http://womensvoicesforchange.org Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:35:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-kindred-spirits.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-kindred-spirits.htm#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:29:38 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=11276 An attractive blonde, wine glass in hand, sidled up to my husband. I could tell she was smart. She subtly moved her gaze from one end of the room to [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-kindred-spirits.htm/feed 0 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-saving-father-christmas-from-kris-kindle.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-saving-father-christmas-from-kris-kindle.htm#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:41:50 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=10401 My office, right now, is a shameless jumble of multiple typed drafts of works in progress, random but important thoughts penned on index cards, carefully considered newspaper clippings, half-filled Moleskines [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-saving-father-christmas-from-kris-kindle.htm/feed 2 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-thicker-than-water.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-thicker-than-water.htm#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:48:43 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=9941 “Let’s have a family Thanksgiving,” I said to my friend Mary, “without any blood relatives.” It was a time a few years ago when I had had my fill of [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-thicker-than-water.htm/feed 0 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-dealing-with-the-dmv-and-other-tales.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-dealing-with-the-dmv-and-other-tales.htm#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:25 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=9464 My birthday in early October was not particularly noteworthy until I realized it was the day that my North Carolina driver’s license was to expire. For years, I renewed my [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-dealing-with-the-dmv-and-other-tales.htm/feed 0 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-freedom-sunshine-and-west-coast-casual.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-freedom-sunshine-and-west-coast-casual.htm#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:52:12 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=8907 My husband invited me to dinner last week. He made reservations at the finest restaurant in our neck of the woods: a white tablecloth sort of place, with a dining [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-freedom-sunshine-and-west-coast-casual.htm/feed 4 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-echoes-of-divine-harmony.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-echoes-of-divine-harmony.htm#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:31:12 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=8474 Henry’s extraordinary musical gift is filling the house again. It keeps stopping me in my tracks. His fingers move so easily — from the achingly beautiful deep sobbing of his [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-echoes-of-divine-harmony.htm/feed 2 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-talking-to-strangers.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-talking-to-strangers.htm#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:32:23 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=7894 In the newest installment of her column "The Compass Rose," Ainslie Jones Uhl writes about California's Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage, her own civil marriage in Brussels, and how random conversations with strangers can yield unexpected, important insights.]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-talking-to-strangers.htm/feed 0 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-living-incognito.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-living-incognito.htm#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:40:40 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=7253 One of the more surprising perks of our relocation from North Carolina to California has been the thrill of complete anonymity. I did not think I would ever see this [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-living-incognito.htm/feed 2 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-part-two-theres-no-place-like-home.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-part-two-theres-no-place-like-home.htm#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:56:45 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=7074 After a number of days of power outages and telephone disconnects, I finally got through to our son, Hart, whose 21st birthday was in early May. He has been studying [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-part-two-theres-no-place-like-home.htm/feed 3 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-view-from-the-south-wall.htm http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-view-from-the-south-wall.htm#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:12:25 +0000 Jones Uhl Ainslie http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=7027 The house sat facing the street, on a gentle grassy slope punctuated by liriope and ivy. The curving stone wall which graced the front boundary and each side of the [...]]]> http://womensvoicesforchange.org/the-compass-rose-view-from-the-south-wall.htm/feed 2