
Target Zone October 1962
On a bright blue October afternoon 60 years ago I put my twins in the stroller, tied the (pre-Velcro) shoes Continue reading
On a bright blue October afternoon 60 years ago I put my twins in the stroller, tied the (pre-Velcro) shoes Continue reading
I was the mother of three in 1965, when it became legal for married couples in Connecticut to buy and Continue reading
Almost 100 years ago, Virginia Woolf remarked on the food served to men and to women in the elite colleges Continue reading
In 2017—just three years ago, but it feels like a century—I posted here a lament for the beautiful, vanishing birds Continue reading
When one of my granddaughters asked if the Covid-19 experience was like anything I could remember, I said no. But Continue reading
Frightened and enraged by the crimes and abuses of the Trump administration and its enablers, I look back for hope Continue reading
On a Tuesday in early June 1944, near the end of 5th grade, I woke to find my mother extremely Continue reading
Long ago, during an earlier life as a medievalist, I spent some time studying the trials of Joan of Arc. Continue reading