O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions (Psalm 104:24) Image from HD Wallpaper You can see the wisdom of God in the beauty of the Gouldian Finch, the Mandarin duck and the Toucan. Such details. We can see the love and …
The Golden Horned Statue
Image from Bagri Foundation Shahzia Sikander is a 53 year old Pakistani-American visual artist. Sikander works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, printmaking, animation, installation, performance and video. Sikander currently lives and works in New York City. I never heard of artist Shahzia until recently. She is known to me now because of her …
Breaking Ice Barriers
Image Source: Los Angeles Times “One day, a woman will make the National Hockey League, if no one prevents her.” This may seem a preposterous statement, but Quebecer Manon Rhéaume proved it in her own life. She was the first female goaltender to play for a boys' team. In 1992, she was the first and …
India’s Female Sugarcane Cutters
Image for representational use only. Image Courtesy : COUNTERVIEW.ORG Today, I was shocked to learn about female sugarcane cutters removing their wombs and was curious to find out why. A report by the Hindu Business Line revealed that seasonal migrant women workers have no other choice but to resort to hysterectomies so that they don’t …
In Washington
They were in Washington. They arrived Friday night and Shandra was relieved that she had her own room. After dumping her stuff off, she went to check out his suite which was massive. She had been worried that they would end up sharing it but there was a last minute cancellation and his agent, Mia …
Rallying the Soldiers
As absurd as it sounds, 16 year old Sybil Ludington was the female Paul Revere of the American Revolution. In 1777, she rode forty miles in a rainstorm to warn her father’s militiamen that the British were coming. While too late to save Danbury, the militia fought with departing British soldiers. Locals and General George …
Lunch With Shandra
Shandra looked at him. "Are you serious?" she demanded in a low voice. "Your girlfriend thinks that you and I have something going on?" "Yes, she does. I tried to tell her that there isn't anything going on between us but she doesn't believe me." "Well, maybe we should stop spending time together if it …
Undaunted
“Victoria, this idea of yours to run for president is extremely quixotic.” “Because I’m a female?” “Yes!” “Then, I shall be the first female presidential candidate.” 26 Words This conversation between Victoria Woodhull and a male friend is purely fictional but I was inspired to write about her, the first woman to run for President …
Professor Rinaldi
"Are you orbiting Orion?" Professor Rinaldi asked Bryanna as she moved around the statue, studying it closely. She was a huge fan of Greek and Roman Art. She turned and smiled shyly at him. "I've never seen this statue before," she replied. "Is it new?" "Yes. My sister, Melina brought it back from her trip …
You Are Unique
You made my whole being. You formed me in my mother’s body. I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way - Psalm 139:13, 14 I'm currently in a relationship with an older man. His name is Marek Dabrowski and he's my Sociology professor. It was in my first year at …
Notes to Women 