by Cate Montana | Jun 6, 2016 | the E-Blog
Bernie and Hillary went at it in February dissecting progressivism during the debate. But what about the word needs clarification? Even Charles Darwin knew that progress (AKA evolution) is about the deepening and strengthening of moral and social instincts and ethical...
by Cate Montana | Jun 6, 2016 | the E-Blog
Writers are experts in disappointment. Day after day, month after month, year after year we sit at our computers in our spare bedroom churning out pitches for articles to editors, book pitches to publishers and agents, pitches for blogs, pitches for reviews of...
by Cate Montana | Jun 6, 2016 | the E-Blog
In live television the cameraman counts down the seconds before a reporter goes on-air, saying “five, four, three.” The two and the one are silent finger gestures finishing the countdown. Those last two seconds are rather like freefalling… what will happen next? What...
by Cate Montana | Jun 6, 2016 | the E-Blog
So I’m hiking along a bike trail next to a canal in the woods. It’s a walk I take frequently – a couple of flat miles each way that gets me off my ass, out of my office chair and upright for a couple hours or so each day. I usually go in the late afternoon, but for...
by Cate Montana | Jun 6, 2016 | the E-Blog
Once upon a time, feminism was a human rights movement delivered from the soul of woman and man alike. It was a clear-cut moral and social imperative and sheer common sense. Now the “F” word means rants on new feminism, embodied feminism, Miley Cyrus and...
by Cate Montana | Jun 6, 2016 | the E-Blog
Perfection is an illusion—an impossible ideal cooked up by the Devil. Okay maybe not the Devil. But most certainly it has been concocted by the ego—that amazing image of ourselves we project and try so hard to uphold. I’ve sought perfection all my life both inside...
