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Advertising my fun book about Borneo
A few years ago, my husband and I wanted to try out one of the ‘print on demand’ publishing arrangements, so, with a little help from the Center for International Forestry Research, we tried out lulu.com, and published a book … Continue reading
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Tagged 'print on demand', anthropologist, Borneo, CIFOR, conservation
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Politics again
A couple of nights ago, my husband and I watched the Republican debates on the Fox TV channel. It was a depressing evening….as we listened to the alien world view, the assumptions about life and politics that we did not … Continue reading
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Tagged Democrat, fear, politics, Republican, Tea Party
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Formal religion–some thoughts
I have never been enthralled with formal religion, and my husband’s utterly rabid atheism ensures its absence from our home. But my own beliefs include a sense of the wonder of the universe and I have some sort of vague … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, beauty, Borneo, church, community, Congregational, Dayak, God, spirit
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Literature’s power
Thinking about my own youth, and having just attended a huge, beautiful and extravagant Jewish wedding, I was reminded of a book that had a profound, if temporary, effect on my young life. I was 13 or 14 when I … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Marjorie Morningstar', Jew, play, S/He, Turkey, virgin, youth
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Youth, Reproductive Rights, and Crazy Politicians
The Republicans (in the US) have been trying to fiddle around again with women’s reproductive rights. It makes my blood boil. When I was in my teens (early 1960s), considering my own sexuality, being tempted by my own body and … Continue reading
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On Adjusting to Aging in America
In 2006, at the age of 62, I made an arrangement with my full time employer (in Indonesia) to go onto a 3/4 time arrangement. My thinking was that this would help allow me to adjust to eventual retirement more … Continue reading
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Tagged age, Bogor, emotion, family, Indonesia, journal, retirement, USA, work
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Getting started—on aging in America
A number of thoughts about what I might write have come to mind. Linking the personal with the political seems key. I imagine that an older person’s ruminations might serve a function rather similar to that of ‘elders’ in traditional … Continue reading
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Thinking about what’s in a Blog
When my husband suggested I do this, I first rejected the idea; then became skeptical; and now that I see how easy it is, I’ve been considering what I might put into it. Should it focus on serious topics? Should … Continue reading
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blogging
I’ve never tried this before…let’s see what happens if I publish this test…
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