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On Surviving the Holidays and the Constancy of Wonder | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/on-surviving-the-holidays-and-the-constancy-of-wonder
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. On Surviving the Holidays and the Constancy of Wonder. Baby’s First Christmas has come and gone. I’m not sure what the big deal was supposed to be. People say “Christmas is for children! The wonder of Christmas? Or more importantly, how does having a child in your life not return the wonder to. A Sunday morning Farmer’s Market is a riot of excitement to her, how is that not like Christmas every weekend? Won’t you guide my sleigh!
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Mothering my biracial baby installment 2: My hair obsession | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/mothering-my-biracial-baby-installment-2-my-hair-obsession
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. Mothering my biracial baby installment 2: My hair obsession. I’m here to admit it: I’m completely obsessed with my daughter’s hair. I hated my hair before; I love it now. It is my crown. It fits my personality and life in a way chemically straightened hair never did. So I’ve been worrying about this baby’s hair from the beginning. How will I teach her to manage it without vanity, or love it without judgment? Now, we’re at her one y...
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On What I’m Writing Now | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/on-what-i’m-writing-now
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. On What I’m Writing Now. The writingwell, the topic varies. I’m taking a break from short stories and working on my two longer novel length pieces, both of which I adore and can’t possibly leave well enough alone. But none of it is what I. So now, what am I writing about? Well, what I. To write about is what I know right now: I want to write about maternity. I want to invent a mother and put her in all these settings spaceships...
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Social Networking Moment | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/social-networking-moment
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. Isn’t social networking a little redundant? I mean, isn’t all socialization a matter of building a network? As in it is between two different nodes along a wire? That being neither here nor there, I just wanted to take a moment to give put my Internet support where my pocketbook and my feet already are: behind a fine author, who also happens to be a client of mine and a damn fine friend. Since then I have become. I can personally v...
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On parenting magazines | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/on-parenting-magazines
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. I don’t read parenting magazines. This is not from lack of trying. I love the magazine medium: shiny paper, pretty colors, a pithy 1,000 words on some topic that both informs and delights. But I discovered early on in my first pregnancy that parenting magazines are built on a simple premise. They’re as bad as bridal magazines. And we all know what a scam those are. Hip Mama: The Parenting Zine. To TrackBack this entry is:. Crafting...
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On my first experience as the mother of biracial baby | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/on-my-first-experience-as-the-mother-of-biracial-baby
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. On my first experience as the mother of biracial baby. You knew it was coming. Ok, maybe you didn’t. But I knew it was coming. For the reader who doesn’t know me personally, I’m black. The father of my daughter is white. She therefore checks the Other box on forms. Or rather I do that for her, as I stand firm for her right to be not either/or but both/and or at least for giving her a chance to decide for herself. This dented my hea...
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On March 25, 2012 | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/on-march-25-2012
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. On March 25, 2012. Or You know the first guy to do that died at the end? Or or, What does your body. I just signed up to run the Oakland Half Marathon. On March 25, 2012, start time 9AM. Here’s why. Fast forward several months. For her, the best. This time, being her second, she asked me to join her. It took me some thinking. I mean, like I said, physical exercise isn’t really my forte. And. That’s pretty hard core. Athletes ru...
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Motherhood Year 2: Time to have a goal | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/motherhood-year-2-time-to-have-a-goal
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. Motherhood Year 2: Time to have a goal. Or how do I teach “Look at it, listen to it, smell it, touch it, and then, if nothing else goes wrong, lick it.”? The question of my personal parenting purpose has been hanging around in the back of my head for some time. I mean, what is the essential skill or skills I want to make sure my daughter has? Look at it, listen to it, smell it, touch it, then lick it. But how to teach these things?
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My Short Story! Available Now! | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/my-short-story-available-now
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. As I mentioned back in September ( in this post. I’ve had my first short story published in an anthology! Finding Home: Community in Apocalyptic Worlds. Is an anthology from Timid Pirate Publishing. A small press headquartered up in the great Northwest (Seattle, I believe). Due almost exclusively to the urging of my other reading and writing friends, I’ve become pretty addicted to small press short story anthologies. It is the last...
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On what I’m writing now, part 2 | Rubicon Crossed
https://rubiconcrossed.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/on-what-im-writing-now-part-2
Having a child is like crossing the rubicon, you can never go back again. On what I’m writing now, part 2. Or rather, what I’m not writing. Careful, personal angst follows. I wouldn’t call it writer’s block. There isn’t something in here that is dying and trying to get out. There isn’t anything in here at all. No there, there. No here, here. I’ve still got my two hours a week and I still use them to sit still and quiet, but generally I’m sewing or reading. Eh I wasn’t ever planning to fill my pocketbook ...
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