I’ve been thinking about how much the past 3.5 years reminded me of the assent of the dangerous demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy. This is why it is really important to know your history. I’ll be writing more about this when the site is fixed. PBS’ “American Experience” documentary about Joe McCarthy is deeply disturbing —…
Read More Trumpism Is the New McCarthyismElla: Forever the First Lady of Songfeaturing the Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton MarsalisSaturday, November 14 @ 7 pm EDT Virtual Ticket Price: $20 In 2017, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual gala celebrated Ella Fitzgerald’s centennial in what remains one of our most beloved concerts. Now, due to popular demand, we’re re-airing this special performance for the first…
Read More A Tribute Fit for the Queen of JazzI had some bananas which were very ripe so I made banana bread. Here is what I did. Using my stand mixer, I put 3 very ripe peeled bananas, 1 egg, and 1 stick of softened butter in the bowl. I mixed this on low until the bananas were completely mixed with the butter. I…
Read More My Banana BreadI’ve been looking at cookbooks and articles about making pancakes. Everyone seems to treat it as though it is some kind of rocket science, unobtainable to regular folks without detailed, involved instructions. So here is my method for making pancakes. I am making them for 2 but you can just scale up for more people.…
Read More How hard is it to make pancakes? Not very.What Makes a Man a Man? What Makes a Man Manly? Trump and Biden Offer Competing Answers What makes a man? Across generations, photographers have provided eclectic answers What Does It Mean to Be a Man in 2020? If a Man Has These 9 Qualities
Read More What does being a man mean?I know, I know, this is not nearly as interesting as politics. However, if you’ve ever had one of these maddening, itchy, burning infections, and don’t want another one, you might want to read this. The prevention part is really important. One thing they don’t mention is that often, if you have partner who is…
Read More What You Really Need to Know About Urinary Tract InfectionsTo be the Black mother of a child who appears white can raise all kinds of questions and comments from strangers. Even the “nice” comments are loaded with assumptions about beauty and belonging. By listening to her own family history, reading the narratives of women who raised children while enslaved in her home state of North…
Read More Raising Mixed KidsTips for protecting your space, while giving him a little of his own. By Beth Graham 1. The she-shed and the man cave; every woman needs a space of her own, not to have to lock herself in the bathroom for a luittle peace and quiet (we definitely need this) 2. Hobbies matter (his may not be…
Read More When Your Husband Retires and He’s Suddenly Around. All. The. Time.Ever since I began looking more closely at news reports and some of my neighbors, I’ve been thinking a lot about white extremism. This election and demonstrations rooted in outrage at continued killings of black people have caused a tsunami of news articles about violence across the country. Reading more closely, much of the violence…
Read More What Do You Know About White Extremist Groups?It’s time to end the myth that working mothers “opt out” of their careers to become stay-at-home moms, said Sarah Green Carmichael at Bloomberg. As the pandemic is making clear, “when women leave the workforce, they’re not exercising their options — they’ve run out of them.” In August and September, 865,000 women dropped out of the…
Read More The ‘she-cession’: Why women are leaving the workforce