Seriously. How adorable/hilarious is 1) the sweater vest 2) Nick
Author: Lisa
Why Zeba Khan Can
be my next great pundit. Not only is this her short bio: I am a social media consultant for nonprofits. I have researched women and minority issues in the Muslim World, Islam in America and counterterrorism finance with the U.S. Treasury Department. but for the love of God – SHE’S FROM TOLEDO, OHIO! ::gratitude and […]
The Frontlines of Motherhood
A first time pregnancy is fraught with fears and questions. Existence, as I have known it, changed the moment I realized my life had reproduced another. A raw wonderment framed these fears and questions as the human body illuminated itself with miracle after miracle of unfolding life. Beyond scientific reasoning, the body simply knows its […]
Unapologetically Me
SO – my new website is underway and I am feel like a kid peering into a toy store that hasn’t opened yet. I’m fascinated by any and all glimpses of what could be inside. I have to say that this experience – co-creating a website with a webmaster – has brought me to a […]
Crib Talk
Nick assembled the crib last night. Technically, I COULD say that WE assembled the crib last night, but he did the majority of thinking and attaching. I just stood there and held things up, lowered when he needed things lowered, and so on and so forth. Sometimes, I think that that job sucks even more […]
Letter #12
Dear Isaiah, Sometimes I still wonder what our pregnancy would have been like had you turned out to be a girl. I wonder if you’d have received more letters from me. Frankly, the idea of raising a son is a new unchartered territory – even in my mind! The closer we come, though, to receiving […]
The Revolution Will Be Blogged!
If you want to know the difference between the feminist blogosphere and radical womyn of color, read this beautiful article by Lex. Not many can say it better than Alexis Pauline Gumbs: The energy transmitted through the radical women of color blogosphere (a.k.a. those of us who are seeking to build community and create transformation […]
Barn-ilicious
A few months ago, Nick got a storage box from home. It was heading toward the trash and we salvaged it, thinking we could use it for Isaiah’s things. Nick didn’t tell me right away what the storage box looked like. He just said, “Just come see it.” It was a barn. Oh. Well, that’s […]
Word of the Week: SCARCE
Over the weekend, Nick and I met up with our good buds, Christina and Brian. We were dining together, scrunched in a slightly too small booth, when the subject of blogging came up. Brian, not beating around the bush says, “Dude, the blog’s been scarce lately.” I know. I say that I’m trying not to […]
Positive News
Nick is in charge of a nice service project that got a short blurb in the paper! Click here for the link!