“If you were a landscape”: Women walking, creating, and becoming This new podcast from The Babblery, featured on Talk of the Bay, explores the importance of walking in the writing lives of two women, Patrice Vecchione and Tania Romanov. Host Suki Wessling leads them through a conversation about their books about walking, as well as […]

by Suki Wessling When I found out that Santa Cruz had a female lighthouse keeper for 31 years, I naively wondered whether there were other female lighthouse keepers in her time. It turns out that Victorian women lighthouse keepers were a “thing”—stunningly, at the turn of the 20th century there were at least four of […]

Growing and making a great life “The nurturing instinct of women brings a new perspective and quality to the wine industry.  Our attention to detail, patience and emotional stamina coincide well with the painstaking winemaking process.  Women are creators and their skills can bear rich fruit. It is a satisfying lifestyle from vintage to vintage.” […]

In this episode of The Babblery on Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling speaks with three women scientists, Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht, Shanna Howard, and Sarah Claus, who study and work at UC Santa Cruz. Although they love the school and their work and studies, they say that women face implicit biases that impede their progress. […]

On Talk of the Bay: When Russia attacked Ukraine, Lidiya was safe back in Kansas with her family. But it didn’t seem right just to sit there, so this teacher and homeschooling mom helped evacuate vulnerable people and learned to source gear and medicines for the military.  When Kiev was hit with bombs, Victoria was […]