Clik here to view.
on horsetails, clan of the cave bear, and technology’s timelessness
When horsetail ferns make their appearance in spring, I always think of Clan of the Cave Bear, which I first read when I was ten, and have re-read many times since. It’s the story of a little homo...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Back on the Horse
I haven’t been posting, but I have been writing. Pretty and presentable and curated hasn’t been moving me these days. Unstructured scribbles and snatches of song and a little black notebook and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ode to Thomas Cromwell
So apparently I’m addicted to writing sonnets now. I read Wolf Hall a couple of years ago and fell in love with the character of Thomas Cromwell, his shrewdness and diplomatic brilliance, his canny...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sometimes I Wish I’d Been Born a Boy in the Ancient World
Reading Mary Renault is dangerous. Immersing myself in antiquity as brought to life by Renault’s coruscating prose stirs up a nearly unbearable longing for another world. Renault’s protagonists are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joyous Childbirth Changes the World: A Review
“Women and men are totally different. They are different to the same extent that moles and foxes are different.” “Women working outside the home have mannish expressions.” “The coeducation system is a...
View Article
