I am continually learning, of course, that it really is all right to do as I see fit. I learned at various points that my doing as I see fit might be challenging to people slightly less confident than I, and that it would be cruel of me not to defer to that so that … More Ich habe gelernt…
Now I am in a post at Historiann’s, which is an honor. Historiann’s title for my post, part of her feminist series Lessons for Girls, is “Romance Is For Your Pleasure and Enjoyment.” I offer a revised and expanded version of it here. First I have an hors d’oeuvre: since 1986 men have been trying … More Lessons for Girls 16: Romance is for Fun. And: Hold On To Your Computer, House, and Car.
1 Amorzinho, lua nova, rica fruta de pomar. quem será que tira a prova do vinho do teu lagar? It has been a hard day. 2 I am streaming New Orleans radio live. Jazz, fireworks and white clothes on the Bay of All Saints. Olodumare let me reflect your brightness this year. A new year … More New Year / Cravos de Papel
This Brazilian house has in it a book in English, published in the seventies, on how to meditate. I am reading it, in part for the information and in part as a period piece. It says you should not use techniques or continue with teachers that feel wrong to you. I found this remarkable because … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Old Fashioned
I have said it before, and I will say it again: I should have started writing this book years ago, because I have amassed far too much material. Had I written more about some of it earlier, I would not now be wanting to stuff all of it into every piece. So I was really, … More Writing on Writing
We are going to have a major cultural event right here in my neighborhood. This should be a lovely opportunity for me, but I am trying to figure out how to escape the noise it might make and the rough characters who may be present. Today’s main headline in the city newspaper is: drug traffickers … More Die Welt Ist Ein Ghetto
I am now much happier than I was when I started this post because the electrician came and fixed the electricity. Now I can, for instance, take a tepid, not a freezing shower if I want to, and if it is dark, I have light in the bathroom. This is after twelve days. That, perhaps, … More Academic Monday: What Do You Need?
Oriana Fallaci was the first person I heard say you cannot negotiate with terrorists, and as we know, the question there is who is a terrorist. But it is a fact you cannot negotiate with abusers. If you remember this, you can safely extricate yourself from an abusive situation — if you have somewhere else … More Oriana, Olodumare
The authors of this text in its original form spoke in enlightened words. The original is lost, but the scribes wrote it down in its first tongue. Already in Christendom, they used Latin letters. This is Christmas Eve, the true birthday of she who now performs the ancient text. I woke up happy and rested, … More In Freedom Now
Please contact me if you know how to hack into Facebook, because I want you to hack into my account. I am blocked from it because my IP is now in Brazil. Since I did not list my true date of birth in Facebook and cannot remember what date of birth I alleged to have … More I Need A Hacker
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