Archive for October, 2011

Another “My Kid Is Awesome” Post. Now, With More Halloween.

Mallory and her boyfriend, Kolin, are serious about Halloween in the way that only people who are in their mid twenties can be serious about Halloween. They threw a costume party on Saturday and decided to dress us, along with their friends, as the characters from Jurassic Park. I especially love that her friend, Gwen, [...]

Michael Franti’s “The Sound of Sunshine”

This is a happy song. I am in great need of happy right now. When the weather starts to change to cold I am instantly crankier. Why I live in Central Illinois is a mystery to me. I am too much of a lizard what with my tolerance for heat and the sun. You won’t [...]

Snow Patrol’s “The Lightning Strike”

With all this talk of snow pounding across different areas of the United States (Pennsylvania, Denver, New Jersey) this weekend I thought a Snow Patrol song was in order. But it’s more than that. It’s because I got an email from Mason telling me that he had some suggestions for my “Musica” section. When my [...]

Florals and Photography

It’s high time I tuned into all these categories I put on my blog. I’m not always one for sharing my photos because 1) I am a novice at this and 2) I would hate to take myself too seriously as a photographer There are three nice cameras in my repertoire but I always want [...]

I Want Candy

This business paid a fee to be listed on Mocha Momma because they feel their products are a good fit with my readers. Also, I read the Holiday Guide from Dylan’s Candy Bar and actually used it to pre-order gifts that I paid for. You’re not required to read it, but there *is*sugar involved. Even [...]

This Should Be My Halloween Costume

I’m working on being better at posting regularly over at Babble Voices, but this month is almost over and it’s kicking my tail. I did manage to write about my awesome students over there today. Click HERE to read it. It’s called “Kids Today”. Here’s a little snippet: So, when I hear that kids arenโ€™t [...]

Handsome Boy Modeling School’s “Breakdown”

I don’t know what it is about some songs. For one thing, they just have to hit me at the right moment. Secondly, they have to stir something in me or stick with me because of a note or a lyric or maybe because something in my life resonates with me the first time I [...]

Ashokan Farewell

The first time I heard this song was on a Ken Burns documentary. While getting photographed in The Traveling Red Dress there was a live band playing music for an event and it was wonderful background music for the outdoor setting I was lucky enough to find myself in, but when they began to play [...]

Strange Conversations on Race

Recently, I had a conversation with a stranger. I mostly recognize him as someone in my community, but I have no intimate details of his life. We chatted it up for a few minutes and then he mentioned having just read โ€œThe Helpโ€ and how much he enjoyed it. ย I must have made a face [...]

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