An Indigenous' Peoples History Of The United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Book 13 of 52 Rated: 4 stars Dates Read: January 25th thru 30, 2025 "They did not settle a virgin land. They invaded and displaced a resident population. This is so simple a fact that it seems self-evident." - Francis Jennings, historian It's been a few years since I last opened a history book for school, from what I remember of them, I feel like they don't tell the full story of how the "Europeans created the 'Doctrine of Discovery' to justify their takeover of any territory they "discovered" regardless of whose home it was. From an Indigenous perspective, European claims to Indigenous lands were not legitimate." After reading through this book and learning more information, the history that I remember learning now feels a bit sanitized and white washed in the way that it is presented. Part of what I learned in this books was the fact that the word, ...
Since January I have been working on and off on knitting a blanket. Currently I am on try number 5 for this blanket and hopefully I will be able to finish it with the pattern that I am using for it. Tries 1 thru 4 involved knitting it with a couple different patterns and trying to crochet it. I only tried crocheting because I was bored one morning and didn't know what to do so I decided to teach myself, by watching you-tube videos, but it ended up not working out. So now I am back to kitting the blanket again. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of my past attempts but I did take pictures of the yarn being done into balls. My brothers were very helpful and willing in the winding endeavor. Look the end is in sight! the finished balls This is currently what the blanket looks like right now, and hopefully it will stay that way. Back in March I had acquired a boot box from Payless and decided to save it and paint it so that I could use it to put a gift in. I had...
The beginning of the month marked the end of the 40 Week Photography challenge , though I ended up spreading it out more because I skipped a couple weeks. When I originally started writing this post in my head there was more than I wanted to say about doing the challenge, which it was some weeks, but now I don't remember what it was that I was going to say, which was going to be a lot more than this, but that's beside the point. Since I can't remember what else I was going to say here is a list of all 40 weeks. taken by me in Jamestown, RI Week 1 - 10:36 Week 2 - Books Week 3 - Black and White Week 4 - Favorite Color Week 5 - Street Week 6 - Feet Week 7 - Forks Week 8 - Green Week 9 - Key Week 10 - One Thing You Can't Live Without Week 11 - Pattern Week 12 - Shoes Week 13 - Smile Week 14 - Something Up Close Week 15 - Something in Your Fridge Week 16 - Something Old Week ...
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