For an essay in progress, I’m reading A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong. She writes about myth, as in the ancient stories told to explain the human experience and its meaning, and not myth, as it is commonly used today as a synonym for “lie”. It’s striking me that literary essays and myths [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Of Essay Writing and Myth Making
Posted in Daybook, On Writing and The Media on February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Canadian Honey — About.com
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, Canada Travel, On Food & Drink, On Places & Travel on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Honey, slowly spooned into a bar glass — could there be anything quite so lovely? From my perch at the pounded metal bar at TOCA at the Ritz Carlton, I could not think of a serious competitor for the beauty of that backlit pale amber syrup. While the smartly dressed clinched their coats and whooshed [...]
Hawaii – About.com, Perceptive Travel
Posted in Alison's Portfolio, On Places & Travel, Travel to Islands, United States Travel on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sunset from the cottages at Travaasa, Hana, Maui, Hawaii, the Pacific Ocean, the United States. This was the last trip of 2011 for me, and it was a very good one. Many more stories are coming from this trip — in the works, a story of a mule that hated me, and a love affair [...]
Impossibly Elastic Sexual Violence
Posted in Daybook, On Politics on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This has been bugging me ever since I read it. A new CDC study attempts to quantify the number of people in the United States who have been a victim of rape and sexual violence, which includes stalking and “intimate partner violence”, a broader definition of domestic violence, and coercion involving reproductive health. The report [...]
