When underground comix were de rigueur, Robert Crumb created a character that was depicted as walking determinedly down the street that popularized the phrase, “Keep on Trucking.” This phrase was probably influenced by “keep on keepin’ on” that was a phrase in Tangled Up In Blue by Dylan. The phrase means to just keep on living life […]
What A Freakin' Amazing Week!
After several weeks of living in a funk I have re-emerged with energy and ideas. Watch out world! TED Women – TEDx Tucson Women I was lucky to be invited, or have an invitation wrangled for me by my friend Pam Vaner of My Sassy Notions, to a gathering organized by Mary Reed, TEDxTucson Leader extraordinaire, to catch […]
Clouds of Late Fifties Funk
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 […]