Gail PellettWhy Care About the Rise of Fascism?This year an Instagram docudrama has attracted almost 800 thousand followers about a young woman who was born 100 years ago. With a weekly…Nov 21, 20218Nov 21, 20218
Gail PellettOur Lawns Are Killing UsI live part of the year in a posh community on the Eastern end of Long Island. Many of the inhabitants — especially on the ultra-rich side…Sep 6, 20219Sep 6, 20219
Gail PellettOut of China: An Affair in a Dangerous DitchFour decades ago, this month — August 1980 — I set out on a wild adventure. To work at Radio Beijing in China. That trek would be…Aug 19, 20204Aug 19, 20204
Gail PellettTravel in the Time of Pandemic and Mass ProtestWhen my husband and I started to plot our move from our winter home in a mountain village in Oaxaca, Mexico to our Long Island, New York…Jun 10, 20208Jun 10, 20208
Gail PellettRunning while white…and blackThe horrible hate crime against Ahmaud Arbery, like all the cases of citizen and police brutality against people of color captured on…May 8, 20202May 8, 20202
Gail PellettIs it OK to Have Kids?On a bleak winter’s day in early 1975 — just after my 32nd birthday — I made the most radical and feminist decision of my life. I arranged…Nov 13, 20197Nov 13, 20197
Gail PellettWhat Vodou OffersBy posting a short documentary I made 40 years ago on my archival website, I learned much more about the healing power of this much…Jul 16, 20193Jul 16, 20193
Gail PellettSenegal. Wow!*“Wow” is the word for “yes” in Wolof, the lingua franca in Senegal — one of many words from African indigenous languages that made it into…May 17, 20192May 17, 20192
Gail PellettGringos Without a CarSí, sí, canela, pero ¿qué tipo de chile? Pasilla? chile de agua? chilhuacle rojo? costeno?Jan 25, 20197Jan 25, 20197
Gail PellettThank you note to writers who nurtured my mind and soul in 2018List, description and ruminationsDec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2018