Category Archives: Women
Glorious Gloria Steinem
It is hard to imagine a world without the glorious Gloria Steinem, A woman like no other who had an enormous impact on countless lives, including a shy suburban girl in the early 1970s. For many women of a certain
Glorious Gloria Steinem
It is hard to imagine a world without the glorious Gloria Steinem, A woman like no other who had an enormous impact on countless lives, including a shy suburban girl in the early 1970s. For many women of a certain
Mourning Dolly Parton
I can’t imagine a world without Dolly Parton. She was the best of us. The best of America. Dolly transcended all the divisiveness, politics, and cultural polarization that have deeply fractured us. Red state or blue state, we were all
Mourning Dolly Parton
I can’t imagine a world without Dolly Parton. She was the best of us. The best of America. Dolly transcended all the divisiveness, politics, and cultural polarization that have deeply fractured us. Red state or blue state, we were all
Picturing the Past -A Century Old Photo and The Stories It tells.
In 1926, while flaming youth roared and thousands mourned the death of Rudolph Valentino, my grandparents, Sadie and Arthur Joseph, were overjoyed at the birth of their second daughter, Betty Francine, my mother. Always a joyous Bastille Day Birthday, this
Picturing the Past -A Century Old Photo and The Stories It tells.
In 1926, while flaming youth roared and thousands mourned the death of Rudolph Valentino, my grandparents, Sadie and Arthur Joseph, were overjoyed at the birth of their second daughter, Betty Francine, my mother. Always a joyous Bastille Day Birthday, this
Platner Must Exit
We need a change STAT! The Democrats are on life support, and all they can offer up is a guy with a Nazi tattoo and a string of sexual abuse accusations. C’mon, Man! We need a reboot. We need a
Platner Must Exit
We need a change STAT! The Democrats are on life support, and all they can offer up is a guy with a Nazi tattoo and a string of sexual abuse accusations. C’mon, Man! We need a reboot. We need a
My Mother’s Love Grew in My Garden. It Still Does
A few weeks ago was my mother Betty’s yartzeit. 18 years. My mother has now been gone the length of my entire childhood. Those first 18 years seemed like an eternity as I was growing up. A lifetime, in
My Mother’s Love Grew in My Garden. It Still Does
A few weeks ago was my mother Betty’s yartzeit. 18 years. My mother has now been gone the length of my entire childhood. Those first 18 years seemed like an eternity as I was growing up. A lifetime, in
Our Skeletal State of America: When is Thin Too Thin?
Looking like a skeleton is no longer just for Halloween; it’s the latest Hollywood trend on the fast track to becoming a beauty standard. As award seasons and fashion week converged, shockingly skeletal women were walking the red carpet and
Our Skeletal State of America: When is Thin Too Thin?
Looking like a skeleton is no longer just for Halloween; it’s the latest Hollywood trend on the fast track to becoming a beauty standard. As award seasons and fashion week converged, shockingly skeletal women were walking the red carpet and
A Mothers Day for All
Mother’s Day is a complicated day for so many of us. For those like me who no longer have a living mother yet live with their spirit and love every day it can be a difficult day of longing, deeply
A Mothers Day for All
Mother’s Day is a complicated day for so many of us. For those like me who no longer have a living mother yet live with their spirit and love every day it can be a difficult day of longing, deeply
Rape Academy- Old School
Rape Academy is one school you never want your son to attend. A website teaching men how to sexually assault women recently went viral. A shockwave was felt when CNN uncovered an online community they describe as a massive
Rape Academy- Old School
Rape Academy is one school you never want your son to attend. A website teaching men how to sexually assault women recently went viral. A shockwave was felt when CNN uncovered an online community they describe as a massive
How I Found Something Cheerful As I Mourned My Mother
I just struck ephemera gold! On the afternoon of my mother Betty’s yahrzeit, a day spent reflecting on the fact that her passing now spanned the entirety of my childhood, I learned something about Mom’s own childhood that I never
How I Found Something Cheerful As I Mourned My Mother
I just struck ephemera gold! On the afternoon of my mother Betty’s yahrzeit, a day spent reflecting on the fact that her passing now spanned the entirety of my childhood, I learned something about Mom’s own childhood that I never
Grief Has No Time Frame
Today, my mother has been gone the length of my entire childhood. 18 years. Those first 18 years seemed like an eternity as I was growing up. An entire lifetime, in fact. Yet now 18 years seems to have passed
Grief Has No Time Frame
Today, my mother has been gone the length of my entire childhood. 18 years. Those first 18 years seemed like an eternity as I was growing up. An entire lifetime, in fact. Yet now 18 years seems to have passed
