Moon Mami Writes

My cutie on Thanksgiving Thanksgiving was last Thursday and I'm still basking in its glow. This year was really special for me. My brother wasn't with us, but, thankfully, he wasn't overseas in the war this time. He is in North Carolina with his wife who is expecting their first child. I am so happy for them both and thrilled to know that my brother is safe. I pray each day that he is not sent overseas. My youngest sister is in Mexico, studying a semester there for her minor in Spanish.  So, she was absent as well, so, my daughter, her dad and I spent Thanksgiving with my mom, two sisters, nephew and second cousins.     My honey & my nephew as we played charades Some of the Whole Foods lemon cake I didn't have room to eat The easy atmosphere was new to find and it was refreshing. Though I did miss the opportunity to make a turkey this year ( check out the photos from last year , remember my bird?) being with my family was so very nice. My mother and I ...

Man, oh man! Time is flying and it is less than a month until my second play debuts. I am more than thrilled, definitely anxious, nervous and every other feeling in between. The ladies and I have a few more rehearsals until the shows run July 20-25 and there is still so much left to do! You can buy tickets to the play now by checking out the play's website at http://www.amokrunning.wordpress.com/ and then clicking on the BUY TICKETS link or clicking on the link below. Thank you soooo much in advance for checking out the play:-) The soundtrack to the play Running: AMOK will be on sale this coming Friday, July 9 on Bandcamp.com. You can listen NOW to sample tracks from the soundtrack on http://www.liberatedmuse.com/ . The songs "LeShell's Song", "Something Else" and "I Wanna Be You" are uploaded on http://www.liberatedmuse.com/ for a listen and were recently performed at the teaser show for the play that was held on June 24 at Annie's Art...

Happy Valentine's Day! Today, my sweetie made us breakfast and he and I are going to the movies later today as our Valentine's day date. I love Valentine's day, but, then again, I love all opportunities I have to hang with him and my daughter. It sounds really weird, but though I'm a performer, I very much prefer to be homebound and holed up with those two. Speaking of performing, one of the gigs that was to have taken place this past Friday was the Haiti benefit concert I'm producing called "To Haiti, With Love". The snow made it just impossible to hold the event because, though the snow had ended, the roads in DC made it very difficult to find parking. The event has been postponed to Feb. 26. We got great coverage for the event and the work I do with Liberated Muse by a local reporter, Wendy Coakley-Thompson. The article showcased our event which will benefit the organization YeleHAITI. You can read the article HERE. I was thrilled this year to include L...

( In photo: That's me as a panelist representing Liberated Muse at the 2008 International Soul Music Summit ) I'm going to be presenting at this year's BlogHer '10 Conference in New York and I'm thrilled! I submitted a proposal on the encouragement of author Ananda Leeke, and not only was I asked to be a panelist, but the panel title will actually be the title I suggested--"Transforming Online Places into Art Spaces". Cool beans! I got online as a blogger for the first time in 2003 when I became a Mommy to the world's most divine little girl. I created a profile on iParenting and an assortment of other websites that offered free blogging space and I blogged (seemingly day and night) about the wonders of motherhood. From the mundane "Look at my baby, she is yawning sooo cute" to the emotional "My daughter has created a new life purpose for me on this earth", my blogs outed me as a writer and an emotional and often conflicted mother....