Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Inexplicable Menace in a Seemingly Neutral Object

Monica Wood’s suggestion (in The Pocket Muse:  Endless Inspiration), to write about an ‘inexplicable menace in a seemingly neutral object’ intrigued me.  It reminded me of my own rather extreme irritation—based on a sense of inequity, a kind of menace—with … Continue reading

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Women (and Non-White Men) at the Top (or Not?)

For two decades, I’ve been involved with the CG system—-that’s the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, an umbrella body that supervises some 15 or so international agricultural research centers.  One of the Directors General (DGs) is about to leave; … Continue reading

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Spring has Sprung–at Last

We had a lovely respite, beautiful blue skies, warm temperatures, for a week in late March.  Then the winter that had never truly come hit us in April.  This pseudo-winter is only now beginning to abate. Yesterday (and today) again … Continue reading

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