P.S. A Weight Room of One’s Own

Almost 100 years ago, Virginia Woolf remarked on the food served to men and to women in the elite colleges Continue reading →

#MoiAussi

Long ago, during an earlier life as a medievalist, I spent some time studying the trials of Joan of Arc. Continue reading →

P.S. We’re All Nasty Now

I posted “Generations“ in May 2015, when Bernie Sanders was a gleam in the eye of the Left, Jeb Bush Continue reading →

“This Creature”: 40 Years of Margery Kempe

In the mid-1970s, casting about for a dissertation topic, I stumbled over Margery Kempe. In those days you had to Continue reading →

Margaret Atkinson on Louise Fishman

Originally posted on Painters On Paintings:
Louise Fishman, Me and Joe, 1981, Oil on linen, 19 x 32 inches In my memory…

Crossing the Center Line

Back around the middle of the 20th century, when I played high school basketball, we were not allowed to cross Continue reading →

In & Out: The Generations Gap

My granddaughter wants pajama pants for her birthday. That sounds OK, but I remember giving her some fairly recently, maybe Continue reading →

“Madly for Adlai”

I cast my first vote for Adlai Stevenson in 1956 and worked in his campaign, knocking on doors, stuffing envelopes, Continue reading →