Yes, it’s time for that blog post that every­one in NaNoW­riMo makes, but here goes.  Maybe I bit off more than I can chew. I think I’d roughly be meet­ing my quota if I’d quit throw­ing my begin­nings away.  I’m giv­ing it to the end of this week to get going, and if it doesn’t, […]

Please do not come up to me, ask if my hair is nat­ural, and then fol­low me around, try­ing to touch it.  Just tell me that my hair is pretty, and that will be suf­fi­cient to make me smile.  Really.

Also, please do not talk to me or approach me in any way when I’m […]

Today has been one of those two steps behind kind of days.  I’ll just share a con­ver­sa­tion I had with Red Chief on the way home to fill today’s quota.

“Mama, today C__ became a Walker.”

A Walker walks home from school, as opposed to some­one who is in carpool.

“Oh, really?  Is that important?”

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Back to school has been going pretty decently, but now I’ve decided to kick things up a notch or three.  I keep telling you all I neglect the writ­ing por­tion.  I sus­pect that, as usual, that’s because I have some­thing I really want to say and am avoid­ing the real clar­ity writ­ing can give.

Ear­lier this […]