Betsy Ashton

#BackToSchool

By the end of July, I'd be anxiously looking forward to the first day of school, usually Tuesday after Labor Day. I know I'm weird, but I loved school. Meeting friends. New teachers. New subjects.My mother would let me pick out two new outfits. Only two, because we...
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#StayHomeAndRead

Like most of us, I've been doing a lot of reading and writing lately. My most recent book was Heath Hardage Lee's A League of Women about the wives who refused to stay silent while their husbands were captive in Vietnam. These women. who were raised in...
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Musings on Privilege

I used to think that privilege meant you had to have a lot of money, that you had to be born into the "right" level of society, that you had to be a mover and a shaker. I've grown out of those beliefs, because in the current environment, privilege has taken on an...
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What Unties Us

You read that right. It's not a typo. I've been thinking about how unmoored, how unanchored, how adrift so many of us are feeling about now. Forgive the nautical metaphors. I live on a lake, so I can't help but think about water. Anyway, with the vast majority of us...
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#LookingBack at 2020

Jan 6, 2021 |

Do you remember...Oh, stop rolling your eyes. This is not an "OK, Boomer" post. It's about 2020. Do you remember when...

A Rerun of a Classic

Dec 22, 2020 |

'Twas the Night Before Deadlinewith apologies to CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE 'Twas the night before deadline, when all...

#Election2020

Oct 29, 2020 |

If you're like me, you've had it up to here with all the election noise clogging the ether. Vote for my guy. Your guy...