Black Is the Color of My Own True Hair

Posted by on Mar 22, 2008 in dish | 3 comments Well, not black, actually, but very, very dark brown. With white. Lots of white. I am my father’s daughter, after all.I finally made the decision to let my hair go natural. Natural, for me, will be lots of grey (white) mixed in with this incredibly dark brown that my mom says came straight off my Charleston great-grandmother’s head. Or maybe my Portuguese great-grandmother from her...
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These Words of Mine

Posted by on Mar 15, 2008 in dish | 3 comments I’m not actually channeling Natasha Bedingfield this morning–although DD is obsessively listening to this song and “Unwritten” over and over and over–my sister sent me an internet game yesterday that’s reaping some interesting results. Basically, you reply to that person with one word that you think describes her/him, then forward along to a bunch of your...
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Tagged! Weird and Random

Posted by on Mar 13, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Dara Edmondson tagged me to list 10 weird, random facts or habits about myself. Then choose 10 people to tag. So, if you’re reading this and you haven’t been tagged yet, consider yourself tagged!I’m a stacker. My desk looks like the Himalayas, but I can find anything on it within ten seconds.I hate to fold laundry, but I don’t mind ironing.I can tie a cherry stem into a...
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Rode Hard, Put Up Wet

Posted by on Mar 12, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Ever have one of those days where you’ve worked pretty much the whole time, but then you turn around to see what you’ve accomplished, and realize you can’t really tell? Yep. I’ve had a day like that.Evil FCAT testing is upon us in the Sunshine State, so that means room changes, strange schedules, missing kids, stress, bureaucracy, you name it. Grades go in in about two...
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NYC Saturday: Theater Gal

Posted by on Feb 23, 2008 in dish | 3 comments Aside from the fact that my boots are not made for walkin’–at least, not on all this concrete all the time (the things we do to keep warm and stay marginally in fashion)–I am loving this trip to New York.Tonight was special for another reason, since I got the chance to hook up with a former student of mine. He’s the stage manager for the Take Wings and Soar production of...
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