Entries from October 2020
In Negroland: A Memoir
, Margo Jefferson chronicles her coming of age in mid-century America in a relatively privileged Black household. I found her concerns to be surprising similar to my own, in a relatively privileged white household: complexion, make-up, clothes, and perfect hair. (I used to cry in frustration trying to get my hair to do what I wanted.) Similar, too, were the primary demands: graduate college, land a good job, marry well. Read more... (181 words, 1 image, estimated 43 secs reading time)
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Tags: Coming-of-Age · Memoir
Rage
by Bob Woodward, he of Watergate fame, is yet another book about the Trump presidency. You’ve read all about it already, except this time the stories are based on actual recorded interviews–17!–with The Donald himself.
So I’ll get right down to the part that interested me the most. Read more... (323 words, 4 images, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
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Tags: Books · Politics
Claire's Original Art Greeting Cards
There is nothing that says I care like a real snail-mail greeting card!
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Print on regular 8.5 by 11 printer paper. Fold twice so that the art is on the front and the title and copyright are on the back.
Write your greeting on the inside.
Mail in an A2 Invitation Envelope.
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, Margo Jefferson chronicles her coming of age in mid-century America in a relatively privileged Black household. I found her concerns to be surprising similar to my own, in a relatively privileged white household: complexion, make-up, clothes, and perfect hair. (I used to cry in frustration trying to get my hair to do what I wanted.) Similar, too, were the primary demands: graduate college, land a good job, marry well. 
by Bob Woodward, he of Watergate fame, is yet another book about the Trump presidency. You’ve read all about it already, except this time the stories are based on actual recorded interviews–17!–with The Donald himself.
