CREATING
In 1998, at the Santa Fe Indian Art Market, I met Ernest Honanie, a Hopi wood carver/artist from Second Mesa, AZ. Ernest is from Kykotsmovi, one of several villages there. I purchased a Katchin Mana (Yellow Corn Maiden) and since 1998 and several moves she has suffered a bit of damage and needs a little
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GASLIGHTING
We would do well to be clear about five or six things which means seeing them as they are and as they are documented by reliable, honest, and smart people. It may not be what you would like to believe. It may not be what you think you hear or what you see written by
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REMEMBERING RICK
“We live in the interstices. One thing ends, another begins. A season ends and a season begins. A day ends and a new day begins. A job ends and a better job begins. A relationship ends, another begins. A life ends, other lives begin. We mark time by endings and beginnings – birthdays, anniversaries,
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LENT 2023 – ANOTHER SEASON, ANOTHER YEAR
I have had years of an ongoing conversation, mostly with myself, about these 40+ days that begin in the liturgical calendar with Ash Wednesday, just after Shrove or Fat Tuesday, and continue until just before Easter. April 9 this year. Historically Lent was a time of fasting and prayer in the organized church, a penitential
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CONTAGIOUS ENTHUSIASM FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
I wrote much of this post about 5 years ago and was reminded of it recently by one of my subscribers who remembered it. I forgot to ask what was it that caught the attention of the reader. Regardless, here it is with some editing, revising and updating. I have long been passionate about teaching
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POST FROM SAN CARLOS, SONORA, MX
Remember post cards? After 1901, postcards typically measured 3.5 x 5.5 inches, although variations in size exist. In the 1960s, some printers began producing 4 x 6 inch postcards. They had some kind of photo on the front, often of a place being visited or some attraction in that place. On the back was a
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SPREADING MANURE
This is for real, not a metaphor for the shit storms we have witnessed recently in several quarters. Those emit a different kind of smell from this job that I had in 1973. This post was inspired by someone asking what job I had that would surprise most people. I had just finished a
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COMMENT DIALOGUE
This is a follow on via a brief exchange between Kumud Ajmani and me in the comment section of this previous blog post: https://garygruber.com/racism-update/ AjmaniK on 2/4/23 Reply I remember Rodney King. I was getting ready to graduate from Grad school in VA when that happened. It was perhaps my first real ‘face to face’
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RACISM UPDATE
(Note: Some parts of this article were published previously. Repeating those for emphasis and adding a few updates.) The history of the United States is black, brown, olive, red and white. That is in alphabetic order of color. We are not color blind and white people have suppressed and oppressed people of color for centuries.
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