Tag: History
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On “The Shapes of Native Nonfiction”
A bright, seasonably cool day. The stiff breezes of the past few days have finally subsided somewhat. Wait! As soon as I wrote this the wind picked up and is moving the mostly bare tree branches vigorously. I’ve been reading experimental essays by a host of Native American writers in Shapes of Native Nonfiction, edited…
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Veterans’ Day
We had a hard freeze overnight. Right now, as we approach 11 am, the official temperature is 35F and the wind is whistling along; the windchill is in the mid-20’s. The sun was out earlier but now the sky is overcast. Overnight most of the remaining leaves dropped from our bordering trees. In the comments…
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Veterans’ Day Eve
A wet, calm, densely foggy day, leaves floating ever so slowly down in drifts of colour. Last night we had an intense thunderstorm, lightening rippling across the sky in all directions. The heavy rain stripped most of the leaves from our trees, although a few maples are insistently holding on to colour. I have not…
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Total Art, Total War
We are still fighting the Civil War and the First World War, with no end in site.
