NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNothing but N

It’s Novemberrrr and the first storytime for the month was all about the letter N. I borrowed the idea of a letter themed storytime from a blog and loves, loves, loves it! The letter themed storytime is so much fun! Using this a starting point I am not strictly married to one theme, and can use this as excuse to…

*Her* Tooth is loose!

The frantic call came few Mondays ago as I prepared for a circle time: “The Bee fell at school during gym and chipped her front tooth! Can you call her dentist, I don’t know the number.” Annoyed with her dad (why don’t dads EVER know the number to anything) I pushed that aside to ask if she were OK. He…

Talkin’ ’bout Good or Bad Hair!

So last night I went to see Chris Rock’s docu-dramadey Good Hair. This is not a new subject for me; hair talk has been and is a ‘thing’ that just is. Everybody’s got their something and for scores of Black Women, including yours truly, that something is hair. For those not in the know, Good Hair was born from Chris…

How do you read?

A few months back a friend of mine invited me to become a part of a book club. Honored, she considers me a professional (!) and she is using the results of the meetings as part of a project for her pHD, I was also selfishly excited to have adult books to read. Dutifully I have been reading the assigned…

Completed Yarnthings

And gratuitous shots of The Bee.Here is the scarf that I made using the pattern I found at Nangellini’s Gallery. This scarf was pretty easy to complete however it took me a while to finish because I am a pretty slow crocheter these days (what’s that all about?). Modeling it is Top Model wanna-be, DQ in the making, often imitated,…