Humans have been human for many millennia. Our gods, in many ways, resemble us.Read More

With Women's History Month approaching, I took the opportunity to do a little research on how the field of women's history began.Read More

It was fun to discover a convergence of two diametrically opposed characters that brought together two independent strands of my writing.Read More

The year started with an exploding chestnut. So much for my plans for the first of January.Read More

My end-of-the-year list has nothing new, stylish or currently popular.Read More

It's cold in Boston as I write and I'm feeling cooped up. Maybe you are too. I don't have a magic fix but I think books can help.Read More

Like quilts and blankets, the history of America is composed of many strands.Read More

This month, I'm sharing an article I wrote for MS Magazine. Here it is, as it appeared on November 11.Read More

Yesterday I voted in Boston's mayoral election where there were two candidates, both women. A little more than a century ago, this could not have happened -- neither me in the voting booth nor women on the ballot. Upstate New York had a lot to do with making it possible.Read More

This month, I'm talking about art again. Actually, a book about art, The Mirror and the Palette, by Jennifer Higgie, where she covers five hundred years of women's self-portraiture, a genre women have long practiced, even if mostly under the radar.Read More