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phrases of worth
The day before yesterday I heard, in passing, two phrases that needed preservation. First was almost certainly a mishearing: ‘But I don’t want to go to the poetry sale.’ Second...
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Ethnobiology Conference, Berkeley
That was the most interesting conference I have ever attended. After several years of reading through articles, doing interviews, tentatively teaching: this the reward. Good people. Interesting data. Good arguments....
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Re/discovering words
I’ve been combing through dictionaries recently. Nepali, Newari, Scottish, Spanish and finally even English. It’s given me back a few tangy terms I thought I had long since lost. Enthymeme...
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Spring in Aberdeen
Nothing like it. I was running at 6:30 this morning with Hakunica, thumping along the frosty beach with the tide drawn right back to expose the old stakes where the...
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Blue Monday?
Actually, I like blue. Apparently today is ‘Blue Monday’—when debt, grim weather and failed resolutions combine to produce the maximum depressive force on the rubbery huamn psyche. Well, I’m no...