A few months ago, I read a guest blog at Stepmother’s Milk by Kela Price, [...]
I have hit the motherhood trifecta. I am a mama by birth, by adoption, and, in exactly 80 days, I will become a stepmama. So, I’m thinking about stepmotherhood a lot these days, and of course, reading books by stepmoms. Books like…
First things first: Let’s clear up any misconceptions you may have [...]
Getting married is nothing; it is assuming the responsibility of marriage that counts.—Haitian proverb
Like hopefully anyone who remarries, TechBoo and I are very conscious of “doing it better” the second time around. So the above proverb from Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs really resonates. Over on Co-Parenting101.or, we’re giving away a copy of Lifelines, [...]
So tomorrow night, TechBoo and I get to celebrate another first together: Our first Chanukah party. What to bring? I’m leaning towards a bottle of wine and the jelly doughnuts (which, coincidentally, will come from the new kosher Dunkin’ Donuts that recently opened up nearby).
Saturday night, the celebrating continues with a birthday slumber party for [...]
Though I update this blog infrequently, I’m-a have the nerve to post a “Caption This!” contest. Winner gets a copy of Farai Chideya’s debut novel, “Kiss the Sky”. (Minimum 10 participants by 9/17).
Have fun!
Multi-tasking stats: This blog entry created while preparing for today’s phone interview with Farai Chideya, wondering what I’m going to make for [...]
(photo jacked from PPR_Scribe’s blog entry)
Yesterday, my sister-friend PPR_Scribe who blogs at This So-Called Post-Post-Racial Life updated her excellent blog series, “Working with Black Women”. I am hanging on her every word…check it out! Part 1, Part 2
Alas, all good things must come to an end. This week, I wrap up my 2-month guest-blogging gig at Bitch magazine. It’s been a fun ride, and the head Bitches are the best to work with! Check out my latest blog post (why, Joni, why!!??) here.
Put your hands ups for three wonderful new additions to my blogroll. All are single and blogging while mommy-ing. They are, in their own words:
Modern Single Momma Morgan Siler loves “the blogosphere. I love dipping food into froth (cappuccino or guinness). I love romance and photography. I love Indian-Jones adventures and Holderlin’s poetics. I love [...]
In my recent book/reading post, I neglected to mention one of the books I’m currently reading, A Thousand Splendid Suns. This book came highly recommended from a few sources, but I hesitated to pick it up because I was not a fan of The Kite Runner. Thankfully, I received it as a Christmas gift from [...]
“Generosity without orthodoxy is nothing, but orthodoxy without generosity is worse than nothing.”
~Hans Frei
(quoted in Brian D. McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy )
