No I am not going there. So far in this examination of the iconic feminine we have looked at the similarities of two very different women and about an iconic doll that shaped the play of girls since the mid-20th Century. It is time to delve into the cultural mythic icon. Cailleach is the Celtic Crone […]
Iconic B: Barbie
The Barbie doll was introduced in 1959 as an adult doll to serve as a role model for little girls. Up until that time girls primarily played with baby dolls as their staple toys. Later-born baby boomers grew up with Barbie as the doll used to act out adult female roles in their play. This […]
The H of Legacy Tools – Handmade, Hand-me-down, Heirlooms
is for Handmade, Hand-me-down, Heirlooms in the A to Z of Tools for Legacy Lumpers and splitters are very different types of people. Some people want to group things together, some want to create subgroups with larger groups or topics. It is really about similarity and difference. This is a great tool for helping […]
The F of Legacy Tools – Filter
is for Filter in the A to Z of Tools for Legacy Filter, screen, censor, or frame, no matter what you call it, we all do it, and we humans have always done it. Sexuality has been written out of most personal family histories and stories for a long, long time. All the way back […]
Juggling Prompts, Themes & Challenges
Last week was significant for me as it was back to work after a break to hang out with my daughter while she was back in the old home town finding a wedding venue. It took a week before last week to re-engage in writing, blogging group planning and events, a new take on local networking […]
Challenge Yourself
In April of this year, ending just a few days ago, I completed the Blogging A to Z Challenge with 26 posts on this site. One was put up each day, Monday through Saturday, with Sundays off. Such a schedule allows for the writing days and days off to equal the number of the days […]