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SquareOdds #2

Doing the Squares Challenge this month, hosted by Becky over at her blog, Life of B! Today’s odds: On her most recent trip to Mendocino, self stayed… Read more “SquareOdds #2”

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 by anthropologist

Ghosts in the Mines

Superior’s retired miners talk about “tommyknockers,” phantoms they encountered in the mine. Sometimes it was just a sensation — something you felt on your body, or a… Read more “Ghosts in the Mines”

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 by anthropologist

Quote of the Day: 44

A Promised Land, p. 190: I’m not by nature a superstitious person. As a kid, I didn’t have a lucky number or own a rabbit’s foot. I… Read more “Quote of the Day: 44”

March 11, 2021March 15, 2021 by anthropologist

The Dobu Islanders: FLOW, p. 79

. . . the culture of the Dobu islanders, as described by the anthropologist Reo Fortune, is one that encouraged constant fear of sorcery, mistrust among even… Read more “The Dobu Islanders: FLOW, p. 79”

August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by anthropologist

Jonathan: ONCE UPON A RIVER, p. 110

Jonathan’s birth: I couldn’t take my eyes off him, little fairy creature that he was. He gave a blink and the way his eyelid — you know… Read more “Jonathan: ONCE UPON A RIVER, p. 110”

June 3, 2019 by anthropologist

#amwritingfiction: “The Hole Over the Islands”

Self is really crushing the writing. This is her 2nd story in two days. AMAZING. #sowoke It must be her recent trip to the Philippines. No, it… Read more “#amwritingfiction: “The Hole Over the Islands””

January 23, 2018January 27, 2018 by anthropologist

Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Hunter

In the 1640s, a self-designated witch-finder named Matthew Hopkins “toured the counties of Norfolk, Essex, Hants, and Sussex, in quest of witches.” In one year he brought… Read more “Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Hunter”

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 by anthropologist

#amreading: About Folk Remedies

So the right eye of a serpent, being applied to the soreness of the eyes, cures the same, if the serpent be let go alive. So, likewise,… Read more “#amreading: About Folk Remedies”

June 8, 2017 by anthropologist

LUCIFER: Princeps

As part of the research for self’s novel-in-progress (about a 25-year-old Spanish priest who is sent to the Philippines — in 1756 — to fight demons), self… Read more “LUCIFER: Princeps”

February 27, 2016February 27, 2016 by anthropologist

Arrow Meets Aswang in Denis Johnson’s Novel TREE OF SMOKE

Aswang stories sound different when told by an American novelist. Read on: He gave the lad a quiver of arrows and a very strong bow and charged… Read more “Arrow Meets Aswang in Denis Johnson’s Novel TREE OF SMOKE”

April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by anthropologist
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