Quotation Challenge, Day 2–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Dear Lily June, Day 1 explains a little more about this, but essentially for three days, I’m using the  quotation… Read more Quotation Challenge, Day 2–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Quotation Challenge, Day 1–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Dear Lily June, The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a paragon of virtue, a human pantheon of knowledge and a… Read more Quotation Challenge, Day 1–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Captured–On the Occasion That We Take a Picture

Dear Lily June, I have a complex relationship with cameras and selfies, in no small part because I have a complex… Read more Captured–On the Occasion That We Take a Picture

Oh, Hello, Universe–On the Occasion that You, Too, Read Too Much into Coincidence

Dear Lily June, For a skeptical scholar, I can be embarrassingly superstitious. In fact, I’m bordering on the ridiculousness of… Read more Oh, Hello, Universe–On the Occasion that You, Too, Read Too Much into Coincidence

A,B,C–On the Occasion that You Ever Have Postpartum Depression

Dear Lily June, A conversation with a co-worker this morning reminded me of one of the most painful parts of… Read more A,B,C–On the Occasion that You Ever Have Postpartum Depression

Invisible Man–On the Occasion that Your Mother Takes Up Reading Harder

Dear Lily June, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man is ostensibly a novel about (forgive the heresy of the paraphrase here) a black man who… Read more Invisible Man–On the Occasion that Your Mother Takes Up Reading Harder

2017 Goals–On the Occasion that Your Mother Puts Her Frogs Where Her Mouth Is

Dear Lily June, Last Year’s Background I couldn’t help it. I looked back to the beginning of 2016 and found… Read more 2017 Goals–On the Occasion that Your Mother Puts Her Frogs Where Her Mouth Is

Another Year, Another Life–On the Occasion That Your Mother Has to Die

Dear Lily June, If I died right now, I could die happy. There were moments over the holiday where I… Read more Another Year, Another Life–On the Occasion That Your Mother Has to Die

The Scent of Christmases Past–On the Occasion that You Give the Season a Sniff

Dear Lily June, Though I haven’t officially begun it yet (I plan to start on January 1, 2017–may my pronouncement… Read more The Scent of Christmases Past–On the Occasion that You Give the Season a Sniff

Another Year Older and Still a Sappy Fool–On the Occasion that Your Mother Turns Thirty-Two

Dear Lily June, Today, I am thirty-two years old. Thirty-two is the year when you officially get to, um, be… Read more Another Year Older and Still a Sappy Fool–On the Occasion that Your Mother Turns Thirty-Two