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Pork Cake or Persimmon: Women’s Stories Evolve

March 13, 2015 by Janice Wilson Stridick

Pork Cake or Persimmon: Women’s Stories Evolve

                      I've always found groups of women produce fascinating stories and brilliant solutions. Whenever I am in a transition, there are women around me in the same boat. We bond, magnetically ­–like Spanky and Our Gang– and the tide pulls us forth. There was an early writing group I dubbed Ladies of the Lake (LOL); then another, Great Ones (GO); I convened a series of Goddess Brunches to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alice Steer Wilson, Blog, Food, Memoir, Mother's Burial, Mothers and Daughters, Persimmon Cake, Poetry, Publishing, Women and Creativity, Women's History Month, Women's Stories, Women's Studies, Women's Wisdom, Writing

Honoring Our Mothers; Honoring Ourselves

March 12, 2015 by Janice Wilson Stridick

Honoring Our Mothers; Honoring Ourselves

On Monday, I had the privilege of sharing stories about our mothers with ten women I've known through my writing circles, yoga, and teaching. Our mothers had names like Evangeline, Antoinette and Margery. They raised gaggles of children, cleaned house wearing spike heels, and had dinner ready for their husbands every evening. We said their names. We honored their struggles. We shared our own. I've heard from many more than could attend that the pain of unresolved questions about mother … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Food, Memoir, Mother's Burial, Mothers and Daughters, Persimmon Cake, Women and Creativity, Women's History Month, Women's Stories, Women's Wisdom, Writing

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