Official Nappily Ever After Blog: Blog Tour: Nappturalite Radio Interview

Official Nappily Ever After Blog: Blog Tour: Nappturalite Radio Interview


Several years ago (ok, like 2005 or 6), I read my first book by Trisha R. Thomas, while soaking in my garden style tub in the middle of a Saturday afternoon---after a huge break-up. Until I ran across her official blog today, I'd forgotten how much her first book, Nappily Ever After, captivated me. A story about hair...an AFRICAN-AMERICAN story about OUR hair. Before this book, I'd never considered ALL that black hair does (or doesn't) do for us in American society. Spellbound, I read that first book, virtually from cover to cover, and had to have more. I've since then read 4 of her books and consider her one of my favorite novelists. If you haven't had a chance to check her out, you're MISSING OUT.

Can't wait to see the movie.
Anyone got any information on when it comes out??

Losing My Mind, Finding My Voice: Out of My Way!

Losing My Mind, Finding My Voice: Out of My Way!: "A year ago today I was laid off. To say the past year has been challenging is an understatement. Some days, I wished I could rewind my life ..."

Lets get lifted!

Can I just say, that with all the stuff that's flooding the internet now about natural hair care for black women, it's all virtually the same information being shuffled around millions of times on several different websites...ugh! Enough Already!  I'm interested in something new.  In fact, Craving it!!  Something that's gonna push our thinking about this natural hair care movement and move us to a new level of what we want for ourselves and each other as women of color.  There's more to this than just product sharing I know....isn't there?  I mean, I've seen the same 7 or 8 products on hundreds of different websites and youtube videos, and I won't mention them here because I know you already know which ones they are.  

Anyways, ALL RIGHT ALREADY! ...

What else is in this for us?  Can we see more (v)blogs on strength, renewal, introspection?  Less product pushing (since most of us aren't being paid for it anyways), and more self-appraisal as a result of this process of going natural.  Dig in deeper natural hair community! Please!

(sigh!)  ..enough for now.

Signed,

P.S.

Sweet Dreams and Bitter Tea

Now ain't this somthin': Here I am, lying in bed (well sitting for all intents and purposes), sick. That's right, coughing, sneezy, stuffy head, the whole she-bang, and its just killing me.  No, not the cold---just the mere fact that I'm sitting at home while the whole world whizzes away to work, making useful of themselves.  It's never been easy for me to miss a day of work.  It's a laziness complex I think.  I was raised to think that if you weren't working, something was wrong, and trouble would soon follow. Duty calls at ALL times. It NEVER takes a break, and neither must I. So..., "UP AND AT IT!--SNAP TO IT!--GET UP LAZY BUMS!  That's right, lazy bums, haha!  --Old school, I know. I suppose though, that it;s contributed to a strong work ethic...or has it?  I mean, I'm prone to working myself to the bone, falling sick, and still carrying on, out of fear of being perceived as skipping out on labor, or having something I'm responsible for come undone.  Sucks either way.

Last night I actually had a nightmare about staying home today: My team leader actually got upset and hung up the phone on me when I called her to say I was sick and staying in.  That was after I also discovered that my bedroom wall was caving in after a refrigerator leaked into it from the opposite side, washing in a pickled tub of disgusting cockroaches and other insectules (yeah insectules--it's MY blog, alright).

I always like and pay attention to these types of dreams.  Their impact lingers long after the day has started, and their true meaning develops slowly, and then suddenly, kinda like a scratch and sniff.

What this dream says about me is that I still, obviously, have some fears of owning my own choices when they are the best ones for me, even in the midst of crises (e.g. refrigerator waterloo), OR feeling like I need a crises in order to make good decisions for myself.
Sucks either way.

If you're someone who loves self-analysis (like yours truly) these are little treats from the midnight hour.  Long-lasting well into the following day..hidden self truths to nibble and knaw on, until you reach their core, and find, "aha! Surprise!" -- You! ...standing there all warm and welcoming ready to embrace this new self-awareness, which ultimately starts the cycle to developing more strength.  So here's to more sweet dreams!  ....and less of this lemon and tea concoction!
(Sucks!)


Signed,
P.S.

Houston we've got lift off

Hey all.

So I'm finally going public. That's right, I've been compiling a few entries on this blog for quite sometime, but it just hasn't been the right time to reveal it for everyone to see until now.  Since the last post,  I've moved across the country to Houston, Texas, and am all settled into a new job, still an educator though :) .
I'm happy, settled and readjusted....yay!!  Soon, very soonm I'm hoping to get back to work on my art and regularly updating my supanatural.webs.com again.  I have plenty of new natural hair pics to put up.  I'm also still relatively new to blogger, so it'll take some time before I learn how to sync everything up, but I'm working on it!
Thanks to all of my subscribers who've hung in there during this transition.  I hope to be back and better than ever, with even more insight into living this life. God knows I've just learned so much these past 6 months.  I can't even believe 6 months have already come and gone so quickly.  Life is moving so fast.  Anyways, in all that you go, keep looking for the silver lining.  Life's much to short not to :)

Signed,

Patrinia S.