Woman Stories

I did not fall from the sky Like night falls softly upon a hopeful land, Filling it with a taut darkness. Nor did I descend like a storm, Crashing with untamed rectitude Onto a land lost to its own desires.I did not blow in on a temperate breeze; Blowing hither and thither, Swaying like a branch in a storm; Allowing it to carry me trustingly Until I settle lightly, carelessly, Upon verdant fields of ill gotten freedom.Ins...

The queen of kings Had a heart of gold About her many tales were told Some were true and some were false Did she give a damn? Well when asked she said “B***s” And there goes the rule for all us girls Don’t bother for better or worse Do what your heart desires And remember the fight was worth the scars.

To be the woman you so desire to be, Your heart will be broken a million times. To be the woman you want to be, Your tears will be hidden beneath those eyes. To feel the woman you so become; Million miles you will tread alone. And to be the story that once be told, Your pain should remain your pride. There is nothing that you can’t walk through Cause God, lives in you.

Hands of woman, the tools of her trade, Dishes and laundry and beds always made. Dialing the doctor while groceries unpacked, Cleaning and dusting and newspapers stacked. Tireless endeavors she must see them all through, Oh by the way she holds down a job too. Many hats she wears as she changes tasks, Be there for her is all she asks. Her days are long and nights even longer, Doing the impossible she somehow gets stronger...

Introduction. One of my favourite places here in my home town of Adelaide is the South Australian Museum and one of the museum’s most interesting rooms is the Ancient Egypt gallery, a room that I have visited countless times, I can tell you. One of the most beautiful and valuable of the museum’s possessions is the coffin and mummy of a woman called Renpit Nefert. She was bought by the museum in the 1890’s and judging from...