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A walk in the Woods
At first, I was just responding to my ‘duty’. I’d been told to take a walk every day to reduce the likelihood of more trouble with my right hip; it had been paining me at night. So, I’d put on … Continue reading
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Tagged backpack, Borneo, Dayak, Etna Preserve, Fingerlakes Land Trust, forest, Kalimantan, Kenyah, New York
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The Color Pink
For most of my life, I’ve disdained the color pink. It brought to mind the stereotypes of women, the arbitrary allocation of traits, desires and capabilities based solely on biological sex. It reeked of superficiality and concerns with the froth … Continue reading
On Water and Tranquility
As I sat cross-legged on my cushion, preparing for my yoga session, a gentle voice urged me to “Think of a peaceful time when you were filled with tranquility. Focus your awareness on that experience and keep it in your … Continue reading
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Tagged Alor, Blue Mind, Kalimantan, Middle East, Wallace J. Nichols
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An Ode to Bathing
I stood in the shower, the warm water cascading over my body. Random thoughts came to mind: My mother, telling me, as a pre-teen, that one of the tests of ‘lying’ on psychological tests was ‘Do you like to bathe?”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bali, delight, Kalimantan, pleasure, Turkey, water, yoga
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Integrating science, social science, and the humanities
In Cornell’s IGERT program on Food Systems and Poverty Reduction, we’ve been trying to bring budding scientists of various hues together with (a few) social scientists [IGERT stands for Integrative Graduate Education, Research and Training and such programs are funded … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, benzoin, forest, IGERT, image, Iran, Kalimantan, pig, religion, Sumatra, symbol
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Reveling in my Access to Books
I lived for many years in places where books were not readily available—in Turkey as a child, for decades during my adult years in Indonesia, in the Sultanate of Oman for four mid-life years. Now (in my dotage), I live … Continue reading
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Tagged Borneo, Cameroon, Dayak, Dove, Geschiere, Kahn, Kalimantan, Kenyah, swidden
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