Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

  I finally got my computer – yay! At Walmart, no less – I haven’t been in that store in so long, I had no idea where anything was. Sigh, and I’m such a bad shopper that by the time I was done picking out the laptop (which wound up being the very one on [...]

Even I would be tempted to get one. (I stole this ad from the one on Atrios). And I don’t run around collecting memorabilia related to this or that celeb. It’s just such a rarity to see contemporary, realistic Black figurines and to also see particularly Black women depicted with such… well, grace is the [...]

That’s just… weird. Sad, too, of course – my heart goes out to their family and friends. But still… I practically grew up with MJ. Oh, I didn’t know him (unless you believe the rumor that was going around my jr high school at the time that that was him spending a semester there), but [...]

I have nothing much to say about anything, but I came across this very cool sculpture when I was searching for something to illustrate also not wanting to see or hear anything much today.  Here is the description from the World Art and Antiques site where I found it: Kneeling “Dyougou Serou” Figure with Hands [...]

Said the 4 year old, upon disembarking into a completely different place after his first cognizant ride in an elevator. Sometimes kids make up for all their other annoyances just with wonder.

Mostly. And my head is not swimming nearly as much, so I think I’m on the road to recovery. Yay! I’ve realized, lately, how much I look forward to Sundays. I am not religious in the least but I’m glad others are, or at least that the day is pretty much a declared a non-business [...]

February 2010 Been a few changes over the past few months – some good. Some truly awful. But, I have started writing my book. At this point I am only about 10,000 words in but… I am writing it! I am saying six months for the first and second draft. More drafts, if needed, after [...]

I am craving color, for some reason.  Here, in my little corner as well as on my Twitter page, which I have just redone in an explosion of color.  And little animals. It doesn’t exactly scream “sober and professional”, which might be a worry, but I’m not yet doing any promoting of HB or anything. [...]