backwards and in high heels.

Uh…that was awkward

Ruby had already buckled herself into her car seat when she realized she’d forgotten the drawings for her teacher. I ignored the urge to say, too bad, kid. We’re late. Chalk it up to a lesson learned about having your shit together. (God, how I love my fantasy life.) Instead I channeled June Cleaver, set [...]

In Family, Life, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Photography, Photos on 26 January 2010 with 12 comments

My punkin’ across time

THEN…

AND NOW…

In Bits & Pieces, Love, Parenting, Photography on 2 November 2009 tagged Halloween 2009 with 11 comments

This is, like, totally bananas

I’m the recipient of The Honest Scrap Award, the only award that I have ever accepted on this blog. I don’t believe in these bloggy awards, much the same way I don’t believe in tiaras for women over the age of 12. But! I do quite like the bitch who presented the award and [...]

In Bits & Pieces, Photography on 14 October 2009 with 5 comments

She is sixteen going on seventeen

I woke Ruby this morning, got her dressed and then told her that I needed to rinse her hair in the sink so that I could poof it out a bit. Revitalize it. She started to cry a really slow, dramatic cry and continued until we had her head turned upside down under the faucet. [...]

In Family, Hair, Love, Parenting, Photography, Photos on 10 August 2009 with 7 comments

She needs me, she needs me not…

This picture was taken by my friend Jamie using her Nikon D300 while she was here on vacation with her family. All I can say is it would have been way cuter if she’d used a canon 40D. But whatever. You have to work with what you got, right? This will have to suffice.
We’re off [...]

In Family, Parenting, Photography, Travel on 28 July 2009 with 7 comments

Smattering of summer

In Bits & Pieces, Photography on 12 July 2009 tagged Happiness, Happy with 3 comments

Four years ago today, I met my beautiful daughter

And this morning we had a very frank conversation…
Ruby:  Mama, you need to brush your teeth.
Me:  I already did that, honey. It was the first thing I did when I got up, before I got dressed.
Ruby:  You need to brush your teeth again because your teeth are really dirty.
Me:  My teeth are not dirty! My [...]

In Adoption, Bits & Pieces, Family, Love, Parenting, Photography on 1 July 2009 with 7 comments

La famille

Le pere

et la mere

et la fille.

C’est une artiste.

It just sounds so much better in french…as if it isn’t magnificent enough already.

In Bits & Pieces, Family, Love, Photography, Photos on 11 May 2009 with 2 comments

New ‘do

I began these Zulu knots (or Bantu knots or “Chinese boys”) last night, but started too late and had to finish tonight. Though time consuming, it’s a very easy style to do.

The hardest part is, well, the part. Or, rather, the many parts. And more than that, the combing of the sections. Ruby isn’t so [...]

In Hair, Love, Parenting, Photography, Photos, Race, Why I'm more qualified than Sarah Palin to be Vice President on 6 May 2009 with 11 comments

What are you doing this weekend? How about next?

If you live locally and are dying to find out more about sin that takes place in the corners of an ordinary day, please come check out this art show. It just so happens that six of my photographs were selected for display. I know: It’s shocking that any of my work could be considered [...]

In Art Show, Photography, Photos, Pop-Culture on 6 May 2009 with 4 comments