Being asked to go to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to tell them about myself and about inventing the very first sports bra back in 1977 was a humbling moment. Actually many humbling moments. Many moments because we took time during that trip to D.C. to also visit the National Inventors Hall of … Read More
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Fear
For a class I am taking, I was required to read Tim O’Brien’s piece about the Viet Nam war, “The Things They Carried.” My eyes kept skimming past and over the words. I didn’t want those images in my head. Couldn’t have them; I didn’t want more iterations of fear/anxiety inscribed in my space. Especially … Read More
Poem, Prayer, Legacy
A Child’s Prayer By Louise S. Jenkins Dear Lord of Love I feel you near And know that through the coming night You will guide my dreams and keep me safe To Wake up in the morning light I am just a little girl, dear Lord But I pray with each new day To make … Read More
Advice by Ruth Stone
The following comes to us from a Vermont poet I had the pleasure of meeting years ago, first through a mutual friend and then again when she taught at the Green Mountain Writers’ Conference, a yearly conference I often attend to keep my writing tools sharpened and creative juices flowing. I share Ruth’s poem here … Read More
Alone or Surrounded?
The artist Louise Bourgeois famously stated, “You are born alone. You die alone…” And this has been embraced into the lexicon of folk wisdom ever since. She was wrong. Or rather, I disagree. First of all, how can we be born alone when we spend our first 9 months inside our mother’s womb, being so … Read More