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“A ship is a piece of floating space” –Sally Ashton
So said Michel Foucault in Different Spaces. I arrived in Lisbon Saturday by airship—the jet—a kind of airborne floating space, “a non-place going places,” a placeless place that is at once threshold and destination,…
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Menopause: The New Puberty – Lisa Vihos
I’m serious. I have not felt so loopy since I was thirteen and the hormones were raging. I remember Motor City summer nights standing out in front of the Dairy Deluxe with my girlfriends…
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Let Summer Begin (Please) – Lisa Vihos
This post is dedicated to my mom, Rosanne, who is celebrating her 74th birthday today. Her kindness is so immense, she had to be born on the longest day of the year to contain…
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Everybody Rides the Carousel – Lisa Vihos
My Erik Erikson-fest continues over here. I spent most of my Sunday working on a short research paper on Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development theory for my Life Span Development class. While researching online (since…
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The Weight of Fathers – Lisa Vihos
To all the fathers in the audience, and all the sons and daughters of fathers: I’m thrilled to begin my week of blogging on your special day. What is it about fathers? What makes…
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Lisa Vihos, Guest Blogger June 19 – 25
This week we welcome Lisa Vihos as our guest blogger. Lisa was an art museum educator for 20 years and is currently the director of alumni relations at Lakeland College in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where she is also pursuing…
