“I Can’t Hear It”
… was the 4 year old’s plaintive reply, when asked why he was standing so quietly and intently close to the tree – after I had explained (quite imperfectly, it would appear) about the tree’s “bark”.
Archive for June, 2009
“Why Is This a Feminist Issue?”
Doesn’t that question puzzle you? It did me, when I first heard it. And every time since. My reaction when I first heard it was – well, what isn’t a feminist issue? I think that question – and the context in which it is usually posed, whether as an inquiry in comments or precursor to [...]
Before Midnight…
It’s 10:07 pm as I sit down to write this and that only matters because I have to get this written and posted before the clock strikes 12 (if I had a clock that struck instead of just gently plopping over, that is). Why? Well, since you asked, see that little calendar in the sidebar? [...]
Thought Drops – Tuesday’s Child
Remember that saying? I don’ t know if it’s popular today – Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child… well, it was very important to me, when I was a child, not to have been born on Wednesday because I so didn’t want to be full of woe. [...]
A Crack In South Africa’s Glass Ceiling
This is pretty cool. There was nothing remarkable about the case before Hosi Nwamitwa II, chief of the Valoyi tribe that lives in the lush hills here. A villager said his brother’s wife had failed to show up for a hearing on an accusation that she insulted neighbors. The accused pleaded guilty and was fined [...]
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