Serenity… an expedition


Archive for the 'bone of my bone' Category

decision time

For some reason it feels incomplete – and almost rude – to make major (to me) decisions armed only with a Blackberry. Or, rather, to attempt to express the substance of them with an itty bitty keyboard and a 1 1/2 inch screen.
Even so, I believe I have come to a point where one [...]

Sunday, January 3rd

ruminations on the house and the field

The other day I was reading a post over at the Field Negro’s site that primarily dealt with Black conservatives, but also, somewhere in there, talked about the name he uses as his handle and also as his blog’s name – Field Negro.

Not surprisingly, there has been a bit of controversy over the name from [...]

Tuesday, December 15th

reading now: bound for canaan – the underground railroad

The problem with reading about historical events that you may or may not have had a previous interest in is – is the more you read, the more you realize how much you don’t know. And need or want to learn.
Already I have been leafing through the extensive bibliography in this book, Bound for Canaan: [...]

Thursday, August 27th