
This Princess is No Sleeping Beauty
My reference to this Princess is not an argument against being a passive heroine. Or that women should avoid being caught in “the male gazeâ€* and stay there. Or that ladies should not be in waiting for rescue by a prince. While it’s true I neither believe nor advocate being any of these things, I’m...

Sleeping with Ancestors, Mantic and Romantic Dreams
When I say I sleep with my ancestors, I mean I dream of them. I dream of the ancestors I know, or rather knew, fairly frequently. Although I now suspect I dream of ancestors I never knew, too, but I don’t recognize them as such because…well, largely because I don’t recognize them. Jax and talked...