Everyday I'm Trufflin This is what I'm going to start asking people to do before I consent to talking politics, global warming, terrorism, economics, sports, celebrity gossip...you get the picture. You wanna talk gun control? No problem my friend, but first ya gotta do the truffle shuffle. Kim and Kanye having a baby? Can't say […]
Inspired by my lackluster locks, which are going against everything nature intended for them during pregnancy by being dry and unruly, and also having recently watched Chris Rocks HBO special about Black hair, I am feeling the need to set the record straight about White girl hair. I can't tell you how many times I've […]
I left you hanging with the last post and the promise of tales of monkey armies and Cortez to come. Since then I have been consumed by holidays, travelling, babies and finishing the rough draft of my essay. With all those behind me now I have a moment to make good on at least one […]
Todays topic is Magellan and his fantastic voyage. Although perhaps not so fantastic to him since he never made it home, poor guy:(Leaving Spain with 5 ships, the Trinidad (his flagship), Concepcion, San Antonio, Victoria, and the Santiago, Magellan embarked on his famous journey with 257 men. The men stopped to wait out the cold months […]
If someone asked you to describe what you think the natives of the new world looked like, the kind of shelters they lived in, what their clothing looked like, what would you say? Would you describe naked heathens who lived in huts. If you did you'd only be partially correct. There was another side to […]
I often wondered why the voyages of early explorers seemed to be so haphazard. Granted, to begin with they didn't have a destination because they didn't even know what, if anything, was out there. But on return voyages it would seem their lines of travel would have a little more purpose and direction. Today I […]
Off to the library today... I continue to chip away at the remarkable book I'm to write anessay on. Today I read more of the third decade. Here is one of the important things I learned: When the natives ate they used their right hand to eat a piece of maize or bread and at […]
There was a little cloud of sadness over me Saturday as I walked my two sons house to house continuing the time honored tradition of trick or treating. They had a great time, Desmond riding in the stroller for much of the trip and Miles walking away from every house stating "My bags not full […]
Here are some pics I haven't shared yet. It's bedtime...holla! Notice the peeled border in the background? I will never again put something like that in reach of tiny fingers. As soon as Miles could stand up in the crib he started to peel the border and when Des came along he did the same […]
Seems there is no end in sight to the pretty autumn pictures I keep capturing of the boys. I think I can thank my Canon for that as well as mother nature:) But first let me share this indoor shot of my little men. Last week Miles decided he couldn't possibly eat unless he had […]
