Several months ago, I was approached to do a book review for a children’s book called What Does it Mean to be Global? by Rana DiOrio. As an activist for equality, I was thrilled to be part of this book and its special way of illustrating to our c…

10 days. Six people. Nine states. One mini-van. We are home and recuperating. There is a mountain of laundry to do, groceries to buy, work to jump into and a series of epic errand running. Sigh. So, I took a few notes during the trip that are still wor…

So, we are currently halfway to our destination in Effingham (awesome name), Il. After spending four nights with Grandma, during which she was relatively well behaved until the last day, we managed to get six people up and out to the car in 40 minutes….

Yes, yes, I am going to BINGO with my grandmother tonight. For some strange reason, she thinks I like going, but what I used to like was going and eating fries in the smoky rooms full of women and men with their daubers (yes, I know the term) or if the…

Reflections on a Visit Tonight my sister and brother in law came to visit us for a few hours, and although they only come to our area once a year or less the visits are always magic to me.  I am the youngest of seven children, so most of the older one…

We left my Sapphire and babies (cry!) and made it to Grandma’s house. So far, I’ve only overheard that the Twitches are too behind in speech and she purposely did not tell my cousin and his wife (because Grandma doesn’t like her) that…

I smell like baby vomit, and its fabulous. Kinda. Those of you who are “done” with the baby thing know what its like to be able to visit and play with babies, knowing that you really don’t have to do it forever. My BFF has twin girls,…

I lived in and around Little Rock for about 10 years. Its the birthplace of Emo Boy (and Enigma, kinda), where I lost my virginity and my mind after my mom and stepdad died. Little Rock is, to say the least, bittersweet.. Normally, I just drive through…

I called you a ho. Heh. Continuing the “Leaving Vagina, entering Asshole, crossing the Tennessee Taint” tour… Its hard to imagine a state longer than Virginia, unless its Tennessee. There’s this little tail thing on Southwest Vi…

Summer is the time for baseball, swimming, and some of the best food of the whole year!  We have fresh produce available and family time to enjoy it together, and so off we go to cook up a summer storm, right?  Not so fast!  This summer is the hotte…