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Solo Mother

August 2nd, 2008

State of the single mother, year the second

It’s amazing what time and a little mental, emotional, and physical distance can do for a girl. I had somehow convinced myself I was old hat at this single mother thing. Yeah, been doing this for over two years, I thought to myself the other day. Had to haul out my fingers and do some […]

By christina -- 6 comments

July 20th, 2008

What would you do to reclaim your femininity?

There’s an article in the Washington Post today that made me chuckle. A Va Va Voom BOOM! Burlesque is back, baybee. And it’s hetting up significant portions of my home town.
I took a walk on Friday night with a friend, not following the historic tour of the U Street corridor, persay, but glad enough to […]

By christina -- 4 comments

April 27th, 2008

Sanctuary

All my life, I’ve felt this vague unease, this keening wail in the back of my psyche that cried, “I want to go home!” Didn’t matter where I was… in my apartment, in a lover’s arms, in the most beautiful spot in the world: some part of me keened and wailed. Home. As I fought […]

By christina -- 18 comments