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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

Intersection of Fashion and Culture

Posted 09/10/2012 - 9:37am by Honeysmoke

The intersection of fashion and culture has been a problem of late. First, Urban Outfitters appropriated Native American cultur... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 09/09/2012 - 10:08pm by Honeysmoke

I have three friends: Olivia, a girl in my class, and me. Nadia, who knows it’s good to be friends with yourself. Read More »

Lotion Bars

Posted 09/07/2012 - 1:35pm by Honeysmoke

I’ve been playing with items I can make for myself and give as gifts to friends, relatives and teachers. Most of my experi... Read More »

Push and Pull

Posted 09/05/2012 - 1:48pm by Honeysmoke

Simone and Nadia are entangled in a strange phase. They are either worried that we’re going to leave them or they are push... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 09/03/2012 - 10:37pm by Honeysmoke

Don’t share that picture with anyone. Simone, imploring her father to keep a picture he took of her too himself and not, u... Read More »

Good Read

Posted 08/30/2012 - 10:21pm by Honeysmoke

Back in 2003, Sharat Raju wrote and directed American Made, an Independent Lens film about a Sikh family stranded in the dese... Read More »

When Others Spoil Your Children

Posted 08/28/2012 - 1:31pm by Honeysmoke

Simone and Nadia come home with all kinds of freebies– candy, cookies, balloons, doughnuts, stickers, toys. The other day... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 08/25/2012 - 11:08am by Honeysmoke

She’s always bossing me around.  Nadia, our rebel in residence, explaining why she doesn’t like her kindergarten te... Read More »

On the Third Day of Kindergarten …

Posted 08/24/2012 - 3:16pm by Honeysmoke

From the Daddy Files: “As the girls got out of the car this morning, the clasp on Simone’s backpack zipper go... Read More »

Doggone School Supplies, Part II

Posted 08/21/2012 - 2:21pm by Honeysmoke

This is what two bins full of school supplies look like. I got everything on the list and the supplies should last the entire ye... Read More »