The "Glinting" Edition
Dear all,
I have really become a spring/summer person. I really have very little use for autumn. And I’m trying to cancel winter —I have climate change on my side but everyone else seems to be fine with him, like Michael Jackson and other celebrities. So even in very early spring, I’m happy to try to get a jump on the summer season. But it’s a gutsy pick to do that in the Northeast in Mid-April. And it’s even gutsier (or stupider) to do it by opening an (uninsulated) beach house.
Here in this beach community it is all about regular house-opening things like turning on the water and taking the dust-covers/sheets off all the furniture and objects. But it’s also about wondering how many weeks it will be pleasant to live with all the outdoor furniture and Weber Grill in the living room and the wagon and all the bikes in the downstairs bedrooms. Plus the no heat thing. But on the other hand, the daffodils are blooming and the ocean, which keeps getting closer and closer despite the best efforts of the Army Corps of Engineers, didn’t wash the entire house away. So those are real positives.
I’m not complaining about this beautiful life or really about anything. It’s just amazing to me that it’s never trite to re-realize that nature is impossible to defeat. The cold and the wind, the heat and the humidity, whatever it is. Not something I have any impact on. Last week’s eclipse was commercialized — people took expensive and traffic-filled trips to get their best spot and tell everyone about it even while it was happening. But even a moment of actually experiencing it was truly awesome.
Well, so long— I’ve got to go back to sweeping dust, dirt, and sand out of every crevice and surface in this place. That will work up a sweat, hopefully.
Then I can relax and finish one of the two books I’m reading, conveniently in one of any number of deck chairs in my living room or perhaps while I use one of the many beach bikes downstairs like a Peloton in a spare bedroom. I will report back on my Book Group of one’s opinion next week.
‘Til then, you can read in whatever chair you like, all the most important news of the week about women in politics, business, the arts, fashion, sports and pop culture. Have fun and enjoy some nature, maybe above 50 degrees (inside) and away from howling wind (outside).
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The Pic(k) of the Week:
Here's a chart showing total points (x-axis) and assists (y-axis) by all 9,719 D-I basketball players (men and women) this past season. Caitlin Clark is the green dot in the top right corner. via Secret Base/Stathead
NCAA Women Beat Men In Finals Rating For The First Time—But Got 99% Less Money via The Wall Street Journal
Angel Reese Declares For The WNBA Draft…In Vogue via The New York Times
POLITICS:
Will An 1864 Abortion Law Doom Trump In Arizona? via The Political Scene Podcast via The New Yorker
BUSINESS & FINANCE:
Here’s What Retirement Looks Like For Single Women In America via The Wall Street Journal
CAMPUS CLIMATE:
Teen Girls Confront An Epidemic Of Deep Fake Nudes In School via The New York Times
CRIME, PUNISHMENT, & POLICING:
O.J. Simpson Died The Comfortable Death In Old Age That Nicole Brown Should Have via The Guardian
Sexism, Hate, Mental Illness: Why Are Men Randomly Punching Women via The New York Times
Virginia O’Connell Was A Pioneer In Policing via Ms.
TV:
The Top 50 Greatest Female TV Characters Of The 21st Century via Digital Spy
MUSIC:
Mannequin Pussy Set Loose From Big Tech Jail via The New Yorker
POP CULTURE:
Tradwives, SAHGs, and The Impossible Dream Of Feminine Leisure via The Washington Post
SPORTS:
First Stadium Built For A National Women’s Soccer League Team Opens In Kansas City, Missouri via Nice News
The Winningest Coach In College Basketball History Retires via Go Stanford
THE CLASSIFIEDS:
The Wing Sells Women Themed Book Collection For $2000 via Facebook Marketplace
OBITUARIES:
Lorraine Graves, Pioneering Harlem Ballerina, Dies at 66 via The New York Times
Eleanor Coppola, Who Chronicled Her Family’s Filmmaking, Dies at 87 via The New York Times
…AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT?:
50 Years Ago, Her Book Took On The Wine Patriarchy. It Still Holds Up. via The Washington Post