January 26, 2025
“We Will Rise”
Last week, I unplugged from social media and mainstream news to maintain some sanity. I will continue to be unplugged from all the mainstream news. It has been a week that feels like a year…or maybe two!
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December 25, 2024
Lovingkindness
Hello, and thanks for stopping by. This week between Christmas and New Year’s is odd. I am still feeling the ... Read more
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December 22, 2024
Peace
As the song goes, “it’s a most wonderful time of the year.” It is. It is my favorite time of ... Read more
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December 15, 2024
A bridge of books
A while ago, I posted the stories of a few women who were in reality part of Ms. Morgan’s book brigade during WWI. Janet Skeslien Charles depicted them beautifully in her fictionalized work, Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade.
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December 8, 2024
She Illuminated the Seas
Martha Jane Hunt was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 12, 1826. She grew up with little or no formal education, but was very bright and curious.
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December 1, 2024
Goodnight Legacy
Mary Ann Dyer, known as Molly, was born on September 12, 1839, in Madison County, Tennessee. Her mother was Susan Lynch Miller, the granddaughter of William Blount, the first territorial governor or Tennessee
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November 22, 2024
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is always a time to count blessings. Counting blessings happens often for me, usually daily.
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November 17, 2024
Love is the Key
I hope this week has been kind to you. My week has been peaceful and filled with love as I celebrated a birthday and felt held by friends and family. Yet, there was a feeling of unease even during those bright days.
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November 10, 2024
Live the Questions
For many of us, this has been a really trying week. Lots of tears, disbelief, grief, and sometimes rage. I think it is important to sit with these feelings.
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November 3, 2024
She Marched to Her Own Drummer!
It’s clear that I have a great fondness for strong, intelligent, rebellious women. Women who refuse to be put into boxes or ruled by the patriarchy. Women who think for themselves. One of my very favorites is Amy Lowell.
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