Showing posts with label Women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women. Show all posts
07 December 2012

The Date That Lives in Infamy

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Today commemorates the 71st anniversary of the surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the US naval base at Pearl H...
02 October 2012

"Nile" Frolics and Fantasies

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In another brief break from China travels, I would like to pay homage to a best-selling mystery writer who actually lives not too far from w...
18 June 2012

A Week of Women

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It's been some time since I've posted. Last week was busier than some have been recently. But it was also an eventful week for women...
11 May 2012

Unbecoming Swiss

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LOL, Michele Bachmann is requesting that her Swiss citizenship be withdrawn - less than two months after she acquired it! Here is a compil...
09 May 2012

Becoming Swiss

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Well, knock me over with a feather! Michele Bachmann , erstwhile (and crazy-eyed) GOP Presidential hopeful, has become a Swiss citizen, with...
22 April 2012

More Scandinavian "Noir"

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In an earlier post , I noted the growing fascination hereabouts with a genre broadly known as "Scandinavian 'Noir.'" The f...
23 March 2012

Too True!

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Bless you, Hillary!  Let us not forget this.
08 March 2012

International Women's Day 2012

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Today, 8 March, is International Women's Day .  I loved this design from HennaMehndi in India  and am reposting it here because it is a ...
04 March 2012

I Am Woman

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In the United States, March has the distinction of being celebrated as Women's History Month .  It is too bad that some of our politicia...
25 March 2011

Velvet and Amethyst

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Almost exactly a year ago, Friend D was visiting.  As I was showing her around this area, we stopped in the lovely little village of Céligny...
24 September 2010

Milestones

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About mid-August, HWMBO and I journeyed to Maryland's Eastern Shore to help celebrate a major milestone achieved by one of our friends,...
27 May 2010

"Les Justes" de France

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In yesterday's post, I used the expression " les Justes " to refer to the individuals associated with the Swiss convent who ga...
05 March 2010

Women, the vote and power

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I learned from today's print edition of the  Tribune de Genève that tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of women's right to vote in Ge...