Tayari's Blog: I'm Back!

Posted by TayariJones on December 27, 2007 01:52 PM
Filed under Travels & Rambles

I'm easing back into blogging with a little link-a-dink.

  • Debra Dickerson and Jonathan Safran Foer may be haters, but Melonyce McAfee has a soft spot for the other December holiday:
    My simple defense of Kwanzaa is that in the short time that we celebrated the holiday, it brought my family together. We weren't hitting the after-Christmas sales or trying out our new bicycles. We were kneeling around an altar and watching as the water ran from the jug in my brother's hands.

  • Creeped out by "Christmas letters?" Me too, but K.G. Schneider provides us with an honest and inspirational report from 2007.
    2007 started out badly for me, and got worse. I was unhappy, and getting more so. I was mourning my old life, where I had the perfect job, in the perfect place to live, and had ever so perfectly spent my free time happily studying writing. Here, in this new place, I was sad, but so stressed and busy that I did not have time to do any of the things that make me happy (like writing).

  • Brad Listi loves himself some YouTube. He's got four videos up to help promote his books. The latest is a sort of "BUY MY BOOK!" direct approach. I thought it was pretty funny, but I didn't run over to amazon to place an order. But then again, the video did move me to post here. I guess that's something.
  • Not that you asked, but it is snowing like crazy here in Montreal.

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    There are 2 comments on "I'm Back!". If you'd like to leave a comment, click here to jump down to the comments entry form.

    Comment #1, by J. [TypeKey Profile Page]

    Wow, just wow at how simple-minded and, yes, reactionary Dickerson's response to Kwanzaa is. To somehow equate the celebration of Kwanzaa to a rejection of the bravery of our ancestors reeks of the worst kind of sloppy logic-making I've seen in a while. I'm not even a gung-ho Kwanzaa person, but her slavish worshipping of Americanness and rejection of all things remotely associated with Africa are astounding.

    December 27, 2007 05:03 PM

    Comment #2, by Cherlyn [TypeKey Profile Page]

    Wow. To me, she really stretched to find that argument against Kwanzaa. I personally found the arguments far fetched and nothing to do with the meaning and celebration of Kwanzaa whatsover. An acceptance of one does not mean a rejection of the other and certainly does not equate to the rejection or the belittlement of our ancestors. Sounds like a personal inner struggle to me.

    December 27, 2007 06:08 PM

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