Category Archives: Autobiography

… and although my mother wasn’t a hippie per se, she did belong to a consciousness raising group that would continue to meet nearly 50 years later. Her first choice for a name for me was Zinaida (Zina for short), after Zinaida Gippius, a 19th century Russian poet. Mom actually named a cat after meContinueContinue reading “Chapter One: Born a Female Townie (page 3)”

One day a few years ago I was listening to NPR and I came across a story by a man talking about his daughter’s search for the right college fit. He was blown away by the entire process – and his daughter’s l’aissez faire attitude about spending tens of thousands of dollars based on “feel.”ContinueContinue reading “Pages from my autobiography”