December 9th, 2009 | Blog, Quotes, community, customs, economics, hippie, Indian, Native American, Traditions, tribalism
For some reason, that I am still not quite sure of, I have always felt rather offended when someone called me a hippie or compared me to hippies. I recently realized that I have been in denial and have taken the first step in learning to move out of this way of life–admitting that I am, in truth, a hippie.
What has finally prompted this breakthrough? Interestingly enough it came about while reading Vine Deloria’s book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
. I have been wanting to read this book for many years and finally got around to it last month. Towards the end of the book he discusses the inundation of hippies to reservations in the summer of 1966 and his description of them suddenly hit home for me. The passage follows… The italicized sections are characteristics that describe me in general.
December 8th, 2009
If the connection between language and culture interests any of you, then you may enjoy reading this. I decided to write it down just so I would have it, but then thought that I should share it with everyone too in case any of you may find it interesting as well.
If anyone is interested in the i ...
November 24th, 2009
Some of you may be wondering where I disappeared to for so long...it all began with Canadian Thanksgiving which is a week before my birthday. Thanksgiving kicked off an eating binge that lasted about three weeks and left me in a state of indigestion that has lasted another month! Prior to Thanksgivi ...
November 22nd, 2009
I was given a special treat this year for my birthday--lunch out at the Sha Lin Noodle House in Vancouver, BC. They don't take reservations so we crowded into the doorway to get out of the rain and hovered hungrily over the nearest table, the wait wasn't long and we were soon seated with a great vie ...
November 13th, 2009
I was very excited to get a message from a friend in London who was taking her man out for his birthday dinner to Mandalay, which is a very good Burmese restaurant in London, one of the few Burmese restaurants outside of Myanmar in the world. There is also a very good one in San Francisco and a coup ...
November 7th, 2009
Last year I started reading The Lost Language of Plants by Stephen Harrod Buhner right around this time of year. I enjoyed it so much that I had to save the rest of it for later, which ended up getting put of for a full year. So, now that I have finally finished it I am eager to start it all over ag ...
November 5th, 2009
I recently read a book I have been waiting a while to get my hands on. Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization by Derrick Jensen. I first read Derrick Jensen's work in 2006 when we moved to Neversink in the Catskills, among the reservoirs that supply New York City with its world renowned water. ...
November 2nd, 2009
Guest Blogger Anna Miller-Rhees tells of of her experiences on the GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet). It was this post from Anna that originally inspired me to take the plunge and get on the GAPS diet ourselves. It has changed our lives for the better. Thanks so much Anna!
Looking back over ...
October 2nd, 2009
Our housemates on the top floor above the Bishops residents were mostly young men who were working with the Church. They spoke almost no English but were very passionate about helping us learn Arabic and picking up some English along the way. I actually learned enough to basically get around bec ...
September 17th, 2009
From my favorite inspiring Little Green Book The One Straw Revolution...this book makes great bedtime reading, as you get such lovely images to dream about. It is basically a collection of some of the things he said, so some chapters are only a couple pages long--if you tend to fall right asleep whe ...
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