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"LISTENING is one of the greatest gifts we can give to each other."        --Julie Maloney, Founder/Director, Women Reading Aloud How much there is, we know nothing about. Everyday, there is something new to learn.  Read more >

Zoe Artemis was of Greek heritage. She had family still in Greece. When I last spoke with her, she was excited, to the point of being effervescent, about her tours to Greece. She took groups over in the summer, introducing them to places and people that only someone with connections would have.She had the most compelling web site on her travels and tours. The photos were nothing short of "yummy." One look and I was ready to get a passport and meet her over there.  Read more >

When I first knew Zoe, I was the one who belly-danced. I took belly-dancer for great exercise and camaraderie in the late 1970s. I never danced professionally, although I did act as a "wardrobe mistress" to a couple of dancer friends who did.  Read more >

Zoe Artemis considered herself a New Feminist. It's a concept I have long held as my belief.Many of those who were active in the Feminism of the 1970s grabbed onto the idea that to be equal, women had to be like men. Some women chose to dress in gray pantsuits; some even wore ties, thinking that would level the playing fields in the male bastions of business, medicine and law.  Read more >

We interrupt the previously scheduled program on the Divine Feminine to kvetch about KID GERMS.Oh my GOODNESS! I am just now returning to life.Remember, never let your child out of the house to play with other kids, because they might catch Kid Germs.Having our food lives more in order, eating strictly organic, drinking raw milk and eating grass fed beef, we are basically never sick. Any hint of sinus or pollen allergy is taken care of by washing the inside of our heads with the Neti Pot and we dare bacteria and viruses to come calling.  Read more >