Sunday, December 29, 2013
Karen Blixen
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“I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. … Up in this high air you breathed easily, drawing in a vital assurance and lightne...
Monday, December 16, 2013
Antonia
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In My Antonia , published in 1918, Willa Cather tells the story of Antonia, based on Annie Pavelka, a friend she grew up with in Nebraska. A...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Yin Power
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The concept of yin (female) and yang (male) making up a whole is ancient. Karen Armstrong suggests that it may come from the way people live...
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Women and Language
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The main difference between women and men, in my view, is simply that men are willing to put up with more abstraction than women. Men can wo...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Afternoon Knows
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In finding my path, I’ve promiscuously sought wisdom among both men’s and women’s writing. While the brain of humans is wired as dominantly ...
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