I read Anita Diamant's The Red Tent years and years ago and the story is now a bit hazy in my mind, but what isn't, is the images of all the biblical wives gathering in the red tent each month during their "unclean" period (ha ha) of the month. Since reading that book, not a month goes by when I don't think, I wish I had a red tent to escape to. And now that I have daughters, I can really really see the need for a place to go because really, there is a moment or two (or ten) each month when you're just not fit for company. Oh, how well I know this. My dearest friend/sister Celeste, a women's health/midwife/professor of women's studies, told me that during our cycles, right before we cycle, we try to get our hearts and minds and body aligned. Many months we don't even notice this because we are already in sync. Some months we might feel a bit cranky or out of sorts, but it quickly resolves once we cycle. And then sometimes we're all s...