May 2013 Archives
ENTERTAINMENT
Strawberry Wine By Lee Adams
$15.95 Paperback, 6 x 9” • ISBN 978-0-9849588-9-4
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Ten years have passed since Tanya Smith’s last summer at Laurel Lake—the summer of Marie. Today Tanya is a confident, successful music promoter—a far cry from the naïve seventeen-year-old who showed up at the lake full of rosy notions of first love, lifelong friendships, and evenings spent sipping strawberry wine on the shore.
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Ten years have passed since Tanya Smith’s last summer at Laurel Lake—the summer of Marie. Today Tanya is a confident, successful music promoter—a far cry from the naïve seventeen-year-old who showed up at the lake full of rosy notions of first love, lifelong friendships, and evenings spent sipping strawberry wine on the shore.
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Game of Thrones: Not for the Fairer Sex?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few years, chances are you’ve heard of HBO’s show Game of Thrones. Based on the beloved series of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, the story revolves around the Iron Throne of Westeros and the noble families of that land who are vying for power. (It pains me to sum it up so starkly.)
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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists salutes POV's female filmmakers with award
New York, NY – May 2013 – The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ), a membership organization of leading women film journalists and critics from across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, announced seven nominees for a special EDA award, created to celebrate POV’s 25th anniversary.
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The “Rethink” Remedy for Single Women Over Thirty by Lori Shea
The “Rethink” Remedy for Single Women Over Thirty by Lori Shea takes an honest look into an issue that plagues our growing population of unmarried women and pushes its female readers to completely revamp their perspective on ’30 and single’.
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Fish-Eye Lens by Jody Rathgeb
$15.95 paper; 158 pages, 5.5″ x 8.5″ • ISBN 978-1-883911-01-0 • Fiction
When Cherry arrives on the island of East Taino as part of an ecological documentary film crew, she has two things on her mind: proving to her boss and male colleagues that she can handle anything they can throw at her; and figuring out what to do about her husband back home, whose notions of wifely duties have become increasingly stifling.
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Busting Out: A Documentary on Breasts and Their Place in American Society
Review by Caitlin Duffy
Depending where you are in this country, raising the subject of breasts will earn you scandalized distaste, an awkward silence, or a dirty leer. And yet, boobs are everywhere in the media. They peek out at us from the covers of magazines, adorn billboards, inspire restaurant chains. And the commercials Victoria’s Secret airs today?
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Pyramid of the Lost World by Sandra Page
$14.00, Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5” • Middle-Grade Novel • ISBN 978-0-9859358-1-8
When Carly Sullivan’s mother agrees to let Carly and best friend Zoë accompany her on an archaeological dig, the girls are ecstatic. Three months in the jungles of Guatemala helping a team of archaeologists unearth ancient Maya artifacts—it sounds like the perfect adventure.
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The Santa Beacon by Graham Gardner
$19.95 Hardcover, 11 x 8.5” • Children’s Book • ISBN: 978-0-9859358-0-1
It’s Ava’s first Christmas away from home and she’s excited to spend it with her Grandmart and Pop Pop and all her fun cousins. But how will Santa know where to find her?
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It’s Ava’s first Christmas away from home and she’s excited to spend it with her Grandmart and Pop Pop and all her fun cousins. But how will Santa know where to find her?
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The Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen
Review by Caitlin Duffy
[Taken from the dust jacket.] Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne's life and an illuminating look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is Anne so compelling? Why has she inspired such extreme reactions? What did she really look like?
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POV25: PBS Presents Different and Insightful Perspectives
In a nutshell, POV is a collection of acclaimed point-of-view documentary films, subjects ranging from Katrina survivors to light pollution to the story of a family of deportees. New documentaries are added all the time, older ones are often re-broadcast (you can check your local listings on the site), and there are usually a few films streaming online for free as well. Check it out and while you’re there, maybe give regular old PBS a look as well. Never know, you might find some interesting stuff there.
