They are so beautiful, the young people—from press photos, largely young women—who marched through the streets of our cities and towns Saturday demanding crisis responses to climate change.
Liberation
It’s hard now to believe the extraordinary sense of liberation I as well as many other women felt during the early 1970s
Dogs of Santa Fe
We love dogs, we spoil dogs, sometimes we give dogs the love we can no longer afford to give human beings, after so many losses and disappointments.
Changing My Mind
Seldom has a book caused me to change my mind… but D.H. Lawrence’s Sea and Sardinia changed me.
Labor Day in These United States
When will we avid consumers quit going to Walmarts? Are lower prices really a defensible excuse?
Ode to Cerrillos
How blessed I am to leave near a little spot in the desert that deserves, and is given, its very own ode.
Dry vs. Wet: Switzerland vs. Italy
Generalizations about countries are always questionable… yet as I reflect on my recent tour, the contrast between them seems to boil down to these qualities.
I Chose to Climb
The heroic in some form is essential to our souls.
Reading Toni Morrison in China
Morrison’s raw courage in confronting and describing the effects of incest, racism, and the tragedy of women forced into its confines will be with me always.
Sleeping with Strangers
Women should not wear veils. A religion that insists on that is as culpable as a man who insists on it.