“Every woman extends backward into her mother and forward into her daughter.”
Carl Jung
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Orcas, Menopause, and a Great Book
Photo credit Vidar Nordli-Mathisen As any woman in her late forties to early fifties begins to learn, menopause is the dumps! You revisit the worst parts of being a teenager, with emotions running sky high and grave low. You get zits again, and while periods slowly disappear, they can rage unexpectedly when you’re far from a…
Strawberry Gluttony!
June 29th is the official Strawberry Moon for 2026, which is not named for any reddish hue to the full moon, but to the abundance of strawberries this month. And what a harvest it’s been! The plants I bought a few years back have multiplied and spread so much that I’ve been consumed by and…
Naming Names
One of the fun parts of writing and making up lives is that you get to name everyone. So how do we authors think up names? There’s the old tip to walk around cemeteries and get inspired by the names of persons long gone, but I’ve never done that. Sometimes it comes to you in…
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