Something just for fun today! A friend emailed me an article titled: Do we owe our human existence to the dog? (if that link is…
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The ASWM Conference! part 4
Oh, again! Almost forgot: the bus driver on the way out to the hotel was an old Asian man, and on the way back was…
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There were some amazing names present at the conference — women whose writings I’ve read and been moved by; women I’ve read about as ground-breaking…
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Heehee! This stream-of-consciousness stuff is way fun — but I’m almost afraid to re-read it later, for fear I’ll want to bang my head against…
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Hastily typed out in stream of consciousness, while returning from the ASWM (Association for the Study of Women & Mythology) Conference — typing on BART…
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Okay, throwing open the field for suggestions! :) This summer will quite possibly be the last one I have free before I must settle down…
Continue ReadingHappy New Year! :)
As you may know from one of my previous postings, in 2011 I had my 50th birthday. I was trying to think of something special…
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I’ve been effectively running at a frantic pace for the past three or four months, in order to keep up with all the things happening…
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Today is my 50th birthday. Lying in bed this morning, listening with pleasure to the lovely silvery sound of the falling rain, I found myself…
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It is 11 September 2011, the ten year anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11. Many people have spoken and created many moving eulogies to those…
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