Monthly Archives: July 2009

Book Openers: Jon Krakauer — He Hooks Me in Every Time

By Barbara | July 31, 2009

I don’t want to read a book about people dying on the slopes of Mt. Everest. I don’t want to read about murderous Mormon polygamists. Unless, that is, it’s Jon Krakauer telling the story. In which case, I’m hooked.

Posted in A Case of the Human Condition, Book Openers | Tagged book review, fundamentalist mormons, jon krakauer, mt. everest 1996, pat tillman, recorded books | Leave a comment

A Case of the Human Condition: Why Can’t a Dad Be More Like a Mom? . . . Do We Really Want Them To Be?

By Barbara | July 27, 2009

Have things changed? Are men taking on real child-rearing responsibilities? Or are they still just helping? Are women willing to cede some of the mom turf? Are they letting the guys choose the pediatrician? The car seats? The hair bows?

Posted in A Case of the Human Condition | Tagged dads who help, fathers, feminist parenting, men's and women's roles, mothers, sharing the housework, working moms | 2 Comments

A Case of the Human Condition: A (Female) Painter Named Squeak

By Barbara | July 24, 2009

Squeak Carnwath’s paintings strike me as consumately female. They muse, they introspect, they meander, they talk (lotsa writing on them) — like most women I know. On view at the Oakland Museum through Aug. 23, 2009.

Posted in A Case of the Human Condition, God Is Big | Tagged female art, feminist painting, oakland museum, squeak carnwath, uc-berkeley art | 1 Comment

The Scottville, Michigan, High School Football Team — 1929

By Barbara | July 20, 2009

A photo of the Scottville, Michigan, High School Football Team — 1929

Posted in A Case of the Human Condition | Tagged 1929, football, H.J. Hansen, high school, scottville michigan | Leave a comment

Book Openers: I Still Haven’t Figured Out How to Pray — But I’m in Good Company

By Barbara | July 20, 2009

“I am a failure at prayer,” author Barbara Brown Taylor confesses . . . Now there’s a woman after my own heart.

Posted in Book Openers, God Is Big | Tagged an altar in the world, barbara brown taylor, book review, karen armstrong, leaving church, paying attention as prayer, prayer | 2 Comments

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