Betsy Ashton

#ARoomofOne’sOwn

Let's face it. We are spending more time in our homes than in offices or other places of work. We use our own space, our own toilet paper, our own food. We will be looking for new uses for the space we currently occupy. By that, I mean, we look for places we can set...
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#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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#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...