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If you've got kinky hair, you probably have dealt with it as a personal and political issue all your life. I have learned to love and live with mine.

My Natural Hair Journey

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PMB # 113
105 West Hwy 54, Suite 265
Durham, NC 27713

My friend Kelly had a great 80s themed Howl-o-ween party. Here are some pictures (HP site).

My friends Denise and Corye had a holy union on October 9, 2004. I was the official photog. :)

NC Pridefest was on October 2, 2004. It was a blast.

Took a wonderful trip to NYC in July 2004 to visit family where we had a post-wedding celebration. Pix from the the trip. (Web-a-Photo site)

And the wedding pictures are here.

Visit to DC to celebrate Tim's book deal
Kate and I drove up to DC June 5-6, 2004 to meet up with my brother Tim, who finally got a book contract. He's up for tenure this year. we did a quick tour of things and then met Tim at the Mayflower Hotel on Connecticut Ave for mimosas and an extravagant buffet! Here's pix (HP site).

New house
It was a real ordeal (I actually didn't keep a diary -- can you believe it -- I should have), but I'm finally in...
the house, as of 7/9/2003

See Pam and Kate's Spring 2004 yard project (HP site)

I won the Duke Employee Community Service Award April 7, 2003. (click image to enlarge)

My nomination letter

These are some crazy friends of mine...

Core 4 weekend, March 15, 2003

It snowed here in the south - AGAIN!
At least this is less troublesome than the nearly 2 feet we got a couple of years back.
Snow days, Jan 22, 2003 |
The really bad ice storm, Dec 4, 2002 |

See pictures from a visit in July 2003 and October 2002. Here are some from April 2001 trip to NYC to visit friends and family. There is also a set of pix from a July 1999 trip. Please also visit my family album, and my pet page.

I finally made it back to the 50th State. I visited the Big Island and Oahu in June. Read the strange but true adventures that always seem to happen when I'm around.

My trip to Hawaii (June 2002)

Bought new car.
I had the '88 Mercury Tracer for 13 years and I sadly bid goodbye to it on 12/27/01. It was my first set of wheels. I now drive a spiffy 2002 Ford Focus ZTW wagon.
My cars

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt, was my high school English teacher at Stuyvesant High School. To see pix from my 1981 yearbook and from my 10th reunion and my introduction of Frank at a Durham fundraiser in 2000, click here.

The 20th Reunion was on October 13, 2001. My pix are here.

Stuy '81 site | Stuy High Alumni Association

It's hard to think of anything more horrifying than what happened in NYC and DC on September 11, 2001. Most of my mother's side of the family is in NYC. Countless precious lives, along with an historic landmark have been lost. I took this picture of the WTC with my Palm on July 11, 2001, while on a business trip. They weren't the best quality and I almost deleted them at the time. Here are more pix.

Why do I have weird health problems? I don't ever seem to get the cold or flu, just a variety of freakish things happen to me. Read how a simple broken finger turns into complications and 2 surgeries.

My Hand, My Hip: another diary
Part I | Part II

Have you ever experienced a kidney stone? I have. Three times. You don't want to. I actually kept a journal of the last 2 excruciating episodes. Warning: not for the squeamish.

Pam's Kidney Stone Diary
2001: Feb 26 attack | June 4 attack

1986 Mets, victorious
(I am a Yankee and Met fan, btw)

Sometimes when I have a really bad day, I remember that it could be a lot worse...

In Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, the Curse of the Babe rose up and Bill Buckner booted a ground ball to first with 2 outs in the 9th and 2 out. The Red Sox lost. Poor Buckner had to endure not only defeat but jokes like this: Q. What do Bill Buckner and Michael Jackson have in common? A. They both wear one glove for no apparent reason.

That moment in baseball history

Is Old West Durham "the best little neighborhood association in the nation"? Take a look at its award-winning web site, designed by yours truly.

March 11, 1935-May 4, 1997

A tribute to my beloved mother, Shirley Barbara Atwell, who passed away before her time. I've added pictures from her wedding album to the site.

2/7/2005: Redman has passed away. He died while under anesthesia. He turned 10 in December 2004.

I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Red and a Lab/Weim mix named Bailey.
Stop by RedMan's Roadhouse for a spell. See Bailey and the rest of my pets, past and present on this page.

Red's champion father --
Ch. Kimani's Sharper Image, ROM

 

I loved my last dog very much (1986-1996). Please visit Addison's Domain. Here's a page for Katie's dog P.D., who left this earth in December 2004.

Save a Ridgeback. Visit Ridgeback Rescue.

Interests
(I know, you couldn't care less) -

TV: Law and Order:SVU and regular L&O; I am a news channel junkie too...but not much time for the idiot box these days...

Films: Citizen Kane,The Manchurian Candidate, Fame, Singing in the Rain, Stage Door, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Sixth Sense, Glory

Activities: surfing the web, community service, visiting the mountains and beaches of the beautiful Tar Heel State

Food: spinach, spanikopita (more spinach!), steamed broccoli, hush puppies!