I have been in a funk and giving myself a pity party for the last several weeks. First I realized my magical year was ending as my 58th birthday rolled around a couple weeks ago. Born in 1957 my 57th year was to be magical or golden according to contemporary mythology I chose to embrace. […]
I've Missed You
I miss this blog! I miss my readers. I miss my topics. In case you don’t know, I am working on a new site called the Women’s Legacy Project. It is more focused on a certain topic and a certain demographic than this free-for-all that is my life and my quest for a fair trade […]
Sometimes I Detest Facebook
This NYT piece was recently posted by a friend who uses meta-communication in a nuanced way, even though the article is, gasp, from 2014. How unhip and anti-immediate, to the point of being totally non-viral. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/fashion/social-media-some-susceptible-to-internet-outrage.html Social media, especially something like Facebook, for those who do not mask themselves or engage in life behind pseudonyms, […]
Women, Legacy, and the Future of Earth
Legacy is not just what you leave behind after you are gone. In fact allowing others to be in charge of your legacy after you are gone will pretty much guarantee that nothing you intended to leave behind will be left as you hoped. I do not like to be moribund or pessimistic; I like to […]
My Writing Life Resumes
I am edging back into the writing life, and I am raring to go. These last few months have presented wonderful opportunities to me. I believe I have made the best use possible of these gifts. I found a job when looked for one. I was able to work and tend to sad family obligations as well. Flexibility is […]
Digital Legacy
I have a thing about old letters, images, tawny browns, and filtered light. They remind me of times gone by and the first stirrings of a history written for women, about women, by women. Women’s domains no matter how they are parsed were, and largely still are, focused on the home, and relationships among family and […]