HEALTH
Think You're Healthy? Would You Know If You Weren't?: Oncologist Offers 7 Tips for Increasing Awareness
Not too long ago – just after World War II – few people in the United States brushed their teeth with any regularity. Now, the mere thought of going an entire day or night without brushing one’s teeth is simply out of the question for most.
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A Brief Look at Alternative Medicine
With interest in alternative therapies and holistic medicine on the rise, Women’s Sourcebook sat down with Donna Duffy, certified massage therapist and alternative medicine enthusiast, to learn more about the different types of treatments in this growing field and discuss some of its misconceptions.
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FOOD
foodē: A Farm-to-Table Restaurant
Joy Crump, chef at foodē a farm-to-table restaurant at 1006 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, has shared one of her favorite recipes. The recipe showcases foode’s philosophy: the freshest, in-season local produce makes the best dishes. Give it a try! Or better yet, visit foodē at 1006 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, (540) 479-1370.
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LIFE
Mastering Life Balance: Achieving Greatness at Home and at Work
5 Tips from Former Businessman of the Year
People are overwhelmed with the complexities of their own lives and are desperately seeking a way to maximize happiness in their home and work lives, says Gary Kunath, an entrepreneur, speaker and former CEO who works with some of the world’s top corporations and business schools.
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Taking a Chance: Leaving the Fast Lane for Slow Food
By: Roberta Schlicher
A few weeks before foodē’s scheduled opening, stark reality hit Joy Crump and Beth Black. The opening of their farm-to-table restaurant in Fredericksburg, Virginia, was in jeopardy. Having worked killer hours for the past five months, including meticulous planning of their finances, Joy and Beth were broke and had no viable options. What to do?
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A few weeks before foodē’s scheduled opening, stark reality hit Joy Crump and Beth Black. The opening of their farm-to-table restaurant in Fredericksburg, Virginia, was in jeopardy. Having worked killer hours for the past five months, including meticulous planning of their finances, Joy and Beth were broke and had no viable options. What to do?
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6 Unconventional Things You Should Do to Save Your Marriage: Many Tips about Marriage are Wrong, Says World-Renown Expert
The lifelong probability of a marriage ending in divorce is between 40 and 50 percent, according to PolitiFact.com’s estimates. Couples in trouble often seek advice from friends, family and counselors. But global marriage expert Mort Fertel, creator of the Marriage Fitness Tele-Boot Camp and author of “Marriage Fitness,” (www.MarriageMax.com), says much of the advice couples get is bad.
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How Female CEOs Can 'Lead with Impact' 3 Ways to Set Yourself Apart from the Competition
A record number of women are Fortune 500 CEOs. Women are launching businesses at 1.5 times the national average. There are now 8.2 million American women running their own companies. “The numbers are notable,” says executive and business coach Debora McLaughlin, author of “The Renegade Leader: 9 Success Strategies Driven Leaders Use to Ignite People, Performance and Profits.”
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PROFILES
Eloise Edwards: Still Dancing After All These Years
by Catherine Green
Sinking into the chair, Eloise Edwards props her legs up after a long afternoon of dance instruction. At age 87, she teaches five classes per week, two fitness and three dance classes. And when she isn’t teaching, she’s working out at home, going through her ballet routines. How does she continue to live such an active life? The answer is simply because she loves to dance.
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Sinking into the chair, Eloise Edwards props her legs up after a long afternoon of dance instruction. At age 87, she teaches five classes per week, two fitness and three dance classes. And when she isn’t teaching, she’s working out at home, going through her ballet routines. How does she continue to live such an active life? The answer is simply because she loves to dance.
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Writing Truth
by Taylor Denecke
What drives an author to write a novel is no less than a visceral need to share a story, to impart some previously unstated wisdom upon the world, and this was exactly why Lee Adams began work on Strawberry Wine (Belle Isle Books, 2012). She was setting out to create an account of the experiences of a living organ donor, something she was about to experience herself.
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What drives an author to write a novel is no less than a visceral need to share a story, to impart some previously unstated wisdom upon the world, and this was exactly why Lee Adams began work on Strawberry Wine (Belle Isle Books, 2012). She was setting out to create an account of the experiences of a living organ donor, something she was about to experience herself.
