Margaret M. Kirk

HerStory
Elder Native American woman

March 1, 2023

Celebrating the Aging Woman

As we journeyed down this road together, we are “women of a certain age”, honoring other women who have come before us and inspired us.

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Sara Josephine Baker

February 26, 2023

Changing the Face of Medicine

One woman who lights me up every time I read about her is Dr. Sara Josephine Baker, “Dr. Jo.” She appears in They Persisted. She was born into relative affluence, yet remained humble and worked for her entire life with those in abject poverty to make the world a better place.

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Painting by Umberto Boccioni - The Mother, 1909

February 19, 2023

Living Fully

2023 feels like a year of change for me. It feels like a year of stretching more (literally and figuratively), examining, exploring, letting go, and having more fun.

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Painting of woman in nature

February 12, 2023

We are Here to Become

How much of your ongoing suffering is a result of being unable to express and embody what's inside of you?

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Illustration of woman with raven

February 5, 2023

Gratitude

During the past week, I realized, once again, how nurturing and deep the bonds of friendship between women are.

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Woman on Mountaintop

January 29, 2023

Permission

I have waited a lifetime to find my voice and permit myself, not only to use that voice, but to really inhabit my own knowing. Why has it taken over half a century to arrive?

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Ruth Gruber

January 15, 2023

She Fought for Justice

“I had two tools to fight injustice — words and images, my typewriter, and my camera.”

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Kerosene lamp in front of window at night

January 8, 2023

Winter Hibernation

It is in these times of surrender to the natural rhythm that I can befriend myself and discover more of who I am.

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Woman walking in the woods accompanied by wild creatures

December 31, 2022

Wintering

Winter is a time for slowing. Not something we do easily in our culture, but something I have been working on. It has not come easily to me either.

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Frances Green, Margaret Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn

December 18, 2022

2022 Draws to an End…

We are coming to the end of another year. Time. It does fly! 2022 in many regards has been an extraordinary year for me.

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