Posts from ‘October, 2009’

It was a dark Halloween night and… nothing. I would entertain dressing up or hanging with friends on this ghoulish evening, but responsibilities still plague me. As you may have guessed I am dressed up as my ole’ usual scary face self. I do have a mud mask on now. Anyhow, do be safe and [...]

I’ll be chatting with Antoinette Harrell again on BlogTalkRadio about genealogy for children tonight. Do listen in and jump into the conversation. Also, you can find me on iamthenublack, sharing a few bits and pieces. If you’ve never been to iamthenublack or even heard of it, now would be a good time to check it [...]

Veer left off exit 17 from Interstate 4 and you’ll discover a land where dinosaurs are very much alive. I’d been trying to get someone to tag-a-long for a quick trip to Dinosaur World for as long as the Mesozoic Era. Without having ever visited the roadside attraction myself, I just couldn’t shake the notion [...]

This past weekend was one of the best yet of all 2009. I’ll start with Thursday evening, when I dined at Terra Sur Cafe with Dayo and local photographer extraordinaire, Hampton. I opted for the Tallarin Saltado, which was muy bueno! We talked about Nigeria, D-I-Y photos on canvas, and the recently past Clearwater Jazz [...]

While I was in Kenya, my horizon decided to get sick with the swine flu or whatever. The camera just stopped working and it was easy to see the film advance knob was stuck. There was no turning it clockwise or otherwise. This was a big time downer of a situation. When I returned home [...]

HAPPINESS IS A COLD GLASS OF EGG NOG.

Homework: Translate poem by Sohrab Sepehri Any one care to help?

My table of book goodies; regular book, coloring book and audio book. Come and get yours. Photo: Adrienne C. Wilson Big ups to my friend Noriah for picking up a copy of the coloring book! Photo: Noriah’s fam On a suggestion made by Ms. J Marie, I headed out to MacFarlane Park today for the [...]

In retrospect, I’m more than pleased with the way my recent travels turned out. It has been less than a week since I returned from the Global Village project in Kisii and I have been thinking about it a lot. Mostly due to the high volume of questions from family and friends wanting to know [...]

Maasai. Photo: Adrienne C. Wilson Who goes to the land of the Big Five and doesn’t go on safari? I do. I did. I am only a little bitter about the situation. At this very moment I type with my eyes closed. Man. Photo: Adrienne C. Wilson Envisioning the day where I can recount the [...]