Such a bland word, and I haven’t always appreciated its value, assuming that kindness is just one of our many gifts as human beings.
Two Lives Well Lived: Ruth Adler Schnee And Gina Lollobrigida
Sometimes it seems we only learn of remarkable woman when their obituaries appear, even in the case of movie stars.
Oh Those Arms
We seem never to entirely escape from our fear of powerful women.
Sleeping With Animals
Now that we are entering the coldest months of the year here in the Southwest, I’m saying a prayer of gratitude for all the animals I’ve slept with over the years.
Lipstick
Don’t make that list, just imagine it or dream it and make a totally unrealistic vow and watch it, in unexpected ways, come into being.
I Am My Grandmother’s Dream
It is appropriate to applaud the changes in our culture that have allowed these women to grow into adulthood free of the shackles—at least in part—of harassment and intimidation that made my young life such a challenge in the 1950’s.
The Virgin Goes Into Labor
Oh the ghosts of Christmas past! We all have them. May yours wear holly wreaths and drag chains of tinkling bells if they have to drag chains at all.
Wearing the Armor of Our History
I like to remind myself of how radical our philosophy is, and how often targeted, diminished and deleted by the patriarchy that surrounds us like a woolen scarf tied much too tight.
Small Potatoes
One of those rare fortuitous meetings that make life so interesting occurred in the fall in a hallway at the New York Society Library, my home away from home in that city.
Cellphones: Sit Not in the Seat of the Scornful
In the New Year, I’m going to attempt something radical…