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Let’s talk about sexual harassment
Like many women I know, I have an extraordinary capacity to internalize anger. Maybe I was born this way; maybe this is how I was trained. As a proponent of the phrase talent gets you nowhere without training, I’m guessing it’s a little of both. The point is, I let things wash over me. The daily affronts…
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Season of Thanksgiving
Well, when I said I was going to check out for a while, I meant it! Last time I posted, the trees Kansas City were just beginning to turn. Now, the holidays are upon us! It’s been an extraordinary year, on all levels. I feel at once emptied out and renewed – as if the…
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The Never Ending Storm
Blog writing has been a challenge this season. All the things I usually write about seem trivial in the face of recent world events. Those affected by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria are facing a long and difficult recovery. I’d like to urge everyone to donate to relief efforts, if you haven’t already. Every little…
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Are we listening yet?
The devastating impact of Harvey has brought into sharp relief, once again, the lottery game we are playing with our planet. As Texas confronts catastrophic flooding, another tragedy unfolds in India: more than 1200 people are reported dead in the wake of the worst monsoon in 15 years. This on the heels of record summer…
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Autumn Portfolio
Classes start this week. In other words, we are five blinks away from Christmas! I’ve been blessed with a wonderful summer and am starting the new academic year rested and ready (more-or-less) to go. Two of my favorite courses are in this fall’s line-up: Introduction to Animal Behavior and Women and Science. When I was an undergrad, I…
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atonement
I’ve spent a lot of time this week processing the events in Charlottesville. I wasn’t surprised by what happened; anyone who knows history and has a little bit of common sense could have predicted what this administration would unleash. But even when you see the cracks in the wall, even when you know the dam…
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Independence Revisited
One year ago this week, I traveled to Costa Rica to sign my divorce papers. Today, I can reaffirm the old saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Because this thing nearly killed me. And now, I feel stronger for it. The years leading up to the divorce and the months following have been…
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channeling our inner Picasso
I had the extraordinary opportunity last week to visit the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. The museum houses one of the largest collections of his early works, and gives the visitor an excellent chronicle of Picasso’s development as an artist, from his teenage years all the way up through his later masterpieces. I’ve had…
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Kirkus Reviews ‘Daughter of Aithne’
I was excited (and nervous) last week to receive Kirkus Reviews’ assessment of Daughter of Aithne, the third and final installment of The Silver Web Trilogy. Nervous before I read it, excited afterwards. All three novels of The Silver Web have received positive reviews from Kirkus, but Kirkus seemed to like Daughter of Aithne best of all: “Thankfully,” the reviewer writes, “[Gastreich] ends her series with the…
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Cover Reveal: Daughter of Aithne
I’m delighted to announce that Daughter of Aithne will be released this spring in Kindle and print editions! Cover art and design for this third and final installment of The Silver Web is by Thomas Vandenberg, who also did the covers for the first two books in the series, Eolyn and Sword of Shadows. The image shows Princess Briana’s first encounter with…
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