The Gendered Division of Labor
I have been an outlier for as long as I can remember on issues of family and work. To me, the strict separation of work life and family life seems not only artificial, but damaging as well. While my thoughts on this are not yet solidified into a coherent stand point, I believe they are […]
Are We Lying to Our Daughters?
“We Lie to Our Daughters”. A good friend and colleague told me this a few years ago, when I was sharing a painful story about being judged by another woman for the choices I made in my life. I had a faint idea of what she meant then, but the more I venture into my […]
Lessons of a Cherry Tree
When we bought our house, one of the features that captured my heart was a 70 years old cherry tree in front of our living room window. The tree is a last remembrance of a Cherry orchard that sprawled our neighborhood before it was turned into, well, our neighborhood. Our tree, it turned out, was […]
Recalibrating Values
As soon as COVID-19 hit the stage in all its microscopic glory the commentary began: this is an opportunity to reinvent yourself! Newton would not have discovered gravity if he wasn’t SIP under that apple tree; this is YOUR time to finish that quilt, take that online course in analyzing mammoth databases, find your true […]