Amazing women of all stripes, that sums up the annual BlogHer conference for me. Annually in July or August since 2005, for two to three days, women who write online or who are thinking about starting a blog gather in a major city to learn, share, discuss topics with each other and woo and be […]
Home Sweet Home After Travels
I arrived home yesterday in the late afternoon. I was on the road for 26 days. Do I even have to say that I am tired and so very, very happy to be home? No, I didn’t think that I did. I have many, many posts floating about in my head. Some are nearly fully […]
Retro Nuevo Pointillism on the Way to BlogHer12
I’m currently sitting in the members lounge at AIC for a brief respite while enjoying some good coffee before I return to my attempt to visit all my favorite paintings, artists and areas. I’ve sighed at haystacks, marveled at Seurrat and smiled at the thought of my husband’s obsession with Bernadette Peters while thinking of […]
Thoughts on Women, Politics, Dress as I Travel to BlogHer 12
“Time makes more converts than reason” says Thomas Paine early on in Common Sense, which I tried to read this morning while waiting for the train in Minneapolis. I was tired and there were so many distractions that I did not get very far into the work, but I have always wanted to read the […]
Another F Word Day, Friday the 13th
Frenzied is how the day seems to be defining itself in the F Word world. You may have noticed that… with the post being a day late…. the pace and continued forecast frenzied to zoo-like. Car goes to the shop for a new key to be linked to it. $250 freaking dollars for a car […]
Destination Truth and "Rock" Apes
I hope to see my brother in a week or so when I pass through Indiana. I have two brothers who are still alive and living in Northeastern Indiana, and I actually want to see them both. But I digress, as I am want to do. I really want to talk to my brother who […]