Month: March 2019

Up with WomensWork

Motif recently caught up with Lynne Collinson, founder and creative director of WomensWork, a creative collective designed to provide theatrical opportunities for women, particularly women over the age of 40 Their remarkable production of Susan Miller’s autobiographical drama My Left Breast, which ran at Artists’ Exchange back in October, is making a return engagement at the […]

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Pass it On!: Raising kids to be stewards of the Earth is no child’s play

Parenting in the age of climate change can be overwhelming. As I try to raise my young children to be environmentally conscious citizens, I use the theory of environmental education David Sobel writes about in his book Beyond Ecophobia– we must first teach children to love the earth, then we can teach them to protect […]

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Raise Your Voice: Talking to elected officials isn’t as intimidating as it seems

Since I turned 18, I have made it a priority to vote, and always have been proud of myself for researching and investigating the candidates for presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races. So what if I was completely oblivious about the local elections? I figured I could just skip those ballot questions and focus on the national […]

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Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Scandalous!: Please make checks out to Superior Correspondents, Inc

Schools of Scandal Phillipe and Jorge are appalled by the recent exposure of bribes, cheating on tests and falsified admission applications by parents in order to get their numbnuts sons and daughters into prestigious schools. (We must say we take exception to The University of Texas and San Diego University as being included in that […]

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Epiphany at the End of the Earth: An intrepid traveler gets up close and personal with the planet — and falls in love all over again

I got off the plane in Ushuaia, Argentina, located on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, the southernmost tip of South America nicknamed the “End of the World.” My journey to Antarctica began there as I boarded my next mode of transportation, an expedition ship named the Ocean Endeavour run by Quark Expeditions. Yes, this was […]

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Celiac Notes

PVD’s  Los Andes is a celiac-friendly treasure featuring authentic Peruvian and Bolivian dishes. During a recent visit, one of the first questions our server, Kat, asked our group was if anyone at the table had any allergies. I mentioned celiac and she immediately identified celiac-friendly dishes on the menu. She explained that although they maintain a […]

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