Writing the good read
Before I write this blog I want to make something very clear: I’m a white middle-aged woman who has never had to come out of a closet about anything of my own, have never felt my life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness threatened by some physiological or psychological trait. I’ve never had to hide something…
Sometimes, Brian, I wonder if you want to carry the mantle of journalist raised by people like Mike Wallace, or just be a talking head, simplifying the news into 30 second bits. Tonight, for instance, in your discussion today about President Obama’s evolution on the topic of marriage equality, you, along with the rest of…
Someone on Facebook had a link to a post at Caveman Circus about what women really mean when they say certain things. It was mildly amusing, and some of it had a ring of truth — a loud sigh is, indeed, a word; sometimes when we say “Fine” we really mean “Are you kidding me?…
Today’s blog topic is for the NAIEW Words Matter Blog Challenge is: What speech or document do you believe to be most important? This may sound high-falutin’ or fey, but the most important document is the internal one that guides our life. We all have an innate belief about ourselves that guides our life. It…
Once upon a time, back in the old country, there was a woman named Leah. She was the Rebbetzin — the Rabbi’s wife.She was the envy of the other women in the village: she had a girl who came in every day to help; real silver candlesticks for Shabbat; she had pretty clothes; her children…