to the sun, to the stars,
or to the Great Spirit.
ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗᏗ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᏓᏘᏂ ᎢᏧᎸ
ᎡᏆ-ᏅᏓ ᏗᏜ, ᏃᏈᏏᏗ ᏗᏜ,
ᎠᎴ ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏗᏜ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
The Senses / ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗᏗ
The senses can lead us
to the sun, to the stars,
or to the Great Spirit.
ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗᏗ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᏓᏘᏂ ᎢᏧᎸ
ᎡᏆ-ᏅᏓ ᏗᏜ, ᏃᏈᏏᏗ ᏗᏜ,
ᎠᎴ ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏗᏜ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.
to the sun, to the stars,
or to the Great Spirit.
ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗᏗ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᏓᏘᏂ ᎢᏧᎸ
ᎡᏆ-ᏅᏓ ᏗᏜ, ᏃᏈᏏᏗ ᏗᏜ,
ᎠᎴ ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏗᏜ.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.
Answers to Questions Unasked
In the past twenty-four hours, this blog has had visits from (in descending order): the US, Russia, Germany, Japan, Estonia, France, the UK, Indonesia, Italy, and South Korea. I often ask myself why I am getting all these visits (now over 63,000 of them), from all over the world. It is a question that I can't answer.
But there are many questions that I can answer, although most of you are too polite to ask them. So I'll tell you what I can.
I am a poet, writer, photographer, translator, naturist, feminist, a scholar and a seeker of truth. Languages have been very important in my life, and a major interest of mine since childhood. I can speak half a dozen modern languages, and can read a few ancient ones. I have also constructed a few languages of my own, including Romanyol, Almensk, and Udugi (the latter is based on Cherokee vocabulary). I write mostly in English, but sometimes also in Spanish, Portunhol, or Udugi. I am the translator of the works of Maria de Naglowska from French to English.
On my mother's side I am mostly Irish, with a little bit of Cherokee mixed in. On my father's side, his Traxler ancestors came to America before the Revolution, and through my great-grandmother Moore claim a connection to the poet Robert Burns. His mother's ancestors, Jacobsons and Bloomquists, came to the US in the nineteenth century from Sweden, having passed through Finland, NW Russia, and the Ukraine. Like many others, most of them conveniently forgot about their Jewish heritage after their arrival in the US. It is a heritage that I love, and I will never deny or hide it.
I was raised Catholic, a religion that I have not practiced since the age of twenty. In addition to Catholicism, I have been influenced by Judaism and by Hinduism. I do not practice these religions, nor will I proselytize for them.
I have consciously been a feminist for about 45 years, and a naturist (mostly of the home-and-beach variety) for more than 40 years. I have been a serious amateur photographer for about 50 years.
I am 76 years old, married, and currently live in Florida (though I have also lived in California, Arizona, Spain, North Carolina, Oregon, and Uruguay).
I am a lover of the beauty and truth about which Keats wrote. I am quite capable of being wrong about something, but I will never lie to you.
Text © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler. Photo by Fergus McCarthy, Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland.
But there are many questions that I can answer, although most of you are too polite to ask them. So I'll tell you what I can.
I am a poet, writer, photographer, translator, naturist, feminist, a scholar and a seeker of truth. Languages have been very important in my life, and a major interest of mine since childhood. I can speak half a dozen modern languages, and can read a few ancient ones. I have also constructed a few languages of my own, including Romanyol, Almensk, and Udugi (the latter is based on Cherokee vocabulary). I write mostly in English, but sometimes also in Spanish, Portunhol, or Udugi. I am the translator of the works of Maria de Naglowska from French to English.
On my mother's side I am mostly Irish, with a little bit of Cherokee mixed in. On my father's side, his Traxler ancestors came to America before the Revolution, and through my great-grandmother Moore claim a connection to the poet Robert Burns. His mother's ancestors, Jacobsons and Bloomquists, came to the US in the nineteenth century from Sweden, having passed through Finland, NW Russia, and the Ukraine. Like many others, most of them conveniently forgot about their Jewish heritage after their arrival in the US. It is a heritage that I love, and I will never deny or hide it.
I was raised Catholic, a religion that I have not practiced since the age of twenty. In addition to Catholicism, I have been influenced by Judaism and by Hinduism. I do not practice these religions, nor will I proselytize for them.
I have consciously been a feminist for about 45 years, and a naturist (mostly of the home-and-beach variety) for more than 40 years. I have been a serious amateur photographer for about 50 years.
I am 76 years old, married, and currently live in Florida (though I have also lived in California, Arizona, Spain, North Carolina, Oregon, and Uruguay).
I am a lover of the beauty and truth about which Keats wrote. I am quite capable of being wrong about something, but I will never lie to you.
Text © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler. Photo by Fergus McCarthy, Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland.