With more trout than any fisherman dreamed.
The Ojibwe could catch them with their hands —
Threw back those too small to feed four or five.
The rivers, fields, forests, lakes, and wetlands
Came from good dreaming to keep them alive.
They had little fear of spirit danger —
The wolf, mountain lion, bobcat, and bear.
Only men released the devil’s anger.
After a death the devil wasn’t there.
In waders, I can stand hip deep and cast
For hours and nothing will look at the bait.
One lucky night I’ll hook a fish at last.
The water rushing past me doesn’t wait.
Funeral services are not for the benefit of the defunct, who is beyond our praise or condemnation, but for the living, who know before long that they will follow the honored dead into a cold grave...
Evidence of fermented dairy products from 7200 years ago has been found in Croatia. "This pushes back cheese-making by 4,000 years."
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Putin loses everything he has Pravda
Miss Ex-Yugoslavia, by Sofija Stefanovic (Atria Books)In 1988, Yugoslavia was still a relatively stable country, where Dubravka Ugresic won the prestigious NIN Prize for her novel Fording the Stream of Consciousness, and 5-year-old Sofija Stefanovic attended an elite French kindergarten. But Stefanovic’s forward-thinking father sensed trouble on the horizon and convinced his wife to relocate to Australia, leaving behind a comfortable life in downtown Belgrade and lots of extended family and friends. This was the beginning of endless journeys between two distant parts of the world, with the news of Balkan conflicts constantly playing in the background and fueling arguments between the author’s parents, whose hearts and minds never moved out of their troubled but beloved hometown. Their children, however, were left searching for a home between the schools of suburban Melbourne and gatherings of the Yugoslav diaspora, the most curious one of which promised the title of beauty queen and a free ticket to the old continent. Both funny and poignant, this is a story of growing up between different cultures under challenging historical and personal circumstances.
How Social Media Is Influencing Book Design
Why Do Czechs Love Puppets So? Because Puppets Saved The Czech Language
It all goes back to the ugliness of the Thirty Years War and the rule of Emperor Ferdinand II, who, in addition to killing or throwing out all the Protestants, imposed the German language on the Czech Estates
Miss Ex-Yugoslavia, by Sofija Stefanovic (Atria Books)In 1988, Yugoslavia was still a relatively stable country, where Dubravka Ugresic won the prestigious NIN Prize for her novel Fording the Stream of Consciousness, and 5-year-old Sofija Stefanovic attended an elite French kindergarten. But Stefanovic’s forward-thinking father sensed trouble on the horizon and convinced his wife to relocate to Australia, leaving behind a comfortable life in downtown Belgrade and lots of extended family and friends. This was the beginning of endless journeys between two distant parts of the world, with the news of Balkan conflicts constantly playing in the background and fueling arguments between the author’s parents, whose hearts and minds never moved out of their troubled but beloved hometown. Their children, however, were left searching for a home between the schools of suburban Melbourne and gatherings of the Yugoslav diaspora, the most curious one of which promised the title of beauty queen and a free ticket to the old continent. Both funny and poignant, this is a story of growing up between different cultures under challenging historical and personal circumstances.How Social Media Is Influencing Book Design
“If I don’t like the cover, I won’t photograph it and put it on my feed,” says Femke Brull, a “bookstagramer” who runs @booksfemme. While she won’t avoid promoting a loved, if less-attractive book, she opts for a snap of the title page instead – even if it is less memorable than a beautifully covered counterpart. And she will “pay extra” for what she considers a better-looking edition.
Why Do Czechs Love Puppets So? Because Puppets Saved The Czech Language
It all goes back to the ugliness of the Thirty Years War and the rule of Emperor Ferdinand II, who, in addition to killing or throwing out all the Protestants, imposed the German language on the Czech Estates
Why The Rock-Dominated Pop Music Canon Is Finished
I suspect we may be at the end of the age of the canon, for now at least. For all those mixed bills at festivals, and playlists that place Beyoncé next to Black Midi, I suspect best-ever lists, from here on, will be specialised. They are more likely to go by genre, in specialist titles: the best hip-hop album ever, the best metal album ever, the best electronic album ever. It’s simply easier to do it that way than to attempt to evaluate the relative worth of Lemonade against Led Zeppelin IV. … Read More
Berlin Wall To Be Recreated For Berliner Festspiele Installation
“Pending final approval from Berlin city authorities, which organisers said was ‘in the works’, staff plan to erect 900 concrete wall slabs, each 3.60 metres (about 12 feet) tall, for the 6.6 million euro ($7.7 million) event. Visitors to the parallel world will have to apply online for entrance ‘visas’ … Set on a city block on Unter den Linden boulevard, the time-capsule project is due to launch on October 12 and end with a ritualistic tearing down of the wall on November 9, the day of the historic event in 1989.”