By Elizabeth Enslin on February 2, 2010
A contemporary song reminds me of all that inspired me to become an anthropologist eons ago….
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Posted in Cultural Diversity, Recent | Tagged cultural anthropology, inspiration, maturity, music, stories
By Elizabeth Enslin on June 8, 2009
I retired from teaching at an independent high school several years ago to free up time for writing and growing food. One of the things I miss most about it is the connection to all the wild creativity that comes from younger generations.
Several days ago, I attended the graduation of students I taught in 9th
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Posted in Explorations | Tagged inspiration, maturity, music, Poetry, youth
By Elizabeth Enslin on May 1, 2009
Yesterday, I wrote a poem, “Thanks for the Feathers,” around some bird metaphors, and I used the parrot to embody some of my self-doubt about what I’ve written over the last month. “I mostly fear the parrot, preening her witty feathers, nodding her cocky head to the songs of others.” That was before I
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Posted in Pets | Tagged inspiration, music, Poetry, rhythm
By Elizabeth Enslin on April 20, 2009
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Posted in NaPoWriMo | Tagged childhood, inspiration, music, Poetry, rhythm, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on April 14, 2009
NaPoWriMo poem written for the “road trip” prompt at Read Write Poem.
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Beetles and Scorpions
Yellow,
the Volkswagen
chugged from salt flats two
hundred eighty two feet below
the sea.
Roommates -
You with a dad
who fled from Korea
Me with a father who just up
and fled.
Climbing
from the valley -
dead as the textbooks left
behind – up through clover, lupines
poppies.
We stopped,
opened the doors,
cranked up Bob
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Posted in NaPoWriMo | Tagged desert, music, Poetry, rhythm, wildflowers
By Elizabeth Enslin on March 17, 2009
The closest I’ve been to Ireland is Conwy castle on the coast of Wales. It was summer, mid-way through college. I was in a naive and dreamy stage then, weighing my future options. Major in anthropology or English? “Save” others in the world ( did I mention naive?) or explore my own cultural identity in
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Posted in Explorations, Sustainable Food, Travel, World Travel | Tagged anthropology, food, music, St. Patrick's Day
By Elizabeth Enslin on January 31, 2009
I’ve been writing and rewriting a manuscript on Nepal for at least ten years and am ready to be done with it, but I’m not. I have to dig in and do some really hard work revising pieces that grew stale for me a long time ago. I’ve been over the same material many times
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Posted in Cultural Diversity, Writing | Tagged music, play, rhythm
By Elizabeth Enslin on December 26, 2008
The snow is melting now; I’m going to miss it. Oh, I’ll be glad to be able to drive again without worrying about chains and snow shovels. But I’ve enjoyed almost two weeks with a good excuse for not driving, shopping, or doing the usual Christmas run-around. Snow enforced stillness and quiet and convinced me
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Posted in Explorations | Tagged music, play, snow
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