11/15/2011 The following is a piece written from the notebook that served as the outline to my recent novella, Weaves of Inquiry . Though it hasn't been professionally published, the file and physical rough draft still remain. If you are interested, throw me an e-mail. My positive mental feedback dropped like the pit being extracted from a plum. I confess, I was sad. I sat sewing, observing the needles swift movements from one side to the next, from the rest of a sleeve that would eventually keep my cousin's arm warm. Although I am black, my cousin is Jewish. My mother was adopted at a very young age and married a fellow African. Somehow she was lucky enough to get adopted into a Jewish family. The stereotype dissolved and every African attribute seemed to vanish, as she was formed into her new family. Then, I was born: A free spirit, wild and adventurous, ready for action. Well, that is an exaggeration. ...