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Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ‘nature cure’ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that?
The answer is simple.
#Reading #Writing #WritingCommunity #Scotland #NatureWriting #Nature #Land #Women #Author
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Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ‘nature cure’ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that?
The answer is simple.
#Reading #Writing #WritingCommunity #Scotland #NatureWriting #Nature #Land #Women #Author
These findings come just 7 yrs after the tribe was formally recognized by the #US govt, bolstering its efforts to reclaim its ancestral #land. The tribe has nearly finished closing deals to reclaim ~2,100 acres of land that was once theirs.
Experts from St. Mary’s College matched old documents with the oral histories passed down for generations by the #Rappahannock tribe, including Richardson, who’s the 4th generation of her family to serve as the tribe’s chief & took over in the late 1990s.
…Fones Cliffs sits on the north side of the #Rappahannock River & is geologically unique because of its distinctive white diatomaceous earth—formed from fossilized remains of aquatic organisms from 5 million years ago when a shallow sea covered much of the area, acc/to Julia King, chair of the anthropology department at St. Mary’s College. #Wildlife experts said it’s a rare spot because its #wetlands are largely untouched & serve as an ideal habitat for bald eagles, fish & other animals.
The #Rappahannock tribe once lived in villages & towns in the lush region, long before English settlers arrived, said Richardson & tribal elders & historians. They grew corn, squash & beans, hunted deer & rabbits, & harvested berries & plants. At the tribe’s peak in the mid-to-late 1500s, its #land encompassed more than 350,000 acres along the river valley, & its population reached nearly 2,400.
#archeology #UShistory #NativeAmerican #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning
These findings come just 7 yrs after the tribe was formally recognized by the #US govt, bolstering its efforts to reclaim its ancestral #land. The tribe has nearly finished closing deals to reclaim ~2,100 acres of land that was once theirs.
Experts from St. Mary’s College matched old documents with the oral histories passed down for generations by the #Rappahannock tribe, including Richardson, who’s the 4th generation of her family to serve as the tribe’s chief & took over in the late 1990s.
Then this summer, they came upon items on land the #Rappahannock Tribe has been working to reclaim. The archaeologists are now revealing their discoveries of roughly 11,000 artifacts — some dating to the 1500s — ranging from tiny beads & shards of pottery with detailed markings to pieces of stone tools & pipes.
It was physical proof of the Rappahannock towns & villages that #JohnSmith had described.
#archeology #UShistory #NativeAmerican #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning
“ #Indian people have long known of the #land & our #history & presence here,” said Anne Richardson, chief of the roughly 300-member #Rappahannock Tribe, which is primarily in King & Queen County. “But so often things aren’t considered ‘real’ until they’re found or ‘discovered.’ This validates what we’ve long known.”
#archeology #UShistory #NativeAmerican #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning
The joy of a #farmer is to see a bare #land becoming productive but the joy of a #humanitarian is to see the Empty Stomachs getting filled. We're happy that our #crops are thriving at the same time happy that the empty Stomachs are getting #filled
The joy of a #farmer is to see a bare #land becoming productive but the joy of a #humanitarian is to see the Empty Stomachs getting filled. We're happy that our #crops are thriving at the same time happy that the empty Stomachs are getting #filled
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... "520 million children live within 5km of fossil fuel infrastructure – including potential ‘sacrifice zones." #climatechange #justice #humanrights #health #water #air #land #food #housing #democracy
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... "520 million children live within 5km of fossil fuel infrastructure – including potential ‘sacrifice zones." #climatechange #justice #humanrights #health #water #air #land #food #housing #democracy
Moin Liebe Fedinauten. Kennt ihr die Kulturland Genossenschaft ? https://www.kulturland.de
Die kaufen #Land um es vor Spekulanten zu bewahren und verpachten es möglichst günstig an lokale #Landwirte. Es gibt gerade eine Aktion für Anteile. Vielleicht interessant für euch ? Ich kenne die #Genossenschaft, weil die schon Land gekauft haben, das jetzt von unserer #Solawi (solidarische Landwirtschaft) genutzt wird. Bin auch selbst Genosse.
https://www.kulturland.de/aktionsmonat-november
Moin Liebe Fedinauten. Kennt ihr die Kulturland Genossenschaft ? https://www.kulturland.de
Die kaufen #Land um es vor Spekulanten zu bewahren und verpachten es möglichst günstig an lokale #Landwirte. Es gibt gerade eine Aktion für Anteile. Vielleicht interessant für euch ? Ich kenne die #Genossenschaft, weil die schon Land gekauft haben, das jetzt von unserer #Solawi (solidarische Landwirtschaft) genutzt wird. Bin auch selbst Genosse.
https://www.kulturland.de/aktionsmonat-november
"These #fires are neither isolated nor "natural" phenomena. They are expressions of a system in combustion, accelerated by #climatechange induced by our #socioeconomic order & aggravated by #land-use policies subordinated to accumulation, #profit & #growth."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/27/mediterranean-wildfires-are-no-accident
#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Vote#Election#DemocraticParty#RepublicanParty#DonaldTrump#Trump#JoeBiden#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#Musk#Fascism#Fascist
"These #fires are neither isolated nor "natural" phenomena. They are expressions of a system in combustion, accelerated by #climatechange induced by our #socioeconomic order & aggravated by #land-use policies subordinated to accumulation, #profit & #growth."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/27/mediterranean-wildfires-are-no-accident
#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Vote#Election#DemocraticParty#RepublicanParty#DonaldTrump#Trump#JoeBiden#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#Musk#Fascism#Fascist
