Last year, I came up with the idea of Volunteer week. I noticed that the boys are really (really, really, really) self-absorbed and thought it would be good to try to do something for someone else. This was our first Volunteer Week, so we started small. Here is how it went: 1) We survived! 2) Monday, we…
Prospero Lost: A Writer’s Odyssey — Part One and Part Two I sent the finished manuscript for Prospero’s Children to my editor, Jim Frenkel, in Summer 2001. What followed was a very, very long wait…very, very long. Did I mention “very”? Maybe, I should have explained that by “very” I meant a really, really, really…
Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Prospero Lost: A Writer’s Odyssey — Part One and Part Two I sent the finished manuscript for Prospero’s Children to my editor, Jim Frenkel, in Summer 2001. What followed was a very, very long wait…very, very long. Did I mention “very”? Maybe, I…
Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Prospero Lost: A Writer’s Odyssey — Part One and Part Two I sent the finished manuscript for Prospero’s Children to my editor, Jim Frenkel, in Summer 2001. What followed was a very, very…
Here is a useful translation key for all of us for speaking on the race subject in the future: Colorblind: New use: Not-Colorblind: sensitive to the problems others may experience that you do not experience. Colorblind: Thinking of other people as just like you without noticing significant differences. Old use: Not-Colorblind: A restaurant owner in…
Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Here is a useful translation key for all of us for speaking on the race subject in the future: Colorblind: New use: Not-Colorblind: sensitive to the problems others may experience that you do not experience. Colorblind: Thinking of other people as just like…
A dose of Zo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Auat84pl4 This guy always seems so refreshing.
> What folks here want from you is simply an acknowledgment of your privilege. An honest recognition and acknowledgement of racial privilege is the most important step in starting down an antiracist path. Ahh! All is revealed.
Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. > What folks here want from you is simply an acknowledgment of your privilege. An honest recognition and acknowledgement of racial privilege is the most important step in starting down an antiracist path. Ahh! All is revealed.
We got our LOA!!! (Letter of Acceptance) After a wait of nearly four years, we have a daughter.