tricia booker's my left hook

curious digressions by a writer fighter mom

Favorite Categories

Savvy Sister
Attachement Disorder
Adoption
What I'm Reading

Boxing

Posted on March 16, 2011 by
10 Comments

Employment: overrated

Once a week, I teach a journalism class at a local university. I’m an instructor. But the students think I’m a professor, and that’s okay with me because I like to profess things. It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to expound on my various ideologies regarding the media, world leaders, Charlie Sheen, and the theoretical Read More

Posted on March 27, 2010 by
4 Comments

On being a dirty girl

It was difficult for me to move to Ponte Vedra, a beachside suburb of Jacksonville, Florida with an average household income of $100,000. It’s very Southern. I’m not skinny or blond or rich or Republican. I worried I would find myself sliding into a mold, stretching and morphing to fill it out until I began Read More