abundance

Wow–this is my second award in one week!  You have to believe in abundance…I spent yesterday afternoon eating delicious cake and reminiscing with my cousin, Leona, who was in town on business.  I sometimes forget how reassuring it is to have people in your life who’ve known you for as long as you’ve known yourself…my [...]

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look–he’s a lefty!

Thanks so much to Edi over at Crazy Quilts!
Of course, as with every Blog Award, there are A Few Rules:
• Each Superior Scribbler must in turn pass The Award on to 5 most-deserving
• Each Superior Scribbler must link to the author & the name of the blog from whom he/she has received The Award.
• Each Superior Scribbler [...]

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uplifting

Did you know that Shadra accepted her CSK/John Steptoe Award for New Talent in Chicago yesterday?  I’m anxiously awaiting photos of the breakfast award ceremony, but in the meantime I’ll share a site created by one of my former students.  Nicky double majored in African American Studies and Philosophy, and for a course in the [...]

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What a Girl Wants, Part 3

The latest “episode” in this series is up at Chasing Ray. Here’s my post, but I hope you’ll stop by Colleen Mondor’s site to read the rest of the authors’ comments. It’s definitely a touchy subject…
I hate Halloween. It’s my least favorite holiday because it generates endless opportunities for folks to impersonate the [...]

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here we go again…

There’s another online conversation–this time at Editorial Anonymous–about whether or not the Coretta Scott King Award should go to white authors.  Sigh.  But the comments on the post are intelligent and generally encouraging, so do check it out.

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happy

Since 2am I’ve been in pain; it never fails–the semester ends, and my immune system just lets go…all the health issues it kept at bay come crashing down, reminding me that self-care is important.  The miracle, however, is that as soon as I started my workshop at Brooklyn College this evening, the pain disappeared…I completely [...]

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the best thing about a bad day…

…is that it has to end eventually!  After that last post I printed out two press kits, then felt my headache coming back so lay down for a nap; woke up and knocked over the glass of water on the nightstand…almost crawled back under the covers to hide, but was determined to make it to [...]

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gremlin

I’m having one of those days…felt a migraine coming on last night so took some meds just before bed; woke up feeling fine, but then the headache returned–bleh!  Took some more meds, and still managed to get out the door in time to catch my former prof at Brooklyn College during her morning office hours…except [...]

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good news

Just heard that Bird made the 2009 Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year list!  Normally there would be a ceremony soon, but it’s been postponed until October.  Still, nice to know we made the list.  It is unbearably hot here in my garret office, so I can’t stay long; will just pen [...]

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relief & regret

It’s OVER–thank God!  I’m just back from the Brooklyn Museum, where I delivered my paper on Mickalene Thomas.  My friend Pam was there, and with the exception of her friend and maybe two other women, the conference was pretty much all white.  Which is how it goes in the art world, and how it goes [...]

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