Waiting. . . |
Between 1936 and 1938, over 2,300 former slaves were interviewed about their experiences as slaves. The Works Progress Administration headed up the effort with the aid of writers and journalists...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:52:00 GMT |
Don’t misplace your pride |
The Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines pride as "the quality or state of being proud: as a: inordinate self-esteem : conceit b: a reasonable or ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:43:00 GMT |
Thank you, dad. |
I guess I always knew my dad had been a Navy man. I never knew what that meant though. I knew that he served in Vietnam, but I didn't know what that meant. At some point during my c...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:29:00 GMT |
In my head |
I categorized this blog as "News and Politics." I'm not sure that's appropriate but alas.This past week I watched a fantastic documentary called "Thin" by director Lauren Greenfield about eatin...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:40:00 GMT |
rudeness abounds with the stupid |
Yesterday I was working with a lady and a couple walked up behind her. I was chatting with the first lady when the second lady says, "She sounds like" so-n-so (talking about me). The...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:46:00 GMT |
Apathetic need not apply |
For over a month now I have been reading American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World by David E. Stannard. It's not a long book only 258 pages of text (minus references). Typ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:46:00 GMT |
frequently feeling unaware |
The more I read and the more I study the more completely unaware I feel. I just feel like I've been living my life in a bubble with my eyes closed. There is so much information that is not...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:39:00 GMT |
still processing the Native American Film+Video Festival |
Some of you read this already, but I felt like I should say something about my recent weekend. My husband and I went to the Native American Film+Video Festival in NYC. It was really intense. It's a s...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:45:00 GMT |
lost cultures |
There are a lot of things I don't understand. This all started with a friggin' movie. I watched The Last of the Mohicans about 3 weeks ago. Never saw it before because some narrow-mi...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:28:00 GMT |
