Poetry Sunday:
“Elegy with Civil War Shadowbox,” by Jane Satterfield
“Elegy with Civil War Shadowbox” is a meditation on the challenges of memorializing war.
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From Firebrands to Quiet Dynamos:
Nine Heroines of the Battle for Women’s Rights
In honor of Women’s History Month, we reprise the stories of nine daring, implacable women who challenged—and helped to dismantle—the laws and traditions that constricted American women’s lives for hundreds of years.
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Knowing Your Value: When to Stay, When to Leave
If you don’t value yourself, you are vulnerable to staying too long in a bad situation.
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Brave Girl Rising and Period. End of Sentence:
Short Stories that are Changing Women’s History
Women all over the world are changing history for themselves, their peers, and future generations in sometimes small and quiet ways. Two of these less glamorous but equally inspiring stories have been made into compelling short films.
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Take Care, Daylight Saving Time is Today
Be careful this week. Scale back commitments. Be more mindful of accident prevention and practice really good sleep hygiene habits.
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Poetry Sunday:
“For Jane,” by Joan Baranow
This is a sad poem, readers, but one that offers its own comfort, something we need now more than ever.
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Women’s History Month:
Women of Color Make History
As Women’s History Month begins, I am struck by a shift in the conversation about diversity and race.
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‘The Invisibles’
'The Invisibles' is a movie filled with compassion and bravery. We are left admiring the wherewithal of four brave young people who defied the odds and lived
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Eye “Doctors” and Eye Examinations
Whether you have your eyes examined by an optometrist or an Eye MD, may depend on your needs, access, what type of eye disease you have, and/or costs.
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Poetry Sunday: “Dear March – Come in”
by Emily Dickinson
March is an important harbinger of seasonal change and new life. I hope this sweet poem will blow into your day like a gust of wind, chilly and wet, but also with a promise of spring coming soon.
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Delay of Gratification: Too Much of a Good Thing
One of the sneakiest, most pernicious forms of self-deprivation involves timing. You don’t outright deny yourself the idea of self-loving action, but you put it off for later.
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Oscars 2019: Less Host, More Diversity
This year's Academy Awards took steps to reinvent itself, recognizing that viewing habits are changing and that Hollywood needs to represent more of America — more women, more blacks, Latinos, Asians, and immigrants — in the films and filmmakers it honors.
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Congestive Heart Failure in Women
This week’s post addresses the concerns of a 53-year old woman who has suffered heart failure. Dr. Allen has asked cardiologist Dr. James Blake, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, to describe the diagnosis and treatment of early congestive heart failure, especially in women.
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Claudia Rankine:
“Some years there exists a wanting to escape…”
The first time I read "Citizen," I kept putting it down. At some point, though, it occurred to me that some readers never, ever get to put that book down. So, I finished it, read it again, then did some thinking about why I initially found it hard to read.
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When Politics Rocks a Marriage
As polls show that more women are jumping into politics and more female voters are supporting them, I wonder how many other marriages are being rocked by the political chasm we are facing.
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Preview: The 2019 Academy Awards (#OscarsSoComplicated)
After all the confusion, the big announcements and immediate reversals, The Academy Awards has more than usual to prove this year.
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Ten Ways to Keep Your Heart Healthy
Research shows that up to 90 percent of heart disease can be prevented by changing one’s diet, exercising more, and maintaining a healthy weight.
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911):
“The Slave Mother,” “On Learning to Read,” and “Bury Me in a Free Land”
In deference to Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s extraordinarily prolific and largely unsung writing career, I am offering three poems here today.
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‘Capernaum’: Sheer Heartbreak
in the Streets of Beirut
Calling it a "good film" seems incongruous, given the tragic subject matter. But other words come to mind: wondrous, stunning, strangely and irrationally beautiful.
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Is Daily Aspirin Right for You?
New Information Helps Refine the Answer
In the past, aspirin was recommended as a cornerstone for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, in modern medicine, risk factors for cardiovascular disease have been better controlled with an emphasis on lifestyle modifications and newer classes of medications.
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Poetry Sunday: “Chocolate,” by Rita Dove
The way the chocolate acquires agency in the poem and becomes capable of deliberately and actively arousing desire is the beginning of the speaker’s identification with it.
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Becoming “Woke” at 65
I have enjoyed steady economic stability and freedom from hardship, and have taken it for granted more than I should have. In recent years, I have become even more aware of how insulated I have been from many obstacles others face by the simple accident of my birth.
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‘Scenes from the Heartland’
Timeless Tales of a Time Gone By
Although the stories in 'Scenes from the Heartland' take place nearly a century ago, the individual characters' emotional lives are all too familiar and contemporary. What may be the most common theme is struggle and how a person maintains his or her dignity in its face.
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