by lb-admin | May 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
A funny thing happened on the ride home from Manhattan yesterday. I got weirdly sexually harassed by a man and his overzealous knees. And I almost didn’t notice. It was afternoon rush hour. I was overjoyed to have found a seat on the R train, also called the...
by lb-admin | Mar 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
A LETTER FROM MUFFY HIGGINBOTTOM, PRESIDENT OF DELTA SIGMA TAU, ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Dear Sisters, OMG, it’s finally International Women’s Day, y’all! Holla! I know we’ve all been prepping for this day for, like, FOREVER. (I’m looking at you,...
by lb-admin | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ve been largely off social media lately. It’s not unusual for me to go underground for periods of time to deal with work and/or life stuff. But as I was underground this week, I missed Ellen Oh’s very important post on diversity, what it means, what it doesn’t mean,...
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by lb-admin | Jan 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Yesterday morning, I woke in the pre-dawn with the song, “Heroes” inexplicably pinging through my head. All through my shampoo and conditioner, “Heroes.” Blow-dry: “Heroes.” My teenaged son called to me from the hallway. “Mom,” he said using a tone of...
by lb-admin | Dec 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Seven years ago, when my son was ten, he asked me to tell him the truth about Santa. It was a hard moment, and I was never quite sure if I’d done the right thing or not. That night seemed to capture all of my complicated feelings about Christmas, and I ended up...
by lb-admin | Dec 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Greetings, Everyone! It’s holiday time in the McAllister-Johnson household and that means it’s time for our yearly catch-up letter. What an eventful year it was here at 2427 Whispering Streams Drive! We’ve got so many “likes” we could practically be a Facebook page!...
