Travel for me usually means that I’m working, either making a presentation or hearing others give theirs. But this month I treated myself to a vacation that included places and people who stimulated and inspired me in different ways.
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Aug. 24, 2014
One day while rummaging in a box of old photos, I came across a set of pictures of a cat who was my companion animal back in the 1990s, when I was “between husbands.” I enjoyed reminiscing about Toto (as I named him, because my own name is Dorothy), especially because he provided me with unexpected experiences.
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July 30, 2014
Adventures in eating: I’ve had two recently, one of them because of my occasional forays into the elegant restaurants on Fifth Avenue in Naples.
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July 14, 2014
Creativity need not be confined to fields like history. It’s just as satisfying when it takes place in the kitchen. I rank my vegetarian cookbook, Meatless Meat, published in 2001, as one of my most creative projects. And I’m still experimenting in this field. Continue reading “July 14, 2014”
July 1, 2014
A writer is a writer, even if that person isn’t writing on his or her usual subject. I love writing about baseball history. But that isn’t my only interest, so I write on other subjects, too. Continue reading “July 1, 2014”
May 4, 2014
It’s always refreshing to discover that a person known to history did normal things as a child. I have just discovered, for example, that Alice Stone Blackwell, a 19th-century Boston activist and the daughter of two famous woman suffragists, played baseball as a teenager.
April 15, 2014
Children are still being taught that baseball history equals the exploits of a few excellent male players.
Feb. 14, 2014
A lot of girls say baseball is their favorite sport. They love playing it. If so, why do girls drop out of baseball?
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Feb. 6, 2014
Margaret Fuller of New England was a woman before her time. In 1844 she wrote a book advocating that women be permitted to follow their interests even if those choices led to non-mainstream choices of employment.
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Feb. 4, 2014
The history of men is always available. But public records of women’s activities are seldom made. So each generation of women has to find out for itself what happened to women before.
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