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The first half of my recent interview with Laurel is now posted for your listening pleasure. Her reading of selections from Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History is a joy (I just love hearing authors read their own words). She also discusses the challenge of writing a synthetic book of women’s history. Subscribe to Making History [...]
bunny, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. This wee bunny statue is a favorite in my garden. We found it churned up during the rototilling of an adjacent empty garden plot. I suspect that this little critter has observed many growing seasons. I am attracted to the weathered, the vintage, and all that is chipped and worn [...]
I blog regularly (meaning daily or semi-monthly) at five different blogs. One of these days I’ll tally my wordcount and see how many books I’ve written since the birth of enivri.com. I doubt I’m anywhere near the book every three weeks rate of this blogger. But I’ll bet I do have a few books under [...]
and no more papercuts, either…
This has got to be the best-ever article about blogging. An excerpt: “It’s the flying. It’s the suspension of punctuation and good manners and even identity. Bloggers at their computers are Supermen in flight. They break the rules. They go into their virtual phone booths, put on their costumes, bring down their personal villains, and [...]
For those of you who love red (and you know who you are), you really must take look through the website featuring portraits painted of women in red dresses. It’s quite gorgeous.I love every one of these pictures for a different reason–in some it’s the detail, or the unique pose, or the way the painter [...]
I’ve got a big meeting today with my dissertation committee. Can you keep your fingers crossed for me and send me some good calm energy?Thanks! :)
IMG_3604, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. It’s raining again today, a welcome respite from the dry winters of the past few years. This morning we awoke to find the tree in front of our home lying down on the ground. Just having missed crashing into our bedroom window or smashing the cars parked in front of [...]
8:30 Wake to John snapping pics of me as I’m sleeping. Roll over and contemplate morning. Consider picking up book on nightstand. Doze instead (went to bed after 1 last night. tired.)8:45 Roll out of bed and realize that my shoulder is all tight and knotted again Head to John’s office (read: closet cave) for [...]
I love ballet, but this piece is a bit too overly-sentimental for me. Still, it’s interesting to see how the leg amputee uses his crutch and his body to move around the stage. What do you think?
Park pose, 1990, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. John’s still sweeping me off my feet. Even after all these years…
You know what bugs me? When my kids and/or spouse start hovering around the kitchen at about 4pm saying things like: What’s that I smell cooking?Have you thought about dinner yet?I’m hungry.Will dinner be soon? I don’t know why these questions drive me batty, but I suppose it has something to do with the look [...]
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