*Catherine Cookson
I read her autobiography first: Our Kate, originally published in the early 70’s and reprinted 20 years later. It was an interesting memoir of a woman born illegitimately in 1906 to a working class family in Northern England, whose early life was coloured by strikes, illness, alcoholism, and most of all the stigma of being a “bastard.” With no education (she left school in her early teens), opportunities were few and as a young woman she worked hard at a series of miserable jobs, inc

*More Elephants
h/t Sue Steiner Posted in Uncategorized

*This Is About Bras
Let’s start with the word. It comes from French for “arm protector,” referring to military uniforms that morphed into breast plates. Hence the mighty brassiere that I remember from my childhood: steely, pointy, sometimes lengthy undergarments which extended into a girdle, stuffing everything in and keeping it rigid. As an aside, the current French term for a bra means throat support (throat being a euphemism for boobs in the land of France, which rhymes with pants, which the ladies spurned, at least according to the wisdom of my childhood peers). In ancient Egypt, women owned land and their breasts flew free. The

*Monday Nov 2/09
The Elephant’s Child, originally uploaded by B℮n. Click on the link above for more info on elephants in Laos.

*Yesterday’s Post in Song
Posted in Spirituality Tagged: Debbie Friedman, Lechi Lach