As this year comes to a close (some might say thankfully), I’ve once again chosen my most popular posts of 2017, based on visits, comments, Tweets and Facebook likes.
I always do appreciate your support and comments – what was your favorite? — Sallie
My Family
Acting Christmas
Something in our basic human nature calls for ritual celebration with other people, even if the other people are strangers.
Eating Alone
Last night I noticed how a repetitive task—each leaf pulled off the stalk, dipped in French dressing, and eaten—demands a particular sort of attention.
Digging In
Certainly my methods of research are sometimes unorthodox… but I am not saddled with the literal-minded over-reliance on facts that a PhD sometimes confers.
Women
Why I Didn’t Get Pregnant
We have spent several decades trying to undo the pernicious syndrome that blamed the victim for these attacks… but our attempts falter when common sense is thrown to the wind.
My Harveys
My story is in different ways horrible from the gross physical attacks perpetrated by men I would not honor with the term, “sick.”
Ugly Words
The only possible solution is radical, and like all radical ideas, it is impractical and idealistic, like some of the programs that will be cut.
Doris Duke and Rich People’s Secrets
Our culture is unjust because we, its citizens, are satisfied for it to be that way.
Kentucky
Adventurer / Adventuresses
The threats we still face from the dominant culture, the insults and violence, have not stopped us. We still go for the outer air.
New Mexico
We Did It
On Wednesday, the Santa Fe City Council passed, unanimously, a resolution reaffirming our status as a Sanctuary City and spelling out exactly what this means.
Saving a Dream: Making a Ranch, Apache Mesa NM
An escape, a refuge, to write my next two books seemed not a luxury but a necessity…
We Have Done It Before
We rounded up men who had committed no crimes, on suspicion only. We are doing it again.
Politics
Tea Cake
There is something about Donald Trump that makes his misogyny, vulgarity and ignorance seem not only amusing, perhaps somehow alluring.
Girl vs. Bull
I know Doris Duke would have enjoyed seeing the statue of a little girl confronting the bull of Wall Street.
One Beakful at a Time
I’ve found a solution to these times that will work for me, and perhaps be helpful to all of you. It’s the example of the hummingbird.
We March / We Dance
Let’s all smile as we recognize that the violence of this backlash represents the enormous progress we women have made in the past century.
Writing
The Silver Swan: Searching for Doris Duke
Changing the title of my biography of Doris Duke, especially after more than six years of work, is a big deal.
Doris Duke Goes to Press
My relief in learning that The Silver Swan will be published next June prompts me to rejoice like old-time newspaper editors when the daily edition was put to bed.
Wonderful. Have a great year.
Dooley
Thank you. I so enjoy your thoughtful work and will enjoy reading these again. Love and peace. 💜
Loving the simple elegance of your Apache Mesa house. It is perfect in every way.
Wishing you a New Year of joy and many blessings
Love,
Belle