Women have chronicled family history, recorded life events, written diaries, and journaled for all the centuries since writing became feasible through technological advancements. We still do, but for some of us this is just what we do, we write no matter what the limitations of our access to technology, there are lots of options when […]
A is for April and an Abject Attitude
I have not been able to figure out what is going on with me lately. I cannot write, or concentrate, or work. I start wonderful pieces of writing and then lose interest and decide to take a nap. I got off track after successfully getting on track a few weeks ago when I deviated from […]
Wordless Wednesday – Art Nouveau Graphics from 1917
Graphics from an Out of Copyright Source Sunday evening I was perusing the Internet Archive at Archive.org while watching the new Cosmos series on the National Geographic Channel. These are images I captured from a not in copyright work: Strong’s Book of Designs, 1917. I am sharing some of the general and seasonal images, that […]
International Women's Day 2014
One thing I admire about women’s activism is that it is like a session on a trampoline or the net beneath a high wire acrobatics. I visualize it as women standing on a web or net that overlays a map of the country or globe. As individual women change activist levels to attend to family, work, […]
Resolution Reboot and Spring Cleaning
Has your resolve to keep your New Year Resolutions dissolved? Missed out on re-energizing your will power at the Lunar New Year? No worries. In the next few weeks we have several opportunities to recharge and revamp resolutions that have gone the way of dissolution. These opportunities might even stand a better chance of success […]
#DayofLight – Day Late and a Dollar Short
I am accustomed to being behind in task and topic. I have elevated “getting behind” into an art form. It encompasses several components: That uncomfortable feeling of swirling uncertainty, doubt, and fear in my chest that translates into a tight throat and churning stomach is the precursor. Procrastination and avoidance followed by last-minute frenzy sees […]