Marcy in the Sky with Diamonds
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I'm about 83% finished with my novel revisions, based on page count. I still have two or three scenes to overhaul, and only about a week left to do it in. Plus I want to write up a quick pitch on another novel. Busy weekend ahead!
We watched the Geminid meteor shower last night from our backyard. It was very cool (and cold), and inspired yet another haiku:
midnight in winter
children watch the Geminids
harvesting wishes
Everything Else
Under a month now til hubby leaves. I don't know whether I should be grateful that I have these revisions to keep my mind off of the deployment, or resentful that it's taking up time I could be spending with him before he leaves. A little of both, I suppose.
Interesting thing #49: I may have mentioned before that I'm part Indian (feather, not dot). My maternal grandfather's family was part of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa (Ojibwe) tribe. I say was, because some members of the tribe (located in North Dakota) were disenrolled by an Indian agent in the 1890's while away hunting buffalo (look up the Ten Cent Treaty if you're interested in the details). The disenrollment split families, and left the hunters without a home. The hunters, led by Chief Thomas Little Shell, migrated to Montana and some became part of the Little Shell tribe, known as "landless Indians." That tribe has yet to receive federal recognition.
As I understand it, my family did not join the Little Shell tribe, but instead attempted to assimilate into the white community. Apparently they did a decent job; I've never considered myself anything but white. Sometimes I think that's a shame.
I'm about 83% finished with my novel revisions, based on page count. I still have two or three scenes to overhaul, and only about a week left to do it in. Plus I want to write up a quick pitch on another novel. Busy weekend ahead!
We watched the Geminid meteor shower last night from our backyard. It was very cool (and cold), and inspired yet another haiku:
midnight in winter
children watch the Geminids
harvesting wishes
Everything Else
Under a month now til hubby leaves. I don't know whether I should be grateful that I have these revisions to keep my mind off of the deployment, or resentful that it's taking up time I could be spending with him before he leaves. A little of both, I suppose.
Interesting thing #49: I may have mentioned before that I'm part Indian (feather, not dot). My maternal grandfather's family was part of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa (Ojibwe) tribe. I say was, because some members of the tribe (located in North Dakota) were disenrolled by an Indian agent in the 1890's while away hunting buffalo (look up the Ten Cent Treaty if you're interested in the details). The disenrollment split families, and left the hunters without a home. The hunters, led by Chief Thomas Little Shell, migrated to Montana and some became part of the Little Shell tribe, known as "landless Indians." That tribe has yet to receive federal recognition.
As I understand it, my family did not join the Little Shell tribe, but instead attempted to assimilate into the white community. Apparently they did a decent job; I've never considered myself anything but white. Sometimes I think that's a shame.
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Date: 2006-12-15 02:23 pm (UTC)If you look at the family names of my parents, I'm half Scottish and half Swiss-German. If you dig another generation deeper, looking only at the four surnames of my grandparents, English and French is added. Continue to scratch the surface and Welsh, Dutch, German enter the mix.
And these are the ones I know about.
So what do I consider myself? Well, a Heinz 57, of course, but for some reason I feel more emotionally linked to my Celtic roots of Scotland and Wales. I even tracked down the exact villages in Wales and Scotland my ancestors came from. Do I have more Celtic blood in me? It's all O+, so no. :) I guess you can say I chose to hark back to my gaelic roots.
I guess my rambling point this (early) morning is your cultural heritage is what you latch onto. I could just as easily claim Germany or France as my predominate root. Or Dutch. They we mighty sea farers afterall. ;)
One day my son will have to choose someday which cultural heritage he will latch onto and take pride in: Ecuadorian (or I should say, French, Portugese, and Spanish) or American (see above list), or hopefully both (all). It'll be his choice.
(btw my Scottish grandfather always thought we had Indian in our line somewhere too, but we never got more out of him whether it was more than a hunch or wish)