An auction to benefit the tribes gathered at Standing Rock may not have raised a lot of cash, but it did help us in the audience to have a clearer sense of what is happening.
Standing with Standing Rock
At issue is the question of whether Native American sovereignty has ever really been recognized or accepted by the powers that be.
You Come Too
I’m asking you, my able and loyal readers, to “come too” as I head into yet another revision of my biography on Doris Duke. Originally set to be published in 2016, it is now delayed until October, 2018.
Too Much
I’ve avoided writing about what is going on in our presidential election, not wanting to focus more attention on this ignoble display. But Sunday night was too much.
A Walker in the City
My visual recordings of New York City are written in words, not images, as part of my new venture which is called, “You Travel, You Write.”
An Independent Will
Charlotte Brontë described the alienation that colored my childhood, and the childhood of so many girls, then and now.
Dirt
We all need to get dirty more often, for our health and possibly for our souls, which may need to root in something more substantial, and messier, than words.
At Last
We are debaters; we are leaders; we are women who have learned a lot of the lessons of the past… we now know how to defend ourselves, both literally and legally.
Parting the Red Sea
I expect Moses will be with me for a long time, urging me on toward improbable destinations with his wide-flung arms.
Divine Insecurity
Pip and I were on to adventure, on the edge of danger, full of life and energy—the way I want to live.