Tin was having a hard time eating the Gerber’s cereals – rice or oatmeal – he also didn’t like the baby vegetables and not too many of the fruit offerings. What he likes? Turns out our baby likes real food. Polenta with roasted butternut squash, red beans mashed with rice, and grits with eggs – all with a dash of Wheat Germ for good measure. Healthy babies like real food. I started tasting some of…
Someone asked how I was enjoying my time off on maternity leave. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha – time off – ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Yo no quiero crecer Esta vida perra que oculta una condena nos obliga al tiempo perdemos la inocencia. El sabor amargo que deja esta condena no sentimos nunca de la misma manera.? No quiero, no quiero crecer, no tener que pensar en ayer, olvidar que el mañana vendrá, saber que hoy es lo que dios nos da. Yo no quiero, no quiero crecer, no tener que pensar en ayer, olvidar que el mañana vendrá, saber…
… Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply…
The day was stunningly gorgeous and sunny and beautiful. We began our day having our coffee on the front porch and watching the pelican cruise the bayou with the sun glistening off the water. We then packed all the kids up and took off to the park to stroll and then feed the kids in the bright sunshine of the day. We endure hurricanes, we offer sacrifices to the gods in the form of long…
My grandma and your grandma sitting by the fire, my grandma told your grandma I’m going to set your flag on fire. Talking about hey now, hey now, hey now. Iko Iko unday. This is a familiar refrain to anyone who lives or knows New Orleans music. One of the strongest pulls home to New Orleans was a desire to be around family and I’ve come to believe that family is not what I thought it…
There is a bumpersticker I remember that says if women ran the world they’d hold a bake sale to feed the young rather than send their sons off to war. Something like that. The point is that women are inclined to find solutions to the basic problems of life – like how to feed the young. The question is then why is it that when women become leaders they do not focus on these essentials,…
From the New York Times: By MAUREEN DOWD Published: January 16, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO It has been quite a journey for Ted Olson. He’s gone from being the conservative lawyer who helped crown W. by winning the Bush v. Gore case before the Supreme Court, to being a lesbian. “Maureen,” he told me in his gravelly voice, “one of the biggest lesbian groups in this country told me I’m already an honorary lesbian.” Did it…
January 16, 2010 Taurus (4/20-5/20) There’s absolutely nothing like the company of kindred spirits, as you well know. Thanks to the heavens playing up your earthy, permanence-loving side and your house of friendships, you’ll be reminded of that now, via an insatiable urge to connect with like-minded others. You’re after something that you instinctively know you can only get from them: Camaraderie. There’s also a distinct possibility that you’ll come into contact with someone who’ll end…
My friend and colleague Flower came in with her 9 month old daughter in the midst of gale force winds. We’ve been busy catching up and catching spit up together. Today we ran over to UAL while the babies slept and T1 stayed home. UAL is a designer store marked down to nothing and they always have very interesting clothes. We opted for the dressing room together because there was only one and the clerk…