Category Archives: women

The Women’s March: here, there, and everywhere.

Posted on January 24, 2017 by

Saturday, January 21, 2017 It felt good to be out on our little town’s main street with a sign in my hand again, surrounded by my friends and students and – despite the chilly fog – determination and hope. As … Continue reading →

Posted in community, Driftless region, politics, resilience, spirit, women | 6 Comments

Dogs in the road: encountering fear.

Posted on September 7, 2014 by

Last Sunday I was finishing up a 2-day, 40-mile bike ride to celebrate my 40th birthday, and it took me past a house where I knew there were dogs.  They’d barked at me before but never left the yard; I … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, biking, resilience, women | 4 Comments

What is this “little extra” – really?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Summer is here, with its higher level of activity — and time for me to take two yoga classes a week instead of just one.  Among yoga’s many benefits is a higher level of awareness of your body, what it … Continue reading →

Posted in body, food, mystery, self-reliance, spirit, women, yoga | 2 Comments

Roots.

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

This stem of Hibiscus mutabilis, a.k.a. Confederate rose, flourishes in a Mason jar on my kitchen counter, ready for repotting.  Its mother plant, originally a cutting from my parents’ yard in Alabama, is resprouting too.  Last summer I planted a … Continue reading →

Posted in body, community, gardening, politics, spirit, the past, the South, women | 5 Comments

The Lenten closet.

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

Yesterday I went to Minneapolis to buy some sorely needed new clothes. Just a few good pieces that I was lucky enough to find on sale.  This afternoon — energized by what Marilynne Robinson in Housekeeping called the “swift, watery … Continue reading →

Posted in body, conservation, gratitude, home, money, self-reliance, stuff, women | 4 Comments

Whitney Houston and the women-walls.

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

On Facebook and even email, this picture meets me at every turn, looming, vaguely Inquisitorial.  You want to explain to us why you *need* birth control, young lady?  Depressed by the image and its context — and by work and … Continue reading →

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Paula Deen and American appetites.

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

“Southern or not, we all live somewhere on a continuum between Tofurky and Terducken.” — Bob Rini Today the news broke that Paula Deen has Type 2 diabetes. <Pause for Inner Moral Battle that probably ends with Guilty, Helpless Succumbing … Continue reading →

Posted in body, community, food, politics, the South, women | 17 Comments