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Mama Remembers 400
A little discussion with Mama about the meaning of 400 parts per million. Mama was looking through the bones of her extinct children the other day (Mama doesn’t keep photographs) and pulled out a strange skull, gigantic, tusks attached to its lower jaw. “Deinotherium, what a lovely name. Of course, Deino never heard it since […]
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Legends of Myself 76
May 12, 2013
Inside Passage, 1960: Klemtu Brides Klemtu was once—and I suppose still is—Klemdulxk, which is Tsimshian for “blocked passage.” There was once a thick forest of kelp to slow traffic in Klemtu harbour. The village has also been called Kitasoo—which I suppose it still is in some households. That’s Tsimshian for “place of two peoples.” It’s […]
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Legends of Myself 75
May 9, 2013
75. The Inside Passage, 1960: Traveling South That first night was the last night I spent sleeping under the pup tent in the bow of our rowboat. I admit I wanted to awaken to more mornings like that first morning in Grenville Channel. But my father’s long day of rowing out of the Boneyard proved […]
Posted in: autobiography
May 13, 2013
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