Raclette – a Franco Swiss Favorite For 400 Years
Natives living in the French Savoie region or in the Swiss Alps will argue ’til the cows come home over who first invented raclette, but everyone who tries this traditional cheese/potato dish agrees it’s great. Raclette is thought to be at least 400 years old and remains popular today. For centuries, herders in Europe’s mountainous […]
How International Women’s Day, Title IX and Sterling Basketball Tie Together
Today, March 8, 2025, is International Women’s Day! Coincidentally, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day as part of the International Women’s Year in 1975. That same year the Title IX (June 23,1972) Amendment stipulated full compliance with the law. Title IX transformed education for women. After centuries of discrimination, the landmark civil rights […]
Another Birthday, A Promising Path.
Yeah! I made it. Another birthday. Another year. But it is getting harder to hang in there. I am falling behind in the race to survive. I want to walk as far as my feet will carry me, sing as loud as my voice will rise and write as fast as I can before I […]
Hometown Teams Unite Us in Divisive Times
While Americans fear for our future during this time of national turmoil, the Sterling Golden Warriors basketball team unites us and gives us something to cheer about. Sisters of the past (and brothers who battled with them) remember the struggle. From the suffragettes to civil rights, from Wade vs. Roe to Title IX, we must […]
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