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Looking Back on 2020
The two most comforting times of day for me exist in darkness. I had to stop and think what day it is when I began to write this. Yes, yes, I know Christmas was yesterday, but what day was that? It has felt like Sunday for a few days now. Most mornings I wake, turn on...
The Women of Ghana
We pretend that comfort comes in the form of material things and personal freedoms to do whatever we want. I went to Ghana in 2013 to accompany my dear friend Chris Bierbrier and document the beneficiaries of the work she had done there with her nonprofit Routes to...
Creative Expression Can Keep us Young
I've had some time on my hands this past week and began to feel bouncy, unstructured and untethered. There are two long essays to work on and some photography skill classes I'm taking on-line, but I needed something tactile and new. When I was a little girl, all I...
Action Plan: Eating for Better Health
Suddenly I had a plan. I wasn't in self-flagellation mode any longer. I was ready for action! I signed up right away. Cooking has never been my thing, as I mentioned in an earlier post. I do love to eat though. My love of food, especially pastas, bagel sandwiches,...
Waiting
Waiting for chaos to end. Waiting for the pandemic to end. Waiting for a fresh cup of coffee. Waiting for our yard work to be done. Waiting for the freedom to travel. Waiting for the tourists to go home so we can enjoy our mountains without crowds. Waiting for a...
Making Choices: Election Day
I did not vote for fascism just when my country plunged deeply into a vile dictatorship. Last month I wrote about Labor Day. Today I'm writing about elections and Choice. The big election for the president of the country is ahead of us. The candidate of your choice is...
Labor Stories
It is 2020 now as I look back some seventy odd years later, stunned at a time so changed. “Will you vote Labour this time, Eric?” No, he would not. He had always voted Tory. Attlee had taken Labour into the war in 1940. The Tories had saved Britain. This conversation...
Personal and Political: Me Too
In middle school, the boys played a game when they passed me in the hallway. They tried to undo my bra strap. I used to wear a ribbed top in seventh grade that had a zipper that the boys would pull down. In school. During the day. My guidance counselor called my mom...
