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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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yippee, got grant award!!
Current mood:  satisfied
i just got news i got the literature endowment grant from the Sierra Arts Foundation for $1,000!!! It's not alot...but hey...every little bit counts. and it's nice to have the 'acknowledgement' as a poet.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
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in defense of me and my poetry
Current mood:  validated
Category: Art and Photography
 A preface…I post poetry under the name 'snake' on some on-line poetry sites…like 'the poet's place' and the camaraderie is such that people I have never met still care about 'me' and my work enough to defend me against somebody doing a kind critique of my poem "divorce travails'. I'd post the critique, but I'd rather post the defense:
"OK...I just wanted to say ( hi snake) that snake is snake and I want her to stay snake. There are styles and there are styles and who we are is what makes us different and snake comes from a place that she made and she shares all to honestly sometimes ( and I love that) a very interesting and tough short stick draw. I do think the piece is a bit floppy in places but then I know that here it will get nailed to keep its shape (like a buffalo skin) and she may take it back if it is still close to her favorite colors and textures. My snake is a volatile fire breathing native american woman and just that puts her at the head of the line for me.
Form again, sigh, and form again. We are water trying to make our own shape but we never sit for it very long. I think...Good exchange here. But leggo of my snake!
please. :-)
braz"
10:15 AM
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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i have a poetry blog
if anybody wants to check it out it’s on google
http://nilanorthsun.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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rendezvous
this weekend i’m going to go to something called ’rendezvous’ where white people dress up like old time frontier people from the mid-1800’s. i’m probably going to be the only indian there, but they better not call me squaw. still it should be interesting to see ’live history’ period clothing and camping. I’m going to do a muzzle-loader shoot. me and guns....watch out.
4:51 PM
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
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easter
Current mood:  bouncy
i copied this out of something. i’m not christian so i thought i was interesting. i like the bunny myself.
Easter Symbols
Eastre (or "Ostara"), the Anglo-Saxon Teutonic goddess of spring and fertility
was often accompanied by a hare when represented. The fertile nature of rabbits
and hares is another symbol of new life and the rebirth that occurs during the
spring season.
Also, German settlers in America are said to have brought over the tradition of
a bunny named "Oschter Haws" who would visit houses on Easter eve, leaving
colored eggs for children. Easter eggs were painted different colors to
represent the sunlight of spring. Christians later used eggs to symbolize the
rebirth of Christ.
Another Easter tradition is the eating of Hot Cross Buns. These cakes were
marked by the Saxons to honor Eastre, the fertility goddess. The crosses on the
buns are said to represent the moon’s quarters, while Christians see the cross
as a reference to the crucifixtion.
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Friday, March 07, 2008
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feeling crappy
Current mood:  sick
got a tough cold, so i'm just going to hibernate in fallon this weekend. don't call me.
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