CoolCrys

So, this wedding planning thing isn’t as complex as I’d expected it to be.  I’ve watched all the bridal shows on the WE network. I’ve been surfing blogs and websites, collecting bridal magazines like I’m single handedly trying to prevent print magazines from going the way of the unicorn (uh, EXTINCT). Read Full Story

PEACE Cool World! I’m back! I don’t know how long I’ll post on this blog. I’m not sure if anyone is still listening, but no matter. My life has changed so much since we last  spoke. So let’s do a recap of the last few months: I got ENGAGED on September 13, 2009 to THE most wonderful man on the planet! He is a hopeless romantic and the engagement was the stuff that romantic comedy’s are made of.  Quiet picnic, softly flowing river, late summer sunlight. And CARATS baby!!!!! I moved... Read Full Story

Funny. I think I catch site of her sometimes. Strolling thru the airport in her garb. Her petite frame draped in brightly colored west afrikan appearal. Gold earrings dangling or strands of beads adorned with animails of the plain and bush. But alas. It is not her. She has been an ancestor for years now. My excitement is quelled. I am quiet for a moment. Giving thanks for having known her. Rest in Power. rest in Peace. Dr. Greene Read Full Story

THIS is not where I saw myself. This is not what I had in mind. Perhaps the problem is that I didn’t have anything particular in mind. The luminous “THEY” always said that if you “fail to plan, you plan to fail”. Well…I don’t feel like a failure, but THIS is not where I saw myself. Read Full Story

Call for Submissions Daddy’s Maybe is an anthology that will be published by Crystal S. McMillian along with other indie publishers in Winter 2010. We are seeking well written poems, short stories, narratives, creative essays, oral histories, letters, original song lyrics, and journal entries from woman from ALL WALKS LIFE! All ages, races, education levels, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to submit work. Talk to your mothers, sisters, aunties, cousins... Read Full Story

Peace Cool World, Anyone who knows me can tell you that I’ma Bag Lady. Ever since I was a little girl I’ve loved the ideas of having everything one might need at one’s finger tips. I’m sure its one of the many reasons that I became a flight attendant. I used to go so far as to play “Penny”. Who is Penny, you ask? Why Inspector Gadget’s genious niece/ daughter, of course! I world grab an encyclopedia to use as my laptop ( remember Penny’s laptop?…way ahead of her time).I’d toss it in my... Read Full Story

Why? Well, Cool Crys has finally joined the millions of Americans who are addicted to black berry.I’m not addicted YET, but I know it’s comin. After waiting four days for a new phone and compiling ALL my contacts all over again…I DROPPED said phone into a steaming bowl of chicken soup. Needless to say, that poor Samsung is officially dead. Conviently for me, I’d bought a blackberry off of ebay. So once - returned from my trip… Having been incommunoicado for two days, my slightly used... Read Full Story

Peace Cool World, So I told you that I applied to a few summer writing workshops. My logic was that since I DIDN’T finish undergrad I could acquire the knowledge and experience to pursue my writng by using other mediums. For days I agonized over which pieces to submitt to the Solstice Summer Writer’s Conference . It took me no less than four days to write one three paragrah cover letter. I was a mess. the possiblity of rejection is a strong motivator. While researching other writing... Read Full Story

Go check out www.TheSuperSpade.com… critical andanalytical discourse on race, and activism. Read Full Story

PEACE Cool WORLD!!!! If ya don’t know by now, the WINTER is NOT my season. I’ve been in hibernation since December. The last three months have been rather uneventful. I’ve been working on my writing, having come to the conclusion that while my blog gave me the space to think and write daily, it is a venue that so many others navigate much more gracefully than I. And so instead of blogging: I turned twenty five, submitted work to a few summer writing workshops/conferences, been editing the... Read Full Story