Was reminded of this today. My grandfather was in the audience at this historic performance.

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27 choruses!!

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So, on the 10th of July, after discussion and a biophysical profile and sonogram, my midwife and I decided to try to naturally induce my 42 week baby to come.

( Labor & Birth Story )

My baby is going to be SO CUTE ( Read more... )

I called my paternal grandfather "Pop-Pop". He was tiny lightskinned black man, his height (and one leg moreso than the other) by a childhood bout with polio. He was wickedly intelligent - but because he was a black man in the era he existed in, there were severe limits placed on him and how his life was. He loved jazz, reading, women, laughter, ( Read more... )

My half-sister, Donna, sent me the following link to her singing "Summertime" from Porgy & Bess. I guess the site is kind of like a Karaoke site? Pretty cool. She's got a great voice. I think you can see the family resemblance between us a lot, actually, especially in her icon.

Summertime

N.

My cousin mentioned me in his blog!

Awww! Thanks, Monk :) I'm glad I'm a net benefit.

I love you too, ya big goof.

Also, this line made me laugh:

The Monk has no use for the concept of marrying his "own kind" because there's no such thing -- how many Italo-Lithuanian Jews with Catholic fathers are you going to find, even in New York?Ah. We are ( Read more... )

Well, that was one of the best birthdays I've had in long time!

I came in to work to find an apricot tart on my desk from Le Pain Quotiidien (sp?) and a card from my coworkers. We ate the tart in the late afternoon.

Then at 6 I left and went to Flute where midnightstation, cupide430, la_directora, and Sau all met me for champagne and snackies. I had a rosé champagne flight, ( Read more... )

I have two cousins close to my age. One just got engaged, the other one got married last year -- and today his wife had his baby! Welcome to the world, Spencer Anthony Quentin DePalma. I've not met you yet, but I love you already :)

(6 lbs 7 oz, 19.7 in)

N.

I wish PopPop had talked about his own life a little bit. He lists everyone he knew, but does not say his relation to them. I'd love to know stories from his own childhood, about the kinds of work he did. I know he was proud of his heritage, and of the community to which he belonged. I know he met Nana in High School and that they were married ( Read more... )

I listened to PopPop's tapes finally. Am still grateful to necturus for transferring them. Most of it is about PopPop's grandparents. Both his grandfathers were slaves. One did not tell his history to PopPop except did show him the scars he incurred. He was lashed for "being a disobedient servant". He was 94 at the time he showed them to PopPop. Dad has ( Read more... )