Potential and Probability in The Women’s World INSPIRATION TO WRITE I was listening to a podcast, The rise & fall of The Wing, on The Slow Newscast when I hear the phrase “the Schrodinger’s Cat of the feminist world”. So I started writing this post. It strikes me, gobsmacks me, in the middle of my […]
I’m Aging, with Strawberries
The things that once seemed important to me, as measured by the amount of time dedicated to them, have shifted over the years, with most of them falling away. How I spent the last few days, last weekend, illustrates the shift. I will get to that after I explain what I mean by importance. Learning […]
Contrarian, I Am
Yes, a nod to Yoda. My brothers regularly announced I was the most pig-headed person they had ever met or could imagine. They just did not understand that I was an alien species. Almost true, that. I used to believe there was no way I was related to these people. Aside: How I came to […]
Slipping into the Solstice
June is zipping by with the Summer Solstice only a few days away We are indeed slipping into the future. Structuring Time I have a timeline in my mind that I visualize when I think about the 20th Century. It has a “physical” structure. I think it may reflect a calendar that I saw and […]
Finding Old Writings
I have been pounding on a workbook for writing memoir, trying to nudge, prod, and forcefully shape it into the vision I have of it in my mind. Visions not inspired by light, recreational drugs can be grueling task masters. However, pouring through my own old writings can produce “finds” of which I remember the […]
Zeal Gone Too Far
When I started the A to Z this year I switched my topic from a focused topic to a the far-ranging exploration of thoughts, feelings, and ideas that zip around in my head as something more than a fleeting thought. I think it is most appropriate to wrap up this a to z writing challenge […]