Mozart had a sister who played as masterfully as he but Nanneral was married off, a career cut short because Ms. Mozart was a “she” Ros Franklin spent her whole career X-raying DNA but Crick and Watson got the Prize using all her work along the way The French Queen never said that…
Tag: art
Castle on a Cloud
Like many, I waited to see if a piece of history would be leveled. Paris and Hugo and Hemingway. Bells and bell towers, hunchbacks and fear of the marginalized. Asylum, refuge. And above all, the infuriating human trait of naiveté. ***** We humans, sacks of blood and bone, architects of these castles in the sky,…
Notes From a Train
Not long ago I was on a train to London with my son. As soon as he sat down, he reached for his phone. For a few minutes I let him snap his chat and insta his gram. After all, there are streaks to be kept up, Mom. You just don’t get it! He’s probably…
To All the Women I’ve Never Had a Chance to Know
For all the inventions that might have made my life better, brighter, or easier but were never made because a woman never got the chance, this is my lament. For all the female comedians I never got to laugh at, all the women authors I’ve never had the chance to read, who were never taught in…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 