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It’s an old story with a predictable plot line, but every year we’re a fool for April all over again. Her gentle little showers, her abrupt mood changes, her sudden sunny smiles. We walk around with flowers and foolishness on our minds, wandering through a haze of pollen and possibilities. Yes, we think, this is the year
We’ll Plant a Garden, lose weight, go on a pilgrimage. Hope and pheromones are in the air, as if Mother Nature was drunk on an estrogen/ testosterone cocktail. Who cares whether our schemes come to fruition. There’s still rain to be walked in, tender winter skin to be bared, fern-furled woods to get lost in, love songs to be lived, the Holy Fool card to be played, life to be juiced. Get your
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I’ve never done anything in my life on time. I got married way too early at 17, started college at 30, held my first professional job at 35, dropped out at 42 and started a business at 50. My timing sucked, or maybe it was just right for me—I’m never quite sure. My life seemed to progress by fits and starts.
cover Artist
heels, to run for office
Gayle Kabaker
or run a marathon,
Gayle calls herself a creative
to form our own
spirit and is thrilled to be able
rock groups instead
life: college, career, happy-ever-after. Forget the fact that barely anyone
to design and illustrate from the
of being groupies, to
I knew had that going on—I wanted normal! And if I couldn’t have that,
Berkshires of Western Mas-
shatter Glass Ceilings
I thought that the passage of time would at least make me a “finished”
sachusetts. From starting out
and Glass Slippers, to
person, a grown-up who could rest on her laurels. Or maybe simply rest.
in San Francisco as a fashion
shoot hoops instead
Turns out those new wall calendars I purchase every year have nothing
illustrator to recently promot-
of settling for hoop
whatsoever to do with my internal clock. The one that runs on soul
ing concerts in the Pioneer
skirts. The ones who
Valley, she says she’s been lucky
came before us made
to explore many passions and
it possible for our
is happy to share them with
daughters to dream
whoever asks! What gets Gayle
bigger, to have the
most excited is coming up with
chance to grow up to
solutions to all types of chal-
be President and turn
lenges—reworking a website,
the Oval Office into
promoting a project, directing a
the Ovary Office. In
From the editor
film or just brainstorming ways
the United Skirts of
Some people say they find their answers in the bottom of a wine glass, at the end of a long run or
to get more business. Her work
America, every day is
after listing pros and cons. My epiphanies and aha! moments invariably come while traveling. I don’t
is used in lots of different ways:
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I’d make great leaps forward and then stagger sideways only to somehow get back on track. I often longed for a more predictable trajectory for my
power rather than batteries doesn’t know my “real”age; it thinks I’m always just beginning. When I mutter “too late,” it chimes in with Never!. When I try to hit Snooze, it wakes me up with an insistent new idea. It might not be the standard timeline I longed for, but it’s reassuring to be reminded that right now is the time of my life.
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know what it is about the open road or a busy airport, but I have a list of decisions longer than my arm that I have arrived at while in transit. Sometimes I wish they came in a more logical or scheduled manner, but overall I’m content with the fact that I have to physically get away from a situation in order to see clearly. Doesn’t it make sense that staring out an airplane window at boundless clouds gives
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f-word [ Feminism Free-For-All ]
“Women are not making it to the top of any profession anywhere in the world. The numbers tell the story quite clearly. One hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, 13% are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top, C-level jobs, board seats—tops out at 15-16%. The numbers have not moved since 2002 and are going in the wrong direction.” Sheryl Sandberg, COO & highest paid employee of Facebook.
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A new report from the Women’s Media Center shows that women have made few inroads in leadership roles in media despite the fact that they are entering journalism school in record numbers. And not surprisingly, stories about women in the news are rare as well. The report shows that just 21.7 percent of guests on Sunday morning news talk shows were women in 2011, while just 24 percent of news stories worldwide were about women.
In March, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ruled to exclude Planned Parenthood from partipating in the Women’s Health Program, a federally funded program that delivers $9 from the feds for every $1 spent by the state on women’s health. When Texas decided to exclude Planned Parenthood, Medicaid informed HHSC that it would be violating the guidelines of the program and would
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provide abortions but only those providing contraception
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In Chaucer’s world, “Aprille” was the month his characters went on pilgrimage, and in spring, I too yearn to go
somewhere else, be someone exotic and adventurous. I dream of places I’ve loved—Hawaii, London, Mendocino — and places I’d love to see
for the first time— Croatia, Moorea, Australia, the Wild West.
Conventional wisdom says you can’t
change
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what if you can?
Taking an oil painting class with local artist Leslie Pratt-Thomas transported me to a realm where the only reality was the smell of the paints, the colors on the palette, time put on pause. pratt-thomasstudio.com
I love piñatas, papel picado banners and tissue-paper flower garlands. I’m adding Caitlin Holcomb’s handmade Forever banner to my collection—it fits right in. Sending her a giant hug in her recovery from illness and hoping she feels better FOREVER. nice.etsy.com
I’m fascinated by tarot cards right now, especially the Fool, which Wikipedia says, “...is the spirit in search of experience. He represents the mystical cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world.” I need me some of that.
On Constant Replay: Jeff Beck’s version of “Elegy for Dunkirk” (from Atonement) feels like it’s being played on your heart strings instead of guitar strings. It’s music for a rainy night spent thinking of loss and love.
Nikki Hardin is the founder and publisher of skirt! magazine. She blogs at fridaville.com.
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