20 Favorites of 2019
I've once again chosen my most popular posts of the year, based on your views, comments, Tweets, and Facebook likes/comments.
I always do appreciate your support and your comments - what was your favorite? — Sallie
Bare-Breasted
Let’s begin the New Year with a salute to an astonishing woman, Agnes Sorel, the “acknowledged mistress” of the French king Charles the Seventh.
Mary Oliver Is Dead
Her gift seems simple and yet it is neither simple nor common but the “confiding intimacy” of her great poems.
W.O.W.
I immediately recognized the originality and daring of a kindred spirit.
Two Spirits
Two Spirits have always walked among us, unrecognized and, at least in the past, often reviled.
Sometimes It Takes a While
Several decades ago, I became aware of the work and life of Enid Yandell, a Kentucky-born, Paris educated sculptor whose statues I used to see at various ceremonial points in
Nearly Lost
The first issue, of course, is to level the playing field so that women have the same opportunities for education and performance as men.
Letting Go of Apache Mesa Ranch
Continuing to own an unproductive piece of land at the end of a terrible road broke through several layers of my dreams—or where they delusions?
When a Great Woman Dies
When a great woman dies, we need to think about her again and again.
At Last
In Manhattan last week, I was finally able to assure myself that The Silver Swan: In Search of Doris Duke, will be published next spring.
Legacy of Harm
Doris Duke must at least have wondered if her generosity, in all its forms, could ever compensate for the destructive effects of nicotine addiction.