It is what it is.
??? ??? I have no one to blame, But the entire world. ??? ??? I was young then. ??? ??? We all were. ??? ??? We breathed in the soot of a love abandoned, ??? ??? Not knowing what it was. ??? ??? Never understanding, never finding reference. Then she broke. Not in two, no [...]
I was tagged for a meme by Nerd Girl which calls for me to write seven random facts about myself. I am not sure what the demand for information about me is like out there in cyberspace, but I'd guess that it's low. Here's my seven anyway: 1. I shave only once a week. I [...]
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Mine was fine until Devin started to play doctor. (For those of you that don't know my son wants to be a bus driver, doctor, and teacher - in that order - when he grows up.) First he checked in my mouth and chuckled as he looked at [...]
Ebony Mommy tagged me with the NonBlog Meme about a week ago and I've been dreading this post ever since. Part of the reason is that writing is one of the things that moves me, and I can't cite it in my "three things I love more than blogging." Another reason is that it made [...]
Lately Devin has been asking a lot of random questions. He seems to be at that dreadful age where kids ask all kinds of questions about things that we don't really think about. He has the wife and I either scrambling for kid-friendly language, or just changing the subject. He's not a philosopher yet, but [...]
Today Devin and I made Rice Krispies Treats. Where I'm from you're not fully invested in childhood until you have tackled the sweet gooey goodness of of RKTs. The pure simplicity of the recipe made it a favorite of parents and kids alike. I come from a time when bake sales had actual home baked [...]
Because the Jena 6 remind me of the tough job my wife and I face as we continue to raise our son. Because my brother's quiet vacation in New Hampshire (!) was ruined by a self proclaimed "confederate," and a concerned local that warned him of bored cops. Because a black mother recently accused me [...]
I'm knocking on wood here, but I think it's safe to say that (finances aside) the changes the wife and I have made over the last several have paid off. Devin's 3:30 school pick up has proven to have positive long term effects on his behavior. We haven't had a single behavioral incident since the [...]
The week I just had brings to mind one of my favorite songs of all time - Holding Back the Years by Simply Red, Lyrics by Mick Hucknall (Yeah, I love the Brand Nubian remake too.) Here are the lines Hucknall wrote over 20 years ago that sum it up: I'll keep holding on Holding, [...]
