Chillin is...

Chillin is...

listening to Beastie Boys and watching your son break dance.

Chillin is...

Sipping a good glass 'o wine...(it makes mommy smarter!)

Chillin is...

thumbing through your brand new copy of Sable that just came through the mail, and reading all about Nawal El Saadawi &
Gwendolyn Brooks (Thanks Kadija!!!)

Chillin is...

blogging while your son gets inspired to write a song.

Chillin is...

thumbing through the new books you just bought: (while L.L. Cool J's I'm the Type Guy plays)... C.L.R. James "Letters from London", which you discover was written while at Bloomsbury which is coincidentally, the neighborhood you will be staying at...and Samuel Selvon's The Lonely Londoners...cause you know what? Chillin is living and seeing the world Brooklyn, Trini style...In other words, I jus' limin...

I'm out,
the lab

Comments

Anonymous said…
Visiting by way of Whitney and stopping by to say hi! cosigning the wine making mommy smarter, lol!
Shouting out from Sweden by way of Brick City!
3:15 AM
pringleofbelgium said…
Hi. Your blog is awesome! I'm a member of BWIE. I'm an American living/working in Brussels. I married a Norwegian man almost a year ago and may one day move to Oslo - not sure when that will be - however I must say I've truly grown as a person when I decided to move abroad to study. The smartest last minute decision I've ever made.

BTW... your son is adorable.

Klem

Terri
6:36 AM
BRE said…
Hi Lesley,

Don't look like you 'chillin' to me, looks as if you've been writing a lot! Hoping all is well with you up in 'Danmark' and that you are getting ready for those cold North Sea winds this winter. Chop wood honey, chop plenty of wood for the fireplace...:-)

I just read (quickly) an interview with Danish author Leif Davidsen at Germany's Spiegel International online about the upcoming national elections in Denmark. The headline caught my attention and I immediately thought of you and of the recent racially-charged national elections down in "der Schweiz" (Switzerland). What's this all about up North?

Speigel Online (Intl. edition)
November 05, 2007
Danes Go to the Polls
'Denmark Is Not a Racist Country'

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,515500,00.html

P.S. There have been some new comments to that Black Women in Europe Congress post at Jewels last month. I think that I must revive the dialogue with a follow-on post this month on the subject of modern black women in Europe. Stay tuned 'cause I've got a great follow-on post coming.
9:01 AM
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