Delicious foods covered the table, bright green salads, sweet-smelling applesauce squash, taco salad, hummus, chocolate chip cookies and coffee. A comfortable, warm living room provided a space for eating and talking. Conversation started in small groups. Small talk about yoga, school, the Indigo Girls, homophobia and the WNBA led to a group discussion focused on women's issues. Group discussions with women are amazing because when one woman talks, all the others turn to her and listen until she is done.
Conversation flows like a song or a poem.
A natural train of thought and insight progresses from one woman to another. Conversation eventually led to music and laughter. Some of the women brought drums, guitars and beautiful voices. Herstory is not a typo, but a word of respect for the much-ignored history of women in society. Herstory represents amazing women writers, artists, feminists, mothers, archaeologists, scientists, politicians and any woman who has struggled and worked hard to make a difference in the world.