Ferida Wolff is author of 17 children’s books and three essay books, her latest being Missed Perceptions: Challenge Your Thoughts Change Your Thinking. Her work appears in anthologies, newspapers, magazines, in seniorwomen.com and in her nature blog, http://feridasbackyard.blogspot.com. A new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul Married Life, contains two of her essays. Visit her at www.feridawolff.com.
Pew Researches: Distrust, Discontent, Anger and Partisan Rancor
The Democrats can take some solace in the fact that neither party can be confident that they have the advantage among such a disillusioned electorate. The Tea Party movement, which has a small but fervent anti-government constituency, could be a wild card in this election. more »
Joanna Grossman, If Sandra Bullock Divorces Jesse James What Rights or Privileges Will She Have With Respect to His Young Daughter Sunny, Whom She Has Helped Raise?
While we rarely address 'celebrity' subjects on SeniorWomen.com, we did find Joanna Grossman's article about the future role Sandra Bullock could play in her stepdaughter's life interesting because of its complex legal relationship questions. more »
Presidential Memorandum - Hospital Visitation
It should be made clear that designated visitors, including individuals designated by legally valid advance directives (such as durable powers of attorney and health care proxies), should enjoy visitation privileges that are no more restrictive than those that immediate family members enjoy. You should also provide that participating hospitals may not deny visitation privileges on the basis of race, color, nationalorigin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBJECT: Respecting the Rights of Hospital Patients to Receive Visitors and to Designate Surrogate Decision Makers for Medical Emergencies There are few moments in our live… more »
Elsie de Wolfe's The House in Good Taste
I once saw a little serving-maid wearing a calico gown, black crosses on a white ground, and I was so enchanted with the cool crispness of it that I had a glazed wall paper made in the same design. I have used it in bedrooms, and in bathrooms, always with admirable effect. One can imagine a girl making a Pierrot and Pierrette room for herself, given whitewashed walls, white woodwork, and white painted furniture. more »
