Yard photos: Before
Here are the handful of photos I took of my “Place in Nature” for my Ecofeminism independent study class: my front yard before I’ve tried to make it any healthier. I’ll post more photos as things get better! ;)
Here are the handful of photos I took of my “Place in Nature” for my Ecofeminism independent study class: my front yard before I’ve tried to make it any healthier. I’ll post more photos as things get better! ;)
The apparently overwhelmingly powerful need to control women which some men appear to have is painfully expressed yet again in a form which is recorded by anthropology professor Barbara Tedlock’s research for her 2005 book Woman in the Shaman’s Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion & Medicine. Granddaughter of an Ojibwe midwife and herbalist, and…
Argh. It’s the little things that trip you up when you’re trying to focus on some huge project like a thesis. For example, I’ve realized that if I don’t nibble something every four hours or so, my blood sugar crashes. This would be no biggie, except my behavior also changes in such as way as…
It is 11 September 2011, the ten year anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11. Many people have spoken and created many moving eulogies to those who died on that day. I’ve also heard of interviews with survivors, including one man who was among the only four who survived despite being above the 100th floor of…
Reflections To sum up: if you (generalized you) have not thought through why you believe something, it may well be difficult (although not impossible) for you to explain your reasoning — especially if the belief is not based on logic. Also, if you hold conclusions based only on emotion, you will most likely find it…
Is it just me, or is it always easier to remember the disparaging things you’ve heard about yourself? For that matter, why is it always so hard to remember the good things you know are true about yourself? I know I’m intelligent, and I have friends I trust who have given me many sincere compliments…
Written in the same year, Life’s Daughter/Death’s Bride by Kathie Carlson is an elegant example of both remembering and re-membering primarily the mother and daughter goddesses Demeter and Persephone, from the ancient Greek myth of the rape of Persephone. Carlson first deeply explores the myth in the most ancient and original forms she can find….
Oh! Thank you, Lou, for the correct name on those plants! Also, re the yard: I figure it has nice bits… I just have to draw them out and emphasize them a bit more, y’know? :)
Yes, it’s not a very nice place right now, is it? I’m sure some attention can make it nicer.
They’re not gardenias. They’re geraniums! I just remembered! I haven’t posted for days because I couldn’t remember that word.