Tag: The Culture
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Gender and Writing
Monsters & Dames: Slow Day in the Labyrinth, a photo by quirkybird on Flickr. I came across this wonderful illustration and it seems to sum up a few of the thoughts I’ve had lately on gender and writing. There’s been a lot written about the under-representation of women in the broad literary community. Most recently,…
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The year of painting dangerously
As I wiped my brush idly over the deck rails, I thought: I could paint for a year, the house would look magnificent, and that could be a goal. The fence is 85% painted, the last 15 % being that which can’t be reached by any ladder in our possession, even standing on tip toe. …