“Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” ~ Barbara De Angelis For the last few days I’ve felt restless. It feels like big changes are coming. I guess it’s time to take stock of my activities, not that there are that many, but, IContinue reading “Summer Break”
Category Archives: Inner life
Unrelated Lessons This Week
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” ~ William James “We can’t understand when we’re pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for aContinue reading “Unrelated Lessons This Week”
On Misogyny
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in the calm waters all our lives.” ~ Jane Austen, Persuasion “When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.” ~Continue reading “On Misogyny”
What I Know So Far
“Our true person is outside of time and space, but looking at the paperwork, I can, in fact, see that I was born in 1954. My inside self is outside of time and space. It doesn’t have an age. I’m every age I’ve ever been, and so are you …” ~ Anne Lamott The otherContinue reading “What I Know So Far”
Take a Breath
“He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.” ~ Lech Walesa “It’s television’s version of taking a deep breath … a very long, very slow, deep breath. It’s called “Slow TV”, and it’s a smash-hit in Norway.” Seth Doane, CBS Sunday Morning “Being at ease withContinue reading “Take a Breath”
Sage Woman Chronicles 