PSA: new group blog

…But YES another blog!
Irene’s Daughters – women exploring race relations, systemic racism, and prejudice
I am one of three contributors (so far!) at Irene’s Daughters, and I must admit, I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing. But this new blog is an outlet for issues that have been very much on my mind for, oh, the [...]

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yes, you can…think and parent at the same time.

I should have linked to this a couple of days ago, before President Obama’s health care address made everyone forget entirely about his excellent back-to-school speech, but a friend of mine over at the new and fabulous Moms in the Lobby posted the best rebuttal I have yet seen to the “indoctrination” parenting crowd. [...]

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for my daughter’s sake.

Making good on my promise to be even more annoying – why blog at all if you’re not going to be a little militant about something? – I will now recommend that you all read this article, which my good friend Tope shared with me last week.
Newsweek is not my favorite news magazine, [...]

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mmm, I love Kool-Aid!

Here is the text of President Obama’s “back to school” address, which will be shown tomorrow to schoolchildren across our great land – at least, the schoolchildren whose parents haven’t kept them at home.
Some people profess to being startled by this overreaction to the President’s “socialist indoctrination” of our youth. I am not. [...]

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so everyone’s a little bit racist, okay

(Subject heading swiped from Avenue Q, which I saw on Broadway! Original cast, front row center, suckers. Love you forever, Jill.)
I don’t know if what happened to Professor Gates is an example of racial profiling at its worst, a power-drunk cop at work, or your average police officer who just made a bad decision. [...]

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my first day as a gym rat

A long, long time ago, I used to think that a person’s keychain (or chains) said something about her – namely, my name is Nikki and I am in fifth grade and these are all of my interests and hobbies and vacation destinations and places where my aunt in the Air Force has been stationed, [...]

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I’m almost through my memoirs, and I’m here

Hello, interwebs. Or at least, the four or five of you on the interwebs who still glance, occasionally, at this blog. I’m sorry for neglecting you of late (though I hesitate to presume that you noticed my absence, what with the economic crisis and the health care crisis and, most of all, the crisis [...]

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this post is entirely about dolls.

Okay? You’ve been warned.
My grandmother (who I love) has sent Abigail many lovely things – clothes and sippy cups and stuffed animals, and we are so grateful. She has also sent two dolls that I have thus far refused to give to Abby. One was blond and another was bald; both were blue-eyed. [...]

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full of things that have never been

I remember when I used to feel like a mother who was actually somewhat capable. A mother who understood her child and knew how to meet all her needs. That was a pretty awesome couple of weeks there.  
I am often confronted with absolute proof of the newness of my motherhood.  I’ve come a long [...]

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Triangle Mamas!

Just a bit of news: I’m now a contributor to the wonderful Triangle Mamas blog, thanks to a gracious invitation from its founder, Marty (did I say “invitation”? The truth is, I had to beg quite shamelessly).  So from now on, if you’re so inclined, you can catch up with me there as well.  Thank you [...]

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