alot of these links are from Race Wire.  Who are looking at the depression/recession from alot of angles i have not seen explored in most of the media.

also, want to highlight ‘citrus dreams, why are we a luxury‘ that i have read three times already and i still tear up a little at the truth.

• My Great Recession: When Working Three Jobs, Seven Days a Week Still Isn’t Enough

• citrus dreams, why are we a luxury?

And again I find myself wanting to attend this or that and really it’s just not feasible. For example, earlier this year I was awarded an artist/writer in residency at Alma De Mujer in Austin, a one week retreat for women of color writers & artists. The opportunity is awesome right, to be made valid in this way was exciting.

Then reality set in.

A week-away from home.

How exactly was I supposed to pull that off?

There is no magical person I’m keeping in my back pocket to spring out at just the right time when I need child care.

My family is slowly moving away from el valle, really it’s just me and kids. Plus a week away from work, where I’m already stretching my time off staying home when the kids get sick because I have no one to look after them, so when I’m sick-I don’t have time to take to stay home.

It’s comical really.

• Remesa Reversal

• Ag Jobs: pragmatism and justice

• The Subprime Crisis- How it hit the Black Community: An Update

• Unemployment, the New Bonding Experience

• The Recessionary Arts

• Disaster rolls on