A good part of the truth of this story is way it took you the 52 years of living to get to the point of knowing what you’d found. Lives well lived, you know. There are tiny tiny baskets woven from tiny feathers that are created by one of the Northern California native american groups. When I watched them weaving, I commented that none of the women were young who were doing this beautiful work. They laughed. It seemed they didn’t even bother to show anyone how to weave these baskets until they were at least 58 years old. Good stuff, Ms. B.

The question in my mind is, why on earth does anyone with bat-sense give a flying rat’s ass what Dr. Laura (and Dr. Phil, for that matter) think about anything. Of course, the other question would be, what is/isn’t HE doing that would keep HER close to him?

Virginia Woolf, truly Shakespeare’s “sister,” and one of the great political thinkers of all time. Her Three Guineas and A Room of One’s Own should be read by anyone with a pretense to being literate. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. In addition to a public lifetime of public service, she was a practical, kind, and compassionate activist. She shepherded one of the most important documents in human history, the universal declaration of human rights, through ratification by the United Nations. She was chair of the committee, and in fact, wrote much of it. A true spirit in the tradition of Thomas Jefferson, except on a global scale. St. Clare, St. Francis’ good friend and compatriot, and founder of the order of Franciscan Nuns, who cut off her hair and cast aside her life as an Italian noblewoman — if for no other reason, as a symbol of all the brilliant, talented, beautiful women of history who are simply ignored and then written out of history. Shao Fei. Exiled to hard labor during the cultural revolution and forbidden to work, she resorted to painting on the linings of clothes at night. In the morning she would wash the paintings out so she would have something to paint on the next night. I would chisel her in stone so that we would remember her determination and courage, as well as the simple truth that there is some art worth dying for.

If they had real lives, they would know the difference.

Well, as my dad used to say, “If you lie down with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas.” It’s really her business to decide all this, and I just wish her luck. But of course the real question is, why are we talking about the sex life of this guy? Our sitting president has screwed the entire world. To me, that seems a more pressing matter to look into

Oh, ferheavenssakes! What woman ISN’T more qualified than Ronald Reagan? And I thought the irony prize should be retired permanently when the Shrub awarded Nelle Harper Lee the Medal of Freedom…. Since he’s probably the only person in the United States who never actually read To Kill a Mockingbird. There have always been women as qualified as the men who sat in the oval office (and got blow jobs, and snorted coke and whatever else the boys do in there….). Eleanor Roosevelt certainly was a match for any of them. Ann Richards was as shrewd a horse-trader as her fella Texan, Lee-un-don. Marietta Tree could go toe to toe with Adlai Stevenson, so who couldn’t she match? Shirley Chisholm was a force of nature. And does anyone not know that Mrs. Graham ran Washington from her livingroom for years? ‘There are thousands upon thousands of women qualified to be President. Senator Clinton, however, is the one most qualified to deal with the current mess. After all the total crap that has been slung at her over the past 30 years, she still gets up, brushes her teeth, gets dressed, and does her job. The only person currently running I would want anywhere near the Chinese government or the Saudis. While I’m at it, I think we should stop calling her “Hillary.” She is Senator Clinton, and it is a way to denigrate her status and the respect she deserves for earning that office. As in, oh, she’s a senator, but that doesn’t really matter, because she’s just “Hillary,” Bill’s wife…. Nope, sorry, the proper terms (check this with Ms. Martin, please) are President Clinton and Senator Clinton.

Essentially if you don’t think you’ve met an angel, you’re not really paying attention. They are everywhere, and do amazing things constantly. I believe they also take over and inhabit us at times, such as when great artists speak with the voice of angels, they are, in fact, really speaking with the voices of angels. Be silent and listen. They are most probably with you right now.