Apartment Living Woes
For almost two weeks, I have been otherwise encumbered with a leaky ceiling situation in my bedroom. Unfortunately, the leak developed where my bed is located, and so the top of the bed, and the area underneath the bed, got wet. Despite the fact that the complex where I reside is just over six years [...]
Racialized
Yes; racialized is a word. Unfortunately, it is a word with which the folks at WordPress.com are not familiar. Especially when it comes to selecting posts for its ‘Freshly Pressed’ feature. This is where certain posts are selected on the basis of pre-determined criteria. However, there are very few posts selected that are written by [...]
Product Review: Transitioning Hits and Misses
As my regular readers know, I am in the process of transitioning from processed, i.e. chemically relaxed, to natural hair. Identifying appropriate products has been something of a challenge. Even given the fact that, say, 20 women extoll the virtues of particular products, they may not work for the 21st woman – me. Anyway, I [...]
The Wonders of Coconut Oil
My good friend, Ms. Afropolitan, mentioned the goodness of coconut oil in response to my post regarding jojoba oil. So, I decided to link to a post on coconut oil, and its benefits for hair. In fact, my hair and scalp are marinating in coconut oil as I compose this post. I am using it [...]
Redneck
The aforementioned post appears as a guest post on the blog, Equality.101. Please be sure to visit, and leave a comment. Also, be sure to read some of the other blog posts. They’re great.
Ed-Tech: For the Right Reasons
The following is the comment I left recently in response to a post on this blog. Certainly proverbial food for thought for foreign language teachers. I think this is what turned me off to Twitter when I joined the first time back in 2008. It had been appropriated by the tech-ed folks, talking about this, [...]
New Goodies :)
I made several purchases recently for house and home, and for self. First, the house and home purchases. After five years, I decided I needed a new doormat. Ok; the real reason is that it will be five years this month that I have resided in my wonderful apartment, and wanted to celebrate with something [...]
Trying to Play Catch-Up
I thought this article re: the struggles on the part of US government agencies to learn and translate languages was interesting, and speaks to the continued need to fund and support foreign language education at the K-12 level.
A Difference?
My Dear Dad patronizes a barbershop in the ‘hood – the same one he’s been patronizing for most of his adult life. Think of the film, “Barber Shop”, and it will give you some sense as to what I am talking about. Anyway, on one of my Dear Dad’s visits, the barber asked him about [...]
Religion as the Third “R”
I found this story about the Modesto, CA City Schools world religions curriculum intriguing. Apparently, it is quite innovative, and, as of this report, was the only one of its kind in the United States. For further information, please check out the following resources: California Three Rs Ten Tips for Starting A World Religions Curriculum
