Bill Napoli: 605-341-2370

Part 1:


by Stephanie McMillan

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Proceeds from the auction will be donated to:

1) Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and

2) The Oglala Sioux Tribe at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Their President, Cecilia Fire Thunder, has spoken of an intention to build a women’s reproductive health clinic on tribal land.

Part 2:

From My Dinner With Napoli:

"In our remaining minutes, I learned that Bill doesn't believe that women don't always have a choice about whether or not to have protected sex. He swore that I was the first woman ever to tell him that sometimes contraception fails. And he doesn't believe that women who do choose to abort take that decision very seriously and aren't happy about it. He claims that 99% of the 800+ abortions that were performed in South Dakota last year were "abortions of convenience" -- whatever the heck that means."

cartwheel miracle

People! I can still do a cartwheel!
It's almost a miracle.
(quicktime required)

More things we saw this past weekend:

The ocean, looking magnificent as usual:



On a hike, we found little purple orchids everywhere:



And, just a reminder: I can still do a cartwheel. Even though I'm old!

Gordon Parks Dies at 93

"I think most people can do a whole awful lot more if they just try," Parks told The Associated Press in 2000. "They just don't have the confidence that they can write a novel or they can write poetry or they can take pictures or paint or whatever, and so they don't do it, and they leave the planet dissatisfied with themselves."

-Gordon Parks, November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006

Plug: Jokes and the Unconscious

Coming this fall:
Jokes and the Unconscious, by (my lovely friend) Daphne Gottlieb and Diane DiMassa
Buy it up, people!