In the Merry Merry Month of May I have always loved the month May. In the area of the U.S. in which I grew up May was filled with blossoms. Probably due to being a May baby, the lilac blossoms, peony blossoms, trillium, lily of the valley, hepatica, and so many more seemed like they heralded […]
Saved Seeds and Grandma's Egg Noodles
My grandmother saved seeds; my grand-daughters are served non-GMO food whenever possible. This one sentence, personal vignette is a story of five generations of women. It involves changes in farming, from truck gardens to agribusiness. It is a reflection of how women procure food for their families. Hints, implications, context, and reference are implicit nuance, […]
June Writing Prompts
WLP is in a bit of a summertime slump. We are based in Tucson and when it is over 110° F the Editor/Publisher goes into siesta mode! But never fear, we are here. Just really behind. Let us start with the basics, what the florists and jewelers are hawking this month! Birthstones of June If you are […]
Women Who Curate and Publish – Part 2
In the first part of this multi-part article, I discussed how blogging may no longer be the best word to describe online writing. I “grokked” this emergent property of the communication system, a complex system, when I attended BAMC16 – The 2016 Bloggers at Midlife Conference, in Las Vegas Nevada – last month. Well, I […]
Women Who Curate and Publish – Part 1
I recently attended a small (200+ attendees) gathering of people who curate and publish via a blogging platform. Today I am talking about general aspects of writing conferences in light of the existence of blogging. So yes, this was a blogging conference, but it was also a writing conference, but it was not like the writing […]
February Prompts
Inspirational Women of February Cailleach: The Prototypic February Female (9 prompts) Cailleach, a Gaelic/Celtic divine crone associated with the Winter months has her last flurry of activity around Imbolc, Candlemas, or Groundhog Day which is the mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. Folk belief states that if Cailleach is out and about, […]