Acclaimed author and poet Maya Angelou died this morning at age 86. Not many people have inspired as many lives as Maya Angelou has. Did you know that at 16, Maya Angelou was the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco and also the first woman conductor? By the time she…
Posts published in “Inspiring stories”
We’ve known each other for over a decade now. We share a friendship that is built on encouraging each other, nudging each other to flap our wings and fly, and urging each other to do what we are so capable of. I am grateful for my connection with her and I…
A few months ago, I met Guilie Castillo-Oriard, who blogs at Quiet Laughter and Life in Dogs and fell in love with her. She’s with me on Team Damyanti for the A to Z Challenge and a techie whiz. She’s the one who set up the linky for the A to…
April 15 is my Mom’s birthday. I am particularly happy that the alphabet for today is M for Mother, Mi to me. She would have been 69 today. By now you know how close I was to my Mom. As much as she influenced me when she was alive, she continues…
Day 11 of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge brings us to K and it is K for Kamala Sohonie, the first Indian woman to get a PhD in a scientific discipline. She was a biochemist. Kamala Sohonie’s life symbolized the struggle waged by the pioneering Indian women scientists. Kamala…
For Day 9 of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, I am pleased to present a book review of Patricia Crisafulli’s latest book “Inspired Every Day: Essays and Stories on Finding Extraordinary Grace in Ordinary Moments”, a collection of essays and short stories, fiction and nonfiction. These stories celebrate and…
Today, March 8, is celebrated as International Womens Day and here’s wishing all you fabulous women out there, and the amazing men who complement us and enrich our lives a very Happy Women’s Day!. Yes, I am blessed with as many men friends as girl friends who are caring buddies. So…