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sisterhood woven together through time

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Sisterhood Woven Together Through Grandmother’s Song

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  • September 15, 2018

We gathered at the top of the hill in the building called the WIG, taking off our shoes on the porch and entering barefoot. The pine boards were cool beneath the arches of my feet. Last year at this time, we had joined Otha Day for a drumming circle. There was sisterhood woven together with…

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Painting from Dance, Draw, Write

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My Childhood Spirit was Awakened with Dance, Draw, Write

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  • September 12, 2018

If someone had said to me that attending a facilitated session called Dance, Draw, Write would overwhelm me with emotion, or that I would rediscover a part of my childhood spirit, I would be extremely skeptical. There I was Sunday morning, the last day of women’s weekend, saddened by the knowledge that in a few…

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Older Women Dancing and Living

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Older Women Dancing: So Long as I am Alive, Let me Live

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  • September 9, 2018

I was supposed to get to camp much earlier Friday morning than I had arrived. As that morning went, nothing was going according to plan. By the time I did check-in, I had already missed the morning sessions, but I had arrived in time for lunch where my weekend would be kicking off with a…

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legging rules

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Legging Rules and Imperfect Feminism: Ladies, Pick Your Crotch, Wear Leggings

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  • August 30, 2018

I saw a woman picking her leggings out of her crotch and I thought that’s kind of disgusting and then I noted how she probably shouldn’t be wearing leggings to begin with. At least not with such a short shirt. This breaks one of my legging rules. Now before, you jump all over me, I…

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jeans with zippers

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Guess What I Discovered Inside My Zipper and No It’s Not My Lady Bits

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  • August 16, 2018

Guess what I discovered inside my zipper? And no it’s not my lady bits. I discovered those decades ago. Inside my zipper I discovered a patch. Not that kind of patch either. (You’re dirty-minded, aren’t you?) It’s a patch of fabric running vertical that says “lucky you.” Now, I bought these jeans over a year…

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