There is an old saying that the Devil is in the details, but a better perspective might be that Goddess is in the details. Mistakes become apparent in details, but so do connections, facts, and patterns. Nuance of color, texture, and reflection of light are details that distinguish simple utilitarian fabric from luxurious brocades. The […]
Her History
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 […]
Googling Gaia
Women and Communication Women have been the indexers and organizers of human life for, literally, ages. Google is attempting to mimic the natural process of organizing and accessing information about what we do, what we want, based on a more natural model that takes social relationships and context into account. Real attempts at tapping the […]
Evoking Essential Information
Sometimes you need to talk to others in order to corroborate or elicit information about a topic or person. sometimes you need to sit yourself down and collect and organize your thoughts and the information with which you want to work. This post deals with how to elicit information from yourself. I strongly suspect that […]
Dreams of Strength and Wisdom
For the fourth day of the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge I am giving you a bit about my dreams and views on history and legacy. Sometimes things seem to align. There is a wisdom brewing. It is an interconnected women’s wisdom. Many of us writing on the web write from monikers real or imagined, […]
Bibliography & Biology – Ways of Knowing
Stating how you know what you know is critically important for making your information usable over time by others. I am using a genealogical example today, but this general rule of thumb bit of information is applicable across the board. Context is the Queen of meaning. Simple statements about how you know something can take […]