WOW: Women's Older Wisdom

Looking for Home

Lately I have been thinking about the meaning of home. Not the wonderful Victorian space I have lived in for almost 14 years; my neighborhood of tree-lined streets; the welcoming market; the Maine coastline that still takes my breath [...]

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Combatting COVID-191

Listening to Nurses

With COVID-19 propelling nurses into the headlines, I wanted to understand what it means to be a nurse.  I contacted the National Nurses Union, who put me in touch with two Maine nurses, Cokie Giles, 64, and her daughter Jessie Lambert, 38. Last week we talked via Zoom.  As members of the union, Cokie and Jessie are protected from being [...]

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