Barcelona, 1584 Dear Madam Mariana, I dare not ask this question of anyone I know but–I must seek counsel. In Jewish law, when a man dies, his brother is obligated… Continue reading An old law leads to forced marriage–can this bride be saved?
Tag: Women’s Dreams
How to not marry Igor, or, He got the estate, now he wants me!
[In which Madam Mariana travels back to Moscow, 1543, to help the lovely Russian noblewoman, Darya Petrovna, avoid her cousin Igor’s grasping ways: He got her daddy’s estate, and now… Continue reading How to not marry Igor, or, He got the estate, now he wants me!
Look who’s back! The original Mariana!
Ciudad de Mexico, 1587 Estimada Madam Mariana, I am caught between two suitors–again! My brother in law, Jorge de Almeida, remember him? the “other Jorge,” my sister Leonor’s husband? Anyway,… Continue reading Look who’s back! The original Mariana!
No chocolates or roses. Equal living-wage pay, please.
No roses, chocolates or congratulations, please! Do you know these women? Guess why not! Who was Anita Whitney? Leader and early founder of the American Communist Party, she was an… Continue reading No chocolates or roses. Equal living-wage pay, please.
Impermanence, and the more things change
It’s not surprising, at the end of the High Holidays, that my thoughts turn to change. Return again, we sang, return to the land of your soul. So I mused… Continue reading Impermanence, and the more things change