Category Archives: News

Bicycling to South America, or Just Down the Street

Posted on May 20, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From the Start Your Week with Steve Newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “I have bicycled to and through South America three times. The longest trip, taken in my 20s, started in Alaska, ended in Argentina, then continued as Ted … Continue reading →

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Customer Service and Too Many Male Kiwi Plants

Posted on May 17, 2013 by This Woman Writes

If you’re looking for a basil plant, or oregano, or even rosemary, you can pretty much announce this on the city sidewalks and someone will shove one of these into your hand, but if you want a tarragon plant, even … 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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The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift

Posted on May 8, 2013 by This Woman Writes

So. You need to find Mom a Mother’s Day gift. The perfect one would be nice, but every year this eludes you. I mean, what do you give this woman who bore you in the midst of great pain — … Continue reading →

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Light and Hope versus Darkness and Despair

Posted on May 6, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From the Start Your Week with Steve newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “In art school, we were repeatedly told to find our own style and paint it, which sounds like great advice if only the people giving it had … Continue reading →

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Artisan Cheese and Twinkies

Posted on May 3, 2013 by This Woman Writes

You’ll be happy to know that the batch of cheese I’m working on this morning is turning out much better than what I made on Sunday. I know. I didn’t tell you about Sunday’s failure because I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Deception, Deceit, Dishonesty — Is This Our 3-D World?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Younger women — under 35 — may find this odd, but not so many years ago, a married woman did not appear on a credit card account as a real person. As the wife of her husband, she was presumably allowed … Continue reading →

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Your Lawn and Your Life

Posted on April 30, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From the Start Your Week with Steve newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “Before we lived in the country, we lived in town, and one year I decided to rework the entire backyard lawn with a maddox. Carolyn … 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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