Blog June 18th, 2013 | by Ms. Veralyn | published in Blog, Featured, Living Life
I have so many things in my head that I can write about tonight, but after almost an hour of me starting and stoping different posts… I’ve decided to just write about them all (the beauty of this challenge! It’s what I make it.) Think of this list as Facebook posts I could have written [...]
June 17th, 2013 | by Ms. Veralyn | published in Blog, Living Life
Ok. I woke up this morning day dreaming about Sierra Leone! Oh Salone… my country of birth… Here are my experiences there since I finally got a green card in 2006, and was able to travel. I went in 2008 right after their Presidential elections (and right before America elected President Obama) excited, curious, and full of hope! I [...]
June 16th, 2013 | by Ms. Veralyn | published in Blog, Living Life
Another train ride post… It’s 3:24am and I just boarded a local 2 train to Brooklyn from Harlem. This is sooo not like me! But I guess in addition to writing for 30 days I am also trying to step outside my comfort zone. But… as much as I want to just gush about my [...]
June 15th, 2013 | by Ms. Veralyn | published in Blog, Living Life
I’ve been trying to put my finger on why I felt Caitlin Moran’s book, “How to be a woman,” so deeply and I think I finally know. While raving about it to yet another person– this time to Liz, my boss at Bedsider– I said, “For the first time, I can finally call myself a feminist.” [...]
June 14th, 2013 | by Ms. Veralyn | published in Blog, Featured, To Do List
Have you heard about my skin issues? (Read all about them here: Part 1 & Part 2.) Well, up until this point I’ve just been focused on getting an accurate diagnosis and treatment… and not trying to think about the scars left by the white-pimple-looking-outbreaks that have healed. But now that I’m on the road [...]
June 13th, 2013 | by Ms. Veralyn | published in Blog, Living Life
I have sat down with the intention of “writing a poem,” a few times during this writing challenge… but frankly, it’s felt like such an overwhelming task, in this “Def Poetry” world we now live in. I think about the reaction to my words, before I can write them. To me, poetry universally has this ability to touch people [...]
June 12th, 2013 | by Ms. Veralyn | published in Blog, Living Life
Currently I am standing on a train platform, waiting entirely too long for a train… that’s not MY train of course, because that would be too easy… I am waiting for the detour-train I was directed to… before I can actually get a train going to my stop. Sigh! And now I’m writing this– with both [...]
June 11th, 2013 | by Ms. Veralyn | published in Blog, Living Life
Finally focused and made a dent in Caitlin Moran’s book, How to be a woman. Moran’s memoir / feminist manifesto has been assigned reading for me, for over a month, as Wednesday is the 2nd annual “Meeting of Women Thinkers” a.k.a. an unofficial book club that started in April. During our first meeting, about 25 women [...]
