Category Archives: History

Caring For The Already-Born

The Soul of a Country

The other day this thought popped into my head: Mother Russia is weeping for her children, and has been for many years. This impression that the soul of Russia is maternal began in the third grade when I read a book of Russian folk tales. Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago, followed by Dostoevsky and a summer of… Continue Reading

I Vote Because

You bet I vote. I vote because once upon a time people who were born female were not allowed this privilege. It’s not a perfect system and many would say I am wasting my time, but right now it’s what we’ve got. I vote as much for the women who came before me as for… Continue Reading

Our Lady

Nope, not Catholic. Or French. But I have always loved Notre Dame Cathedral for the history and the architecture and the skill and the art of her builders. I imagine the thoughts and hopes and prayers and dreams of the workers infused into the raw materials. What were they thinking as they crafted something most… Continue Reading

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