Pens and Swords

As proven once again this week, the sharp crack of gunfire and the rattling of sabers is no match for the sound of pencils and pens scratching ideas and ideals across parchment. Whether your power comes from word or picture, essay or cartoon, as the symbol of this week’s tributes of solidarity have shown, the pen remains,…

Written on the Body

I am not particularly lady-like.  I clean up well, but I am more motorcycle boots and faux fur hats than court shoes and pearls.  I am relentlessly fair, but not particularly thoughtful.  I am the one forever apologizing empty-handed on the doorstep.  My house is Virgo clean but my towels don’t match.  I am loud,…