I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.
–Sharon Olds
What She Said, July 30: Sharon Olds
Crime of the Month: Being a Maskhole
Why did it take me till July 30 to write the Crime of the Month? It’s not hard to find crime. Look to your left. Look to your right. Look at Portland. […]
What She Said, July 29: May Sarton
Do not deprive me of my age. I have earned it.
–May Sarton
At The Root: Hair Envy
The downside of all the Zoom conferences I’ve been on lately is my renewed focus on my hair. I’ve been self-conscious about my hair loss for years now. I have friends who think bald men are sexy but no one I know thinks balding women are.
What She Said, July 28: Ellen Bass
It’s a hard time to be human. We know too much and too little.
–Ellen Bass
What She Said, July 27: Ilyse Kusnetz
Sometimes time is like watching whales
breach fearless with instinct and practice,
as you and I learned to be
day by day, moment inside moment―
moving toward each other like memory
passed one body to another.
―Ilyse Kusnetz
(from the poem, “Sometimes Time”)
What She Said, July 26: Fran Lebowitz
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
― Fran Lebowitz
What She Said, July 25: Adrienne Rich
She died a famous woman denying
her wounds
denying
her wounds came from the same source as her power
―Adrienne Rich
(from the poem, “Power”)
What She Said, July 24: Anna Quindlen
I am changing his diaper, he is kicking and complaining… he weighs little more than a large sack of flour and yet he has laid waste to the living room… No one cares about order, he is our order, we revolve around him. AI look at his… face and unfocused eyes and fall in love with him… and think… I will do anything for you as long as we both shall live, world without end, amen.
―Anna Quindlen, from NANAVILLE
What She Said, July 23: Meghan O’Rourke
How long will the light go on?
Longer than you. Still you ought to live like a city,
rich and fierce at the center.
―Megan O’Rourke
(from the poem, “Halflife”)
The Gloria Sirens 