Teachers

June 14, 2015

Teachers are everywhere. I’m not talking about the kind found in academic institutions here.  Though upon reflection, I’ll not rule them out, either.  But teachers really are everywhere in our lives — whether we like to admit it (or recognize them) or not. Just the other day, there was a human interest sort of story … Read More

Blunders

May 17, 2015

I have been yelling and screaming at the people around me.  A veritable temper tantrum.   Now I am trying to remain hidden from them all, feeling threatened.  I am curled in a ball under a table with some sort of thin netting over me.  It is hardly adequate, but I am banking on the … Read More

Women’s History – Jogbra, another chapter

March 29, 2015

(The following is a continuation of a blog written on March 1.  If it is difficult to follow the story below, it might be helpful to read March 1 first…) Before Women’s History Month 2015 ends, I thought I’d contribute another chapter in the Jogbra story.  So often, I get asked to tell this tale. … Read More

Seeking Serenity in the Suburbs

March 1, 2015

I don’t know when it began.  Maybe when I was a child and we lived out in the country of New Jersey.  (Yes, New Jersey had lots of countries back then — we couldn’t see another house from our second-story windows).  I would wander in the woods around the house and talk to the trees. … Read More

Women’s History Month & Me

March 1, 2015

Two things have occurred recently that brings me to the page today:  March being Women’s History Month and the Smithsonian Museum of American History contacting me about my role in that history. Really?!  Well, yes — but it is so very nice to have the Smithsonian recognize it! “…the sports bra revolutionized women’s sports more … Read More