I’ve settled into a kind of quiet, floating existence. My evenings are punctuated by silence and the vast spaces of acres of farmland out my front door, and inside it: the emptiness of a large, sparsely decorated room. The farm is a phenomenal environment for perfection of craft; I can imagine no reason ever to rush anything. Indeed, I spend [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Life on the Farm, Part 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged solitude on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life on the Farm
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged home on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is home?
I just ushered a tiny green frog out of my cottage and found myself longing for home. I have enjoyed the past week in small-town Georgia, living on a cooperative farm and working for a housing non-profit. But as I thought ahead to the next two or three weeks that I’ll remain here, [...]
Re-defining Sexism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Election, Hypocrisy, Politics, Women on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
sex-ism: noun. When a woman is dissing the credentials of another woman, and a man doesn’t like it.
For a few days, journalists have been dissecting what little information they have on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Even National Public Radio, which tends to shy away from personal information about public candidates (in comparison to cable news), [...]
