Struck by how many articles are surfacing about the *surprise* that many high-status “warrior” graves turn out to be—gasp!—women. Such as here, here, and here.
A restored archival video of Hebridean women waulking wool with song. I never tire of watching this.
And finally, a poem for this week by poet, activist, and Harlem Renaissance salon host Georgia Douglas Johnson:
The Heart of a Woman
The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on, Afar o'er life's turrets and vales does it roam In the wake of those echoes, the heart calls home. The heart of a woman falls back with the night, And enters some alien cage in its plight, And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars While it breaks, breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars.
A view of the fiery sunset at midnight as I arrived back in Anchorage a couple weeks back…
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Julian Hawthorne's opinion of Margaret Fuller doesn't jive with his dad's opinion of her, according to other Hawthorne biographers. I tried to find an article I recently read that claimed both Nathan and Julian had some unresolved mommy issues.
patrick! have been thinking of this and that exchange when i posted it! 😂 have been reading a recent biography of margaret fuller and louisa may alcotts mom and have so many things to think about--so rest assured i will make good on that exchange!! 👍
Julian Hawthorne's opinion of Margaret Fuller doesn't jive with his dad's opinion of her, according to other Hawthorne biographers. I tried to find an article I recently read that claimed both Nathan and Julian had some unresolved mommy issues.
https://library.northshore.edu/Hawthorne-Literature/Women
so interesting. cannot wait to read more of this.
Still above all - no pressure😰
Patrick
Mar 2
Freya,
The link re: Sophie Thoreau set me to wondering have you ever written anything about Margaret Fuller? No pressure but March is Woman's History Month
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Freya Rohn
Mar 2
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o my goodness i’ve been meaning to write about Margaret! YES! 👏 Love that you reminded me. 💜
😂
patrick! have been thinking of this and that exchange when i posted it! 😂 have been reading a recent biography of margaret fuller and louisa may alcotts mom and have so many things to think about--so rest assured i will make good on that exchange!! 👍
👍👍
I know you'll crush it!!
o the pressure! 😂
💞💞💞 ... so many women worries, and that poem 💔!
i know--it’s brutal and also too real for so many. 😬
Far, far too real