Go with the Flow
Posted on Friday, October 28th, 2011
At the end of August, Kate and I drove to New York City. The trip was going smoothly as we approached the exit toward Brooklyn where a worker and three orange cones blocked the way. [...]
continue readingTalk About Sex
Posted on Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Planned Parenthood once told me a woman is lucky if she has only a few unplanned pregnancies during her fertile years. I started menstruating when I was ten, and didn’t stop until I was 55. [...]
continue readingAccept Autumn
Posted on Thursday, September 15th, 2011
I watched a full moon rise the other night, riding my bike home from yoga. Fall is nearly here. I’m not thinking of snow coming in a few months. I’m not thinking of snow. No [...]
continue readingPlant a Garden
Posted on Monday, June 6th, 2011
I’m gardening with the Earth Heroes from Carver Community School‘s Boys and Girls Club this season. When I first saw how little these mostly second graders are, I thought there’s no way they can farm [...]
continue readingFight Poverty
Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2011
I recently purchased a Community Action Poverty Simulation Kit from Missouri Association for Community Action, and I’m doing my first program with it tomorrow. It took me about six months to make the decision to [...]
continue readingPush the Edge
Posted on Thursday, February 17th, 2011
We just did our fifth, Internet-based radio show–We’re Entrepreneurs. We Can Help–Women on the Edge. For several months, I played around with the idea of a weekly radio show. Then last fall I asked my [...]
continue readingCreate Safe Spaces
Posted on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
During the year I taught school in the early 1970s, some of the kids in my 8th grade homeroom became good friends, and often stayed after school to talk. A couple years later one of [...]
continue readingWork for Equal Pay
Posted on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law–The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. It extends the rights of women and other minority groups, to sue for equal pay for [...]
continue readingLearn about Money
Posted on Saturday, February 20th, 2010
I’m STILL learning about money! During the last nine months, I’ve written checks bigger than I thought possible for remodeling my house, putting in a new driveway and front porch. It’s really exciting to be [...]
continue readingStart Your Business
Posted on Saturday, January 16th, 2010
I think I’ve been a frustrated entrepreneur my whole life, so developing Next Step, Inc. has been an exciting adventure. When I was in high school, a lot of people thought that girls could only [...]
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