Tiffany Painter

Today is International Women’s Day (and my daughter’s birthday). A day to celebrate all the achievements made by women and to promote gender equality. This year this day seems even more important. It would be easy to slip into outrage over the lack of equality going on all around us for everybody not a member of the select group in charge, but instead, lets focus on how great women are. I did a quick internet search and found women are responsible for so many things. Interestingly, a lot of those items are useful, everyday things that make life a little better for everyone. Things like car heaters (Margaret A. Wilcox), dishwashers (Josephine Cochran), electric refrigerators (Florence Parpart), and fire escapes (Anna Connelly). It just goes to show that women are really good at solving problems and helping everyone out. What women have contributed to medicine, science, technology, and the arts could make this a really long post. If nothing else, anyone enjoying a cold beer this weekend can thank women living almost seven thousand years ago for creating it. For centuries only women were allowed to drink beer and operate breweries. So make sure you raise a glass to women today. And happy birthday to one of my favorite women.

2/16

frost covered morning
layered over prickly branch
for sparkly bed head 

2/18

just a dog walking
wrapped in his favorite jacket
giving warmth to all

2/22

a girl and her dog
making tracks in the fresh snow
enjoying blue skies

2/24

always a good day
when the trail is freshly groomed
for me and my dog

3/5

unknown rocky path
to secret places below
hidden deep beneath

3/8

enjoying the day
by napping through the morning
big plans for later