This is an excerpt from a piece written for a formidable woman I know. It came together in celebration of all the village vanguards, righteous warriors, soul survivors, and courageous charges in our midst.…
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I’ve been working on a design project these days (more details about that later) that has me researching Chinese History during the Qing Dynasty. I’ve been scouring the internet for images of the…
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culture & community relationships & loveWhere Do I Come From? (or: How Easy it is to Loose Your Roots)
Reading Lem’s post from last week, I began to contemplate my own family history. Specifically I began to contemplate how little I really know about my family. What I do know doesn’t go back…
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Genealogy (from Greek: γενεά, genea, “generation”; and λόγος, logos, “knowledge”) is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy) I recently travelled back in time. No kidding. On the…