Civil disobedience: How far does civil disobedience need to go before it makes a difference in the world, and at what personal cost? Ellen Meeropol's latest novel, A Kinship of Clover, revolves mostly around Jeremy, a 19 year old botany major. The story intertwines family, several generations, and the community at large, highlighting our tenuous interdependence. Global warming and its … [Read more...]
My Homage to a Feminist on her 75th Birthday
A Word Virtuoso: Excitement practically made my fingers tremble as I leafed through Erica Jong's first poetry book, Fruits and Vegetables, in the public library in the early 80s. As I remember, the poetry section was pretty slim back then. What a discovery her book turned out to be for me. I was blown away. As a young poet (by young, I mean career-wise, as I was in my late thirties and married … [Read more...]
Unlikable Female Characters to Love
Women who refuse to play nice: Jamie Canaves, author of the list 100 Must-Read Books with Unlikable Women, writes that she loves unlikable female characters in novels: "They refuse to be boxed into the idea of what girls, women, mothers, sisters, and girlfriends should be. They refuse to smile through their problems, to not be a burden, to make the right decisions, to play nice. They are human. … [Read more...]
Every Least Sparrow: Special Needs Parenting
A Parent's Expectations: Looking back, Carolyn Walker writes that it was good that she and her husband didn’t know what to expect when their daughter Jennifer was diagnosed with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome shortly after her first birthday. They believed she would be “delayed,” and they nurtured her as such. Soon, it became apparent that she would be far from "normal." In Every Least Sparrow, … [Read more...]
Fun with math. Really.
Playing Foxland! I have to share this amazing math game my granddaughter made for school called "Foxland." We had so much fun playing the other day. Actually, I was quite pleased to discover that I remembered how to use a multiplication table. My skills are a little rusty. The game pieces are little foxes! The game moves really fast. You pick a card and solve the math problem (such as 5 x … [Read more...]
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