And then I told him what twenty-something me took away from watching Anita Hill, although I could not have articulated it then.
Category: Family
The Confederates in My Attic
For our campus, this moment is a reckoning, a time to face the difficult realities that echo through our buildings, bubble up on our quadrangles, and that have remained hidden for far too long.
Just the Right Dress: A Mother’s Day Post
Okay Mom. Will do.
War Stories
Bless the ships at sea and the boys and girls in khaki.
What remains.
As my mother was dying, I came across the picture that accompanies this post, a picture I’d never seen before. I’ve looked at it over
The Dressing Table
Granted such a desire may seem strange. After all, it’s not 1964 and I am not a woman who spends time carefully preparing for a leisurely day of bridge and shopping. These days the dressing table seems a relic from another time, full of memories perhaps, but in no way a necessity.