http://irmwrites.com First and Lasting Impressions on the Earth Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:34:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To celebrate Women's History Month, my 7-year-old daughter Laurel and I are reading and discussing one outstanding woman each week. These are women who are, literally or figuratively, pioneers, who made an impact on history by their actions, words, and lives. So many phenomenal women to study! The first choice was ... http://irmwrites.com/?p=18 It's raining here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Whoo-hoo! This winter's unusually warm, dry weather has worried me. Now I feel like rejoicing, standing out all day in the steady drizzle, watching the earth soaking up the moisture and the earth worms wriggling in the puddles. Yet local meteorologists are ... http://irmwrites.com/?p=11 I won't presume to pretend I know anything about the Chinese calendar, or the meanings attributed to its zodiac symbols. (For that we have Wikipedia. ) But I can't help feeling how auspicious it is that 2009 begins the Year of the Ox. Oxen are perhaps the most under-valued of work ... http://irmwrites.com/?p=6 Welcome to Footprints, IRMwrites' blog about whatever makes an impression on me, and the impressions we make on the earth. Think about footprints ... on the beach, in the mud, in the desert sand,  they are transient, soft impressions that fade with time or are gently erased by other forces of nature. I saw dinosaur ... http://irmwrites.com/?p=4