Category Archives: Education

Art and Wine — They Go Together!

Posted on July 16, 2013 by This Woman Writes

My alter ego writes weekly for Fine Art Views, a daily newsletter for artists and art lovers. This Week’s article is the second of three articles about the art and wine scenario: Last week I introduced the concept of art, and wine, … Continue reading →

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Day Jobs and Daydreaming

Posted on June 3, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From the Start Your Week with Steve Newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “This last weekend found me in Joseph, OR, judging the Wallowa Valley Festival Arts Exhibition, a regional art show encompassing the inland Pacific Northwest. “I was struck … Continue reading →

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Chickens Don’t Do That

Posted on May 13, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From Start Your Week with Steve, the weekly newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “From everything our son, the family expert on chickens, has read, certain breeds go broody and hatch chicks, and certain breeds don’t. Our son … Continue reading →

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Chickens, Dish Washing, and Keynesian Economics

Posted on May 10, 2013 by This Woman Writes

You know, you wouldn’t think that Sicilian Buttercup chickens would have much to do with the U.S. economy, healthcare — yours or society’s — or even whether to wash your dishes by hand or use a dishwasher, but they really … Continue reading →

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Wind Power — for and by Small, Ordinary People

Posted on April 23, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Sunday I spent the entire day reading. For hours and hours I absorbed myself in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, co-written by William Kamkwamba, the proponent of the tale, and Bryan Mealer. I was drawn to the book at my … Continue reading →

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Harvesting Rainwater and Harnessing Wind

Posted on April 22, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From the Start Your Week with Steve Newsletter — Steve Says: “They say that if you’re married to someone long enough, you eventually start to look like them. They say that about dog owners and their dogs, too, so I … Continue reading →

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Kombucha Adventures

Posted on April 12, 2013 by This Woman Writes

I’ve been making Kombucha. I know, it sounds like a song that you sing around the campfire, but it’s a fermented black tea that sits around on the counter top, quietly revolutionizing itself into something totally unlike anything we consume … Continue reading →

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Group Think — It Doesn’t Necessarily Involve Thinking at All

Posted on April 4, 2013 by This Woman Writes

I’m a knitter. This is a fairly solitary occupation, in that you don’t need to be part of a team to do it, and it’s fairly doable to get good at this without classes, seminars, workbooks, DVDs, and weekly meetings. … Continue reading →

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Just a Dumb Housewife

Posted on March 29, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Years ago, when the Norwegian Artist and I decided that I would stay home and raise the kids, this was not a savvy, astute, wordly-wise, shrewd, smart decision. Back in the 80s, when women could do anything they wanted, by … Continue reading →

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Learning Spanish by Studying Greek

Posted on March 25, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Excerpt from the Start Your Week with Steve newsletter, a free weekly e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “Years ago, Carolyn and I lived in Pamplona, Colombia with Colombian friends. The house was an alleyway with a tin roof … Continue reading →