“Here she comes, running, . . . off the pedestal: chains off, crown off, halo off, just a live woman.”
–Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Having recently moved east of my Eden, from the Pacific Ocean to the Appalachian Mountains, south of the Mason-Dixon line from Northern California, from sixteen years of unyielding dedication to Title-I public schools to an unexpectedly early retirement, from earning a paycheck since I was fourteen-and-a-half years old and working up to three jobs in order to…
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Ms. Z is a veteran schoolteacher, a freelance writer/editor, and full-time working mother again, after accepting a supporting role at her child’s school. She recently moved from the San Francisco Bay to the Appalachian Mountains, where she is learning to live in the woods with bears as well as to enjoy the regular exercises of…
Remembering: May We All Be Boston Strong
From five years ago today, April 21, 2015: I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for having had the opportunity to be a small part of this event. It’s so much more than a race; just as Boston is so much more than a place. It’s mythical, like its iconic unicorn. It’s historic, like its city. It’s a…
