by Meg | Sep 28, 2008 | black people, dancing, dating, DC, food, show
i live on the east coast.there is good eats here.i ate at a place called “oohs and ahhs”– strictly soul food. collared greens, mashed yams, cornbread, potato salad, steak, ribs, and fried chicken… and yes, we ate it all…. and paid for it...
by Meg | Sep 25, 2008 | DC, Duke Ellington, school, teacher
reader: i am so fascinated by your life right now. oh please please explicate on what it is that you do in your fancy, souped up life on the east coast.me: oh alright. calm down.so, i have been here in DC for a few weeks now with the intention of teaching at this...
by Meg | Sep 19, 2008 | DC, kids, school, teacher, work
this may be one of the most inspirationalspeeches you’ve ever seen…maybe i cried in duke ellington’s theatrewatching this.a 10-year-old had to remind mewhy i do what i do… awesome.
by Meg | Sep 15, 2008 | black people, crazies, DC, food, school
[sitting on the bus alone]… bus driva: …ya know those dresses? the ones that gots a turtleneck/tie thing that like hangs down… and theys gots no sleeves? me: (looking around the bus to confirm that she is speaking with me through the windshield)...
by Meg | Sep 12, 2008 | birthdays, DC, family, friends, love
foto by megMaddi– smarter than me, (4.2 gpa, takes college classes as a Junior, has read more books than i have…ya know…)- more talented than me (sings; dances; acts; improvs; plays the piano, violin, jaw harp, harpsichord, triangle, and finger...
by Meg | Sep 11, 2008 | DC, school
9.11 is a completely different conversation out here. as it should be.in the middle of a class this morning, the intercom began playing music. it was a black man singing about freedom and the like. the faculty member came on to say that we were taking a moment for...
