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Nov.14.2009
Dark Side
by Lance M Foster
Bless those folks who have grand visions of what humanity "ought" to be or "should" be, etc. Bless idealists, while visions of sugar plums dance in...
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Nov.17.2009
Tá Gaeilge ag an Éireannach, Tá Béarla ag an Sasanach
by Lance M Foster
I enjoy learning about languages. I have studied many other than English, but I am not fluent in any of them. Currently I am studying Irish. Mainly...
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Nov.26.2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
by Lance M Foster
Today is Thanksgiving, also known to many as "Turkey Day." In my Ioway-Otoe tribal language, "turkey" is either "wayin'xanje" (big-bird) or "tagrogro...
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Nov.27.2009
"1. Trace the water that you drink from precipitation to...
by Lance M Foster
Ok, so the challenge I mentioned yesterday starts today. Question #1 is "Trace the water that you drink from precipitation to tap." On this side of...
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Nov.29.2009
"2. What sort of soil is predominant in this place? What...
by Lance M Foster
This was a tougher question for me than the water question, because the Helena area is quite diverse in its soils and geological history...And to be...
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Dec.01.2009
"4. How long is the growing season? "
by Lance M Foster
I don't garden currently because I don't have a yard. The photo here is of me in my tiny little patch in my folks' backyard in 2007. I didn't grow a...
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Dec.01.2009
Connecting to One's Place
by Lance M Foster
I have always enjoyed walking and sitting in certain spots. That's one thing I know is true from Castaneda: not only are there "power spots,...
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Dec.02.2009
Too Much Mana'o, Not Enough 'Ike
by Lance M Foster
I have been thinking about loss of knowledge when societies come to an end. My tribe faced that, and now all we have are scraps of info collected by...
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Dec.03.2009
Animism and Anthropomorphism
by Lance M Foster
To the rabbit, the wolf that is chasing and wants to eat it is evil. To the wolf, it is doing what it must to live, and to feed its pups. To kill and...
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Dec.03.2009
No Problem
by Lance M Foster
A fellow from an indigenous far off place was visiting New York City. As he was peering from the top of a skyscraper's open-air observation deck, he...
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Dec.09.2009
The Land of Odd
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
Today I was confronted with a teacher throwing a cadaver's kidney, a bartender assaulted by a patron, and a car crash leading to a death.  I haven't...
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Dec.14.2009
Grading on Hope
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
One of the big discussions in likely every community college English department that serves international students is about standards.  My department...
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Dec.24.2009
Happy, Merry, Good
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
It's a lovely California Christmas Eve, the sun shining, the wind whipping around some chilly but relatively mild air.  This is not the white...
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Jan.02.2010
Consider First
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
Eating a bowl of popcorn in front of an episode of Iron Chef is a ridiculous thing, almost self-mocking.  There I was, eating the pretty much...
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Feb.16.2010
The Education I Wanted
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
My mother and I are on a quest.  It's no hero's adventure, though there are many tests.  Our quest would seemingly be simple:  too see as many movies...
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Mar.08.2010
Oh, How they Missed Me
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
This year, I just couldn't go to the Academy Awards to hang out with all my good buddies.  I love to mingle with George and Meryl and Steve.  They've...
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Mar.22.2010
The Brass Band Headache
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
Headaches run in my family, and I'm not being coy and using a metaphor here.  I'm talking bone fide, major, 100 percent migraines.  The kind that...
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Mar.23.2010
A Damn Fine Soup
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
Writing about food may be a blog cop out, but last night, I made a most delicious soup, one I've made before and one I will most certainly make again...
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May.05.2010
Four Feet
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
I have a memory that maybe isn't a memory.  It's likely a dream brought on by the heat of the day, activity, and my age at the time.  True, this is...
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May.27.2010
June 9th Reading
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
I've been lucky, and that's a word we've been writing about at Redroom.  If my definition holds out, I did the hard work and the universe provided. ...
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