Tag: teepee

The 12-Foot Teepee

In August 2012, Marilyn shared the following about her book. Once upon a time, I built a teepee. I painted the door and filled it with things I loved. I made the poles, sanded each by hand, peeling the bark from each 16-foot sapling we had cut in our own woods. Then I wrote a book about … Continue reading The 12-Foot Teepee

WHERE WE BEGAN & BECAME “US”

WQ#38: Confusion About Native or Indigenous I'm using you as the quote because this is a question with which -- on some level -- we all wrestle. My question is when does indigenous begin? Are we indigenous to where we were born? Does being native start with where our parents or grandparents were born? Does … Continue reading WHERE WE BEGAN & BECAME “US”

STILL WAITING FOR A CALL FROM HOLLYWOOD

My monthly royalty payment from Amazon came in yesterday. I was pleased to see it was the same as last month. A total of $2.57 was directly deposited into my checking account. I am not sure how many book sales this represents, but I'm guessing one. I'm astonished anyone stills buys it, but I love … Continue reading STILL WAITING FOR A CALL FROM HOLLYWOOD

WHERE WE BEGAN & BECAME “US”

WQ#38: Confusion About Native or Indigenous I'm using you as the quote because this is a question with which -- on some level -- we all wrestle. My question is when does indigenous begin? Are we indigenous to where we were born? Does being native start with where our parents or grandparents were born? Does … Continue reading WHERE WE BEGAN & BECAME “US”

EE-I-EE-I, OH!

CMMC – April Letter E at the beginning or ending of a word A lot of things end in "E" but I don't necessarily have pictures of them. Fewer thing start with an "E." Mostly, I had to go a-hunting and I think I found a few items for your consideration. Chickadee, dee, dee Stone Bridge … Continue reading EE-I-EE-I, OH!

OPEN TEPEE

A Photo a Week Challenge: Open The door to my tepee was special, at least to me. The paintings on it were mine and on the inside, it had the handprints of the entire family. The buffalo head on the outside was a welcoming sign and the hand prints were intended to hold the family together. … Continue reading OPEN TEPEE

OFF ON A TANGENT – Marilyn Armstrong

FOWC with Fandango — Tangent The tangent is a line that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it. It's also the line between the two arms of an equilateral triangle. How it came to also mean in common speech a completely different line of thought or action., … Continue reading OFF ON A TANGENT – Marilyn Armstrong

SQUARE AUTUMN DAWN OVER THE TEEPEE #2 – Marilyn Armstrong

Second square, the last light of Autumn sunset And so another year has begun. Another decade. The last one was insane. I wonder how bad or great the next ten years will be. I'm torn between a faint hope that things have to get better and a sickening fear that it will never get better. … Continue reading SQUARE AUTUMN DAWN OVER THE TEEPEE #2 – Marilyn Armstrong

HANDMADE!

A Photo a Week Challenge: Made by Hand

THE 12-FOOT TEEPEE

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: STRUCTURE In 2007, I built a 12-foot teepee. It's the smallest "full-size" teepee. I would have built a bigger one, but we didn't have enough flat ground on which to build it. As it is, we had to create a flat place to stand the teepee. We build a platform of … Continue reading THE 12-FOOT TEEPEE