Tag: Thanksgiving

• Landscapes of Identity: Thanksgiving

  After a day of rain the morning greeted us with a golden sunrise. Jennie, who awoke in the night, said the moonless sky had been awash in stars. Now the wind, blowing briskly from the north, rustles the leaves that remain on the oaks and pushes choppy waves across the water. I had intended to…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 23, 2017

  Disability, First Nations, Stories

  autumn, disability, Native American, stories, Thanksgiving

• A Blustery Fall Day

  A blustery, wild snow-flurry driven day following a soggy warm morning. Must be November! Thursday marks Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S.., Canada having celebrated about a month ago. While the concept of expressing gratitude for the harvest is pretty much universal, the holiday here is rife with conflicts and complex nuance, perhaps more this…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 19, 2017

  First Nations, Nature, spirituality

  seasons, Thanksgiving

• Thanksgiving: A Road Trip

  

  It’s been a while since I last posted. We’ve arrived at that time of year when everything seems to happen at once, including the end of the academic term. Somehow, in spite of this, Jennie and I drove the 2400 miles to and from my daughter’s home in Illinois for Thanksgiving. The drive over was…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 4, 2015

  Arts, native american, Travel

  Native American, Thanksgiving, travel

• A Season of Stories

  The first snow has come and gone, a story filled with treacherous roads and power outages. Thursday we drove through snow packed mountains on our way to Thanksgiving dinner, a classic “white knuckle” drive even though the snow had ceased to fall. Sunday marked the beginning of Advent, and this afternoon I put aside work…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 2, 2014

  First Nations, Shamanism, Stories

  Native American, Shamanism, stories, Thanksgiving, Winter