Imagine That! (Revisited)
Before the Mickey Mouse Club—before the Flintstones and Batman and Captain Kangaroo, there was the Lone Ranger, Little Orphan Annie, …
Author Archives: mary knapp
“Our society will be defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy.” John Sawhill
John Sawhill, the conservationist who made this observation, had nature in mind, but I think it applies even more powerfully …
Check Out the Size of That Dinner Napkin!
In 1840, when Henry Cole painted The Dinner Party, napkins had to be very large to cover the voluminous skirts …
IBM Orders Employees Back to the Barn
IBM has given certain divisional employees who work from home 30 days to join a team in an office location …
Why Do So Many Kids Suffer From ADHD?
Hints and Echoes has a new format—and a new focus. For five years, I’ve been blogging here about anything and …
Fearless Girl is a Shill!
Update April 25, 2017 Apparently the original plaque has been removed, replaced by a sign that does not mention SHE. …
The Way It Was—My Story
My first experience with overt sex discrimination came when I was 17 years old, a senior in high school. When …
The Way it Was for Women in the 1950s
When I commented on the women’s march in a previous post, I promised to write about the way it was …
Murder, Mayhem, and Public Education—Just Released!
Our publishing company, Girandole Books, has added a new title to its list. Beating a Dead Stick takes place in …
And Then Came the Internet and Digital Overload— a Deluge of Meteorites
The following lines are excerpted from “Huntsman, What Quary?” a poem written by Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1939. Upon this …
