I was just talking with someone I greatly respect and love. She’s younger than me by a few years. For a moment I wondered if she looks up to me… And then my mind jumped to women older than me who I look up to. And if I wanted to talk with one of those…
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vacation mode
3 goals: relax, read & write
VOTE for CNN to air ireport #findTeleka
This will take you mere moments to complete. The link to vote is at the bottom of the report. Vote and share! Let’s do what we can to #findTeleka. And if you’re in Gary, IN, join the family today in handing out flyers! http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1068285
Please help find Teleka Patrick
I know Tenesha, Teleka’s sister. So I know this is real. Please share in your networks especially if you’re in the Midwest.
Granola. Homemade. Yum.
8 cups rolled oats 1 cup almonds 1 cup walnuts 1 cup pecans 1 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup honey 1/3 cup oil 1 tbsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup brown sugar Preheat oven to 325F. Mix oats & nuts in big bowl. Mix everything else then add to dry mix. Spread in baking…
with us
*i’m listening to “Angels We Have Heard On High” and pondering the phrase “God with us”. toddlers act very differently when they believe their parent is with them. they jump off the couch. they fling their heads backward. they know their parent will catch them, stabilize them…they’ll be fine. we call them naive. indeed they…
going back to chicago
Sometimes I go back to Chicago in my mind. It’s not like going there physically. It’s riskier. It’s reliving memories of what used to be, putting on my silver, pinky, fish ring. I return to grad school, to wanting to teach English lit., to talking with Vershawn about must-read books like Sula. I return to…