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[tsaktahis]

More pieces from the Vinita Cultural Center from last year's basketry exhibit

[tsaktahis]

#the museum i worked at had a collection of these baskets!!!#they are like #idk its hard to describe them #they dont look quite like regular baskets they look like so beautiful #anyways check out the Mountain Heritage Center's exhibit on cherokee/rivercane baskets to learn more

Yes, for some reason I don't think they had any Rivercane baskets at this exhibit, the Vinita cultural center is a bit small so maybe that had to do with it? But traditionally Rivercane baskets look like this:

(credit to Lizzie "Nannie" Youngblood and Rowana Bradley, artist unknown for the Chief's Heart shoppers basket)

The basket pictured in the post is likely commercial round reed (with some flat reed), the commercial form of the materials we would use such as Honeysuckle, Buckbrush, or Trumpet Vine. Many Western Cherokee picked up round reed basketry due to lack of supply of Rivercane after the forced removal to Oklahoma.

[tsaktahis]

I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to in regards to this post but I am a tribal member who is posting this and these were taken at our own museum within our own territory in Oklahoma. This information provided is provided by our knowledge keepers and elders.

I am one of these people you talk about being alive, sharing my culture 🙂

[lanthir]

I strongly dislike how "some museums have unethical practices, and repatriation of stolen goods should be a high priority when applicable" has morphed into "all museums are evil, and museums are an unethical and untrustworthy source of information by nature."

[thegoblinwarlock]

With a thermos of black Earl Grey in hand I spent a brief time watching the birds on the feeders. I'd put mealworms in the nyjer seed feeder and was delighted to watch the sparrows and a starling perch on the looped rails and pull the worms from the slots in its base.

[bisexualbaker]

How to Disable and Remove All AI Features in Mozilla Firefox

*deep, calming breath* On the plus side, the steps at that link were very clear and easy to follow.

[bisexualbaker]

Important note: Definitely do Method Two. Method One will make the chat feature invisible, but it may pop up again; Method Two will make it go away entirely.

[sizhens-deactivated20250610]

I think "fuck you, I hate your work and I will do it myself and I will do it better" is a really funny and epic sentiment. i started publishing poetry because an ex boyfriend of mine was publishing really ass poetry in a bunch of journals and I was like "Jesus christ, this is garbage, I could do that, and I could do it better." now I have a page in the Academy of American Poets and I've published a full length collection and his website says "former poet." You should win by succeeding way harder than they do. Spite is a legitimate energy source.

[puppygirl-hornyposting2]

Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”

Casualties afoot as Sony merges Funimation with 2021-acquired Crunchyroll.

reminder that digital libraries aren’t owned, also why pirating digital content is a necessity

[byrdsfly]

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

Yeah okay, I'll reblog that!

[penitentservant]

You all mocked me for maintaining a physical library, but I warned that a digital one was no guarantee.

Next they'll start editing and then deleting books they don't like.

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

yeah okay ill reblog that :[

[thegoblinwarlock]

Attempted this today... I think I should have sliced the potato thinner to allow it to cook better... but otherwise good. Will definitely cook again.

[thegoblinwarlock]

Mindfulness activities

In light of recent things I've thrown myself into mindfulness activities. Beans and tomatoes have gone out into the garden, hopefully to be harvested in late summer, and I've decided to learn a new skill that I've been wanting to try fir some years.

I've wanted to make and maintain my own clothes for some time. Learning the craft would be the first step.

[thegoblinwarlock]

Update on my practice.

[thegoblinwarlock]

Mindfulness activities

In light of recent things I've thrown myself into mindfulness activities. Beans and tomatoes have gone out into the garden, hopefully to be harvested in late summer, and I've decided to learn a new skill that I've been wanting to try fir some years.

I've wanted to make and maintain my own clothes for some time. Learning the craft would be the first step.

[thegoblinwarlock]

Fledglings

The clematis was trailing across the path, which wouldn't do, so I trudged down the garden to retrieve an unused obelisk frame. As I entered the secret garden I turned to a bucket and found a pair of angry faces staring back at me. Earlier in the day a Great Tit had been seen in the bird bath, and here were a pair of fledglings in a flooded bucket of dirt. The bucket had sat there for three years, holding the excavated content of a hole, and had since taken on rain water. What had happened became abundantly clear; the fledglings, having been shown how to bathe had entered the pool, and becoming waterlogged could not fly nor jump to the rim of the bucket. There had been three but now one sad little body floated lifeless in the shallow water. I made to pick up the closest of the two survivors and it wailed in anger and fluttered the drenched spars of its wing and moved away from me. I successfully plucked the other and plopped it on to a nearby seat, and then chased the first up the side of the bucket and off into the undergrowth. When I turned to the seat I glimpsed the movement as the small bird threw itself into the thickly planted border. It was the afternoon on a quite warm day. My hope is that they dried out and took flight again before nightfall. I felt sadness for the dead fledgling, and emptied out the bucket, pouring out both water and gritty soil, before placing the bucket upside down. We will not be having a repeat of that.

[thegoblinwarlock]

Autumn cauliflower and chive soup.

In a pan melt 25g of butter (your preference as to what kind)

Add a diced, medium sized potato, and a finely chopped medium sized onion. Fry for ten minutes until soft.

Pour in 650g of vegetable stock, and a whole cauliflower, stripped of its leaves and stork and reduced to small florets. Bring to the boil and simmer for a further 15 to 20 minutes.

I removed it from the heat here, and let it cool before ladelling the solid content and pouring the rest into a blender and blitzing. I alternated between high and low speeds to ensure a homogeneous thick soup. Of this step you can do as you wish - transfer it hot, blend at one speeds - it's up to you.

Transfer to four bowls, to each add a tablespoon of Greek yogurt, and a table spoon of finely chopped chives. Enjoy the satisfying marbling as you stir these ingredients together.

I enjoyed this meal with Dutch, making up only two bowls to share with cheesy pretzel bread rolls. The rest (unadulterated by yogurt or chives) I allowed to cool, sealed in an air tight container and stored in the fridge to enjoy the next day and the day after.