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Eva Taylor: A Woman to Admire
I stood in my friend’s living room this morning, doing yoga with three other older women, as I do several times each week—driving over the hill on Ringwood Road, through the brilliant yellows, reds, oranges and browns of autumn leaves, … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, fireplace, John Birch Society, mule, pioneer, politics, Quilcene, school, strength, Washington
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Memories of Beading
Relaxing on Boxing Day, I see the snow falling softly outside and hear the sounds of some easy listening music. I have almost finished a wide peyote stitch beaded bracelet for my future daughter in law. The design is geometric, … Continue reading
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Tagged bead, Beadazzled, Cameroon, Indonesia, ndebele, Nepal, New York, Oregon, peyote, Shipwreck Beads, Washington, Zimbabwe
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The Memories Assembled on a Christmas Tree
Until I was 34 years old, I spent every Christmas at my parents’ home. That year, 1979, I was in rural Borneo, experiencing a Kenyah Dayak Christmas, complete with American carols translated and taught by fundamentalist Christian missionaries and a … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, beauty, California, fish, Indonesia, New York, Oregon, ornaments, Santa Claus, Singapore, stars, Turkey, Washington
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Doing Ethnography in One’s Own Culture
A short article with the peculiar title of “Visibilization of the Anthropologies of the South” (Krotz 2012) reminded me of a minor controversy from my days in grad school at the University of Washington in the late 1960s. We had … Continue reading
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Tagged Abt Associates, anthropology, assumption, contract research, National Institute of Education, Quilcene, social structure, Washington, women
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