by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD
It is so easy to focus on the things that go wrong on a daily basis — the petty annoyances of daily life — and yet [...]

by Laura Sillerman
At this age, I feel as though I’ve made them all: Lose 15 pounds (done), master the yoga headstand (undone), learn to speak Italian (undone), forgive those [...]

Agnes Krup, a literary agent, had a not-so-wonderful Christmas in 2004. This year, she is embarking upon a travel adventure in New York City, where she lives. Notes from New [...]

by Laura Sillerman
I went in, in my bathing suit with big cotton pants rolled up to my knees.
Went into the 47-degree December ocean. Went in with 740 other [...]

Agnes Krup, a literary agent, had a not-so-wonderful Christmas in 2004. This year, she is embarking upon a travel adventure in New York City, where she lives. Notes from New [...]

Carol Muske-Dukes is real, but almost too good to be. Poet, essayist, novelist, and, above all, teacher, she is a woman’s woman. She is true to the poet’s obligation to [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD
First "French Women Don’t Get Fat," and now a French woman may become the next president of France.
Despite the fact that French politics have been controlled [...]

by Douglas A. McIntyre
Judi Dench is onstage this holiday season playing Mistress Quickly in "The Merry Wives of Windsor." The production is at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. As [...]

by Faith Childs
Winter’s approach is a reminder of the impermanence of everything, of the constancy of change. Shorter days, darkness at five o’clock. Root vegetables and foods that fortify [...]

by Agnes Krup
Editor’s note: A diary of Agnes’ travels, a "vacation at home" in New York, will appear on Women’s Voices for Change the week of Dec. 25.
Two years ago, [...]