MY THOUGHTS ON THE URBAN FICTION "PHENOMENON" |
My students love to read the genre, known as Urban Fiction. At a friend's holiday party last winter the question iof whether it is valuable literature was raised? I would like to...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:11:00 GMT |
SUMMER "BUCKET LIST" |
Because I am a teacher and because I have two months to galavant all over New York City, I am creating a "bucket list" inspired by the movie starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholas. When these...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 17:22:00 GMT |
SPONTANEOUS POEM |
Carl Sandburg captured the essence putting one's foot in one's mouth in a poem called Primer Lesson. I will share it here as well as the unpolished, spontaneous poem that I was inspired to write...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 19:32:00 GMT |
AM I A BULLY? |
The salsa arena is the only one where I will submit to a man.
Perhaps I have discovered I am a bully? Whether it is a Leo tendency or what, I am a strong personality. In my ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:18:00 GMT |
THE BLACK HAIR CHRONICLES |
Nappy. Kinky. Peasy. Tough. Coarse. Tightly Curled. These are just a few adjectives that I have heard to describe hair that is often associated with Black people.&n...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:55:00 GMT |
Travel Quote Book (Part 1) |
You are Black but you are beautiful. Are there more like you in America? (owner of felafel shop)
So what's the deal? You don't talk ghetto. (Norweigan 19 year old girl&nb...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:40:00 GMT |
STUPID AMERICANS ? |
I think I came to Europe with the notion that Europeans are worldy creatures that put us Americans to shame. I am glad to say that I have had a paradigm shift. I have learned (the hard way...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:28:00 GMT |
Being An Other |
So I am now in the beautiful Tuscan hills, the chianti region. It is everything I thought it would be from all the travel brochures and websites. I arrived at the Figline Valdarno train st...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:27:00 GMT |
BEAUTY ? |
My unit on The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison has come to a satisfying close and I thoroughly enjoyed the discussions that came out of this tragic tale of a little Black girl in the segregated 1930'...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 07:49:00 GMT |
REPORTERS AND THE WAR ON DRUGS |
It's an amazing job to be a reporter who travels to all ends and many a dangerous situation to keep the public informed. One must have a little daredevil in them to be successful at it...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:42:00 GMT |
