Tribes are rarely supportive, based on pecking order. As the youngest of four daughters to a Sicilian and a Brit, I could have an opinion but got no vote. Not as a child, not as an adult. Speaking my mind brings rage or raucous laughter, never gratitude. That's why I write. Also, recently read 'Bonfire of the Vanities' (Wolfe) back-to-back with 'Romola' by George Eliot (M.A. Evans?) which highlighted a whole new appreciation for the mad monk, Savonarola. I like him! =D
Tribes are rarely supportive, based on pecking order. As the youngest of four daughters to a Sicilian and a Brit, I could have an opinion but got no vote. Not as a child, not as an adult. Speaking my mind brings rage or raucous laughter, never gratitude. That's why I write. Also, recently read 'Bonfire of the Vanities' (Wolfe) back-to-back with 'Romola' by George Eliot (M.A. Evans?) which highlighted a whole new appreciation for the mad monk, Savonarola. I like him! =D