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Roberta McReynolds writes:
Mom withdrew into a prison of continuous sorrow, leaving her surviving
young child isolated in a world lacking the nurturing and affection I
needed to thrive. A full circle of generational grief had been
completed and anoth…
Joan L. Cannon writes: "We have more words than most other modern languages. Of course we don’t
need to know them all and couldn’t use them all (though I think Nabokov
may have tried). Yet, that richness makes maximum precision almost
always poss…
Julia Sneden writes:
"Perhaps it's human nature to look around and wish for something you
don't have. The alternative would lend to a kind of smugness that is at
the very least unattractive, and at the most, would lead to a kind of
stasis. If th…
Jo Freeman reviews Women Making America,
covering women’s history from the Revolution to the present day. Chock
full of colorful images, it swoops high and low, sometimes mapping the
forest and sometimes looking at a tree.
Tam Gray writes: "Tennis Ball lettuce, Moon and Stars watermelon and Telephone peas in
1943; Ernest's garden in Garden City, LI; the First Lady's kale,
shallots and fennel and a culinary historian's theory, ""The more
democratic our Pre…
Rose Mula writes, "No one who has ever heard it can forget the poignant, Passau du tempu ca Berta filava,
or "The time for Bertha to weave is ended,” roughly equivalent to “Make
hay while the sun shines,” but probably means that synthetic fib…
Kristin Nord writes: Drifters, gamblers, adventurers, dreamers and an astonishing roster of
wildlife. This is the last great frontier, to a great extent, and it
lives up to that billing with its unfolding stories.
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry should appeal to all readers of literary fiction; Roseanne McNulty's story becomes an alternative, secret, history of Ireland. Henry Alford
is witty and literate, but somehow he has allowed his talents to be
diff…
The Private Patient
by Baroness P.D. James holds our interest by the discovery of not just
the who-dun-it, but the complex motives behind the actions. Anyone who
loves dogs and brilliant descriptive writing will find Sawtelle rewarding. Wallace Stegne…
Jo Freeman writes, " I did have my Obama moment. It was late at night on a dark DC street, but I didn’t have to wait for hours in the cold, or be crushed by a crowd, or even buy a ticket."
John Malone writes: Born in a remote Ethiopian village, Amha had been sold by his father to a traveling trader, survived in the mean streets of Addis Ababa and now stood with his adopted father witnessing a historic event on the Mall.
Dermatologist Cynthia Bailey begins a quarterly column: If you give the skin a little extra attention in the winter and employ some simple tips, it will be as soft and hydrated as it is during the warmer and more humid weather of summer
Joan L. Cannon writes, "Remember that your newfound cyber-pal has a life too. Don’t treat a new correspondent as though they already understand a) your family background, b) your phobias, c) your pet peeves, d) your most cherished dreams."
Jo Freeman writes: African-Americans achieved a visibility at the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee not seen in the memory of anyone there, and perhaps not ever on the national level.
Diane Girard writes:There are pajamas I will not wear. I no longer buy the ones with critters on them. I have tried — but the animals disturbed me. I do not want to wear pink frilly nightwear either because then I feel silly, as if I’m stuck in a time warp at a pajama party.
Julia Sneden writes, "My
spine has begun to collapse, and most cruelly of all, this is happening as my
granddaughter is starting her adolescent growth spurt. Soon she will be kissing
me on the top of the head and, worse yet, noticing that my p…
Roberta McReynolds writes, "I felt the premature thrill of success; a moment later the sculpted
flower slid off my fingers on its little wax paper toboggan, smashing upside
down on the floor. I don’t recall what I uttered, but it wasn’t anythin…
Sharon Kapnick writes, Languedoc has become known for good-value, popular international varietals, as
well as wines using indigenous grapes that offer distinctive new flavors and
personality."
Joan Cannon writes, It was a small, special class of senior boys with an
assortment of various handicaps, none physical, taking place at the end of a
school year. I seriously questioned what in the world I was doing there
John Malone writes: "Rather than continually apologizing for my behavior and then doing
the same things over again, I was able to change my behavior, gradually and
painfully. I still have to struggle every day with my inflated ego, my anxiety,…
Ferida Wolff writes, It is winter, now, and the maple branches are bare of
leaves. I have been yearning for a step-back-in-time hammock, a return to a
place of beginning and exploration, where one hammock could embrace a whole
family and that fami…
Jo Freeman writes, "Eight groups had been given NPS permits for 'first amendment activity' on January 20. I paused at a media check-in to shed a tear for the seat on the press riser that I didn’t get and went on my way."
Jo Freeman writes of Inaugural Flashbacks: "'Senator, are you ready to take the oath?' Mid 1960s ... Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s SCOPE project registered 253 Negroes in Newberry, SC. Two local Negroes decided to run for local office in the September primary."
Jo Freeman writes, "Monday was Martin Luther King Day; It was a good day to protest, even if there wasn’t anything to protest about: Celebrating 'The End of an Error,' the Raging Grannies sang to the crowd and Code Pink did the Can-Can, as in 'Yes We Can-Can End War, a take-off on 'Yes We Can'."
Jo Freeman writes, "The combination of the first African American elected President followed by Pete Seeger, the 89-year-old folksinger who had been convicted for 'contempt of Congress' in the year Obama was born, made one believe that the Sixties had triumphed after all."
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