Barbara Ehrenreich. Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. Barbara Ehrenreich thought there was something strange going on with the smart middle-aged people she knew. They seemed to be obsessed with their bodies in a novel and unexpected way, exercising frequently, assessing the value of every bite they considered, and obeying every preventive measure offered by doctors. “I did not share this obsession, I will admit,” she says on this episode of The World in Time. Annual visits to the doctor, constant medical tests—it all felt futile, or at least unnecessary. “It's in my nature to question everything,” she explains, “so in each case…I would do some research, and see if this indeed did any good.” Lewis H. Thanks to our generous donors. Tabatha A. Yeatts. What is Poetry Friday? Poems and poetic ideas, suggestions, and morsels for students, teachers, and language lovers of all ages.
To receive weekly notices when Poetry Friday is updated, send an email to tabatha@tabathayeatts.com with "Poetry Friday" as the subject.Tabatha's main pageVisit Art ThursdayCurrent Poetry Friday herePoetry Friday from 2008Poetry Friday from 2007 I love quilts, so I got a big kick out of Anna Grossnickle Hines' poetry books that are illustrated with quilts. She is a persistent and patient woman -- two of the quilts in Winter Lights took 400 hours (each) to make! My hat is off to you, Anna. They are gorgeous. Friday, December 18, 2009 I obviously have a thing for William Stafford's work, because this is the third time I have turned to his poetry. When You Go Anywhereby William Stafford This passport your face (not you officially, your picture, but the face used to make the passport) offers everyone its witness: "This is me.
" A link to info for teachers Bitter much? Sir Terry | Terry PratchettTerry Pratchett. Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing dies aged 94. Edgar Allan Poe, short stories, tales, and poems. Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) | The Lantern Bearers | AMERICAN ART Auction.