Last week I wrote about several topics that touched or connected with my personal life: anthropology/archaeology, 20th century culture change, and women’s economic practices. If I were given to superstitious behavior I would say that I have been given the amazing, sometimes difficult, but always informational rich, experiences I have had in life so that I […]
Vera Bradley Is Not Who She Never Was
Regular readers will be surprised at my choice of topic for today in this non-compensated post about the little woman’s accessory company gone global from the Northeastern Indiana close to where I grew up – Vera Bradley located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Except that the company is not actually in Fort Wayne from what I […]
Autumn and Bygone Days
In the spring I do, in the autumn I think. We are an urban people now who reckon time passing by the changing of decorations in stores and the types of sales offered by retailers. As a woman who grew up playing, observing, and walking amid overgrown fence-lines, that I like to think of as […]
Cahokia. No Gesundheit Needed.
Cahokia may sound like a sound made during a sneeze but it is actually a UNESCO World Heritage Site near St. Louis. I thought today, the autumnal equinox, would provide a great context to write about the mounds near St Louis that are evidence for the importance of seasonal reckoning and measurement to the First Peoples of America. […]
Hospice Miracles and Malpractice – Part 2
Part 2 I have been writing about my emotional roller coaster ride for which I was ticketed by my disabled brother’s hospitalization, surgery, infections, and transfer into a hospice program followed by his apparent strengthening and process of recovery. You can read the first part of this series here. I am mainly writing this second part of a […]
Hospice Miracles and Malpractice – Part 1
Before I do anything else, I want and need to thank the scores of people who sent healing hugs, thoughts, light, and prayers over these past few weeks since my brother was moved from nursing home, to hospital, to a surgery floor, then ICU, and then into hospice. I know the love you send to […]