Tag Archives: Borneo

A walk in the Woods

Posted on 31 May 2018 by Carol

At first, I was just responding to my ‘duty’.  I’d been told to take a walk every day to reduce the likelihood of more trouble with my right hip; it had been paining me at night.  So, I’d put on … Continue reading →

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Remembered Images of Beauty

Posted on 15 April 2014 by Carol

“Imagine a beautiful scene”.  “Keep that image of beauty in your mind.”  “Stop the mind-chatter with the lovely scene”.  These were my cousin’s repeated admonitions, as she led us through our twice-weekly yoga class.  She knew I was struggling with … Continue reading →

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Rough Roads and Smooth

Posted on 31 March 2014 by Carol

We took a road trip, my husband and I, driving from Ithaca, New York to Lovingston, Virginia.  It’s a 9 hour trip, driving through parts of five states:  New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.  A pretty drive, the … Continue reading →

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Songs and Gender

Posted on 15 April 2012 by Carol

A book arrived in the mail, from Duke University Press—unrequested, probably intended as a candidate for review in the journal Agriculture and Human Values, for which I am the book review editor.  The book, Unearthing Gender, is an ethnographic analysis … Continue reading →

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On Swiddens, Swiddeners and the Passions of Those who Study Them

Posted on 30 December 2011 by Carol

I stop in the midst of writing an academic treatise on swidden agriculture globally. The paper is full of rationality and reason, carefully constructed sentences, the making of valid statements, supported by believable evidence. Yet, bubbling beneath this rational superficiality … Continue reading →

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Reveling in my Access to Books

Posted on 21 August 2011 by Carol

I lived for many years in places where books were not readily available—in Turkey as a child, for decades during my adult years in Indonesia, in the Sultanate of Oman for four mid-life years.  Now (in my dotage), I live … Continue reading →

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Advertising my fun book about Borneo

Posted on 16 August 2011 by Carol

A few years ago, my husband and I wanted to try out one of the ‘print on demand’ publishing arrangements, so, with a little help from the Center for International Forestry Research, we tried out lulu.com, and published a book … Continue reading →

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Formal religion–some thoughts

Posted on 14 August 2011 by Carol

I have never been enthralled with formal religion, and my husband’s utterly rabid atheism ensures its absence from our home.  But my own beliefs include a sense of the wonder of the universe and I have some sort of vague … Continue reading →

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