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Milkbones, Mothering and Multitasking
by Roberta Schlicher
Sitting in her sleek contemporary office at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Brand Center surrounded by the latest technology and kinetic energy of eager students, Professor Caley Cantrell revealed an unexpected side – children’s book author. In the newly released book, You’re Bringing Me a Baby?!, Cantrell and illustrator, Sarah Berkheimer, share the whimsical journey of a worrywart dog’s acceptance of a new baby in the house.
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Sitting in her sleek contemporary office at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Brand Center surrounded by the latest technology and kinetic energy of eager students, Professor Caley Cantrell revealed an unexpected side – children’s book author. In the newly released book, You’re Bringing Me a Baby?!, Cantrell and illustrator, Sarah Berkheimer, share the whimsical journey of a worrywart dog’s acceptance of a new baby in the house.
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My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl’s Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize
Book Review by Caitlin Duffy
When I was handed this book to review I accepted it with a resigned sigh. Contemporary biographies aren’t really my thing and this one sounded slightly more bland than the rest—what did I know about land mines? Or Vermont, for that matter? I’ve never been more pleased to be wrong. Jody Williams had me hooked from page one and all because of her conversational, delightfully irreverent voice.
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Geraldine Susi: Women’s Rights Activist, Teacher, Historian, Novelist
Geraldine Susi, author of the recently published Looking Through Great-Grandmother’s Eyes, is an extremely passionate person. Family, art,
history, reading and writing, women’s rights, teaching, crafting, biking—she is actively passionate about all of these, though she would probably begin with her family.
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TRAVEL
Serendipitous Travels with Peggy Coonley
by Lauren Shute
When Peggy Coonley discovered Edmund White’s novel, The Flaneur, in a used bookstore, she not only learned the definition of ‘flaneur,’ but also founded Serendipity Travelers to provide women the opportunity to become flaneurs. “A flanuer is someone who will leave the maps in the hotel rooms, someone who will not wander aimlessly, but who will allow their senses to guide them,” Coonley said. “They are open to whatever comes.”
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When Peggy Coonley discovered Edmund White’s novel, The Flaneur, in a used bookstore, she not only learned the definition of ‘flaneur,’ but also founded Serendipity Travelers to provide women the opportunity to become flaneurs. “A flanuer is someone who will leave the maps in the hotel rooms, someone who will not wander aimlessly, but who will allow their senses to guide them,” Coonley said. “They are open to whatever comes.”
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Cycling Sprees for Women-only
by Roberta Schlicher
Imagine the thrill of flying down Teton Pass at 45 mph! Imagine riding further than you thought possible. Imagine a biking vacation with a group of compassionate, supportive women. This and more is what WomanTours, the only all women bike tour company, offers. “Having a women-only bike tour changes the dynamic,” says Jackie Marchand, WomanTours president.
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COMMUNITY
Movement Combines Activism and Technology to Empower Women
By Catherine MacDonald
A woman on her way to pick up dinner sat at a red light on Broad Street, waiting to cross into Short Pump. Hearing muffled shouting through her closed car window, she glanced at the car beside her.
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A woman on her way to pick up dinner sat at a red light on Broad Street, waiting to cross into Short Pump. Hearing muffled shouting through her closed car window, she glanced at the car beside her.
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A Legacy Long Overdue: Building a Monument to Virginia's Women
By Caitlin Duffy
Virginians love their monuments. In a state so rich with history, one might say they have an obligation to flaunt… er, celebrate their previous residents and their accomplishments. This is, after all, the state that boasts the origins of Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, and Arthur Ashe, among others. But what about Martha Washington, Pocahontas, Willa Cather, or Clara Barton?
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Virginians love their monuments. In a state so rich with history, one might say they have an obligation to flaunt… er, celebrate their previous residents and their accomplishments. This is, after all, the state that boasts the origins of Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, and Arthur Ashe, among others. But what about Martha Washington, Pocahontas, Willa Cather, or Clara Barton?
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