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Honeysmoke

Monique Fields is a writer, wife and mother of two. She blogs about raising biracial children on Honeysmoke.com and has penned a nonfiction children’s book to help young people navigate questions about skin color.

Recent Posts from Honeysmoke

The Year of the Dog

Posted 05/02/2012 - 9:31am by Honeysmoke

The Year of the Dog By Grace Lin The Year of the Dog is a sweet coming-of-age chapter book. It opens at the beginning of a new y... Read More »

Highlights Workshop

Posted 05/01/2012 - 9:33am by Honeysmoke

No TV. No radio. Spotty cell phone coverage. Weak Wi-Fi. Eight children’s book writers staying in knotty pine cabins and a... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 04/28/2012 - 8:59am by Honeysmoke

Why do they show the same commercials over and over again? Nadia, wondering aloud about TV commercials. Read More »

Going Home

Posted 04/24/2012 - 2:35pm by Honeysmoke

The rain drummed on the windshield as I steered my SUV onto U.S. 82 for the final leg of the trip. I had vowed not to return to... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 04/21/2012 - 3:50pm by Honeysmoke

Hap-py birrrrrth-day toooooooo meeeeeee. Hap-py birrrrrth-day toooooooo meeeeeee. Nadia, singing Happy Birthday to herself. Read More »

Good Read

Posted 04/20/2012 - 7:57am by Honeysmoke

What makes someone have racists thoughts even when they don’t want to have them? Toure, a columnist for Time, provides som... Read More »

Writing Nook

Posted 04/17/2012 - 9:10am by Honeysmoke

It’s too small to call it an office. So, I’m calling it a nook. It’s the one place in the house where I can fi... Read More »

Checking Boxes

Posted 04/16/2012 - 8:54am by Honeysmoke

Simone and Nadia will decide how they want to identify, and I suspect that will change as they mature. I'd prefer my girls ident... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 04/15/2012 - 4:19pm by Honeysmoke

She doesn’t remember what she saw. She’s old. Simone, answering Nadia’s question about what it was like when I... Read More »

Critters and Things

Posted 04/13/2012 - 8:33pm by Honeysmoke

When I was a kid, I am fairly certain I wouldn’t have brought any critters home from school. I am confident that if I had... Read More »