Archive for December, 2006
Stegner’s “Town and Country”
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
If you haven’t been convinced to read Stegner’s Wolf Willow for any other reason, you ought to read it for his description of the American Dream, specifically the dream of those who settled the West:
But the lesson that the Plains settler could not learn, short of living it out, was that no system [...]
No Feather, No Ink
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
While reading Stegner’s history of Wolf Willow, I encountered the term Métis, a term that somehow struck a chord with me, though I wasn’t sure why. Perhaps unconsciously, I picked up No Feather, No Ink, a book I’d bought a few months ago because Powell Bookstore had listed the author as Milt Acorn, a [...]
More from No Feather, No Ink
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
American readers who are unfamiliar with Louis Riel and the Métis will soon discover their story is also the story of the American Indians, told from a poetic perspective view rather than from a historical view.
Unfortunately, they may even discover in poems like this one by James A. MacNeill:
A MÉTIS CHILD DIES
Where are the [...]
Back to Nisqually
Friday, December 8th, 2006
Despite our improved weather, I haven’t been out birding for nearly a month because I’m beginning to worry that I can’t get everything done around the house that I want to get done before Christmas.
After shooting this Sharp Shinned Hawk in our backyard through the sliding glass door,
I decided it was time to get [...]
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