"The only real access that I have to my mind is when I'm writing." – Kay Ryan
The month of May is one of the months when I have five Wednesdays available for posts. In other words, today’s is a bonus post. I won’t be fitting its content around my rotation of topics. As this post’s title notes, I’ve been feeling a bit…unmoored recently. Since I am a proponent of introspection, I’ve... Continue Reading →
At the top of my website/blog, I have a Kaye Ryan quote, “The only real access that I have to my mind is when I'm writing. I chose that quote because it felt like something that I’ve long thought and felt about my own relationship to writing (and reading). As a child, I was an... Continue Reading →
Although you wouldn’t know it from the photos I’ve used on my blog, I love sunrise/sunset photos. (And, my apologies to all my former chorus/choir readers who are now humming a Bock & Harnick tune.) I love the different colors of reds, oranges, blues, and purples a good photo can capture. I grew up in... Continue Reading →
This week, Jen sent me a couple of news articles that were quite unnerving. And, another friend dropped off a newspaper clipping that added to the worry. The first article Jen sent me is from NPR and reports on bias in the workplace against overweight and obese women. The second article Jen sent is from... Continue Reading →
This month’s reading list has been a short one. I’m still working on Isabel Wilkerson’s The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, which is a fascinating read. I’m learning a lot about the history of northern cities and how their racial demographics changed in response to Jim Crow laws. A... Continue Reading →
Ruth F. Simon 