The Red Wolf on the left is one of a protected breeding pair in the Western North Carolina Nature Center. The wolf on the right sticking his head above dried soy beans, runs free. He is one of approximately 20 Red Wolves remaining in the wild. Once these wolves roamed freely throughout the southeastern United…
An interview by Dr. Kelly Goldberg about my career in archaeology has been published this week in the journal Historical Archaeology (Springer Press). Click on this link to read.
Posted April 5, 2020 This is a piece I posted on Face Book, December 14, 2016, a little more than four years ago. I hope it may bring a little smile to your face: As of today, I have been living 75 years, and this is a good time for telling a story. When I…
Posted March 26, 2020 There’s a joking bargain that farriers often offer to novice horse owners: They’ll shoe all four feet starting at one penny for the first nail and simply doubling the cost for the next nail at 2 cents, the next at four cents, and so on. Total the fee for each nail and that’s…
Posted March 20, 2020 When I was quite young, about first-grade age, I remember our family having dessert every evening after supper. It seemed one night we would have lemon meringue pie–my very favorite–next chocolate, then my father’s favorite, apple pie, and so on. And, Jello, we had it with supper as part of a…
February 7, 2020 In 2016 Rachel Waters published a critical article on the use of DNA tests to establish Native American identity with emphasis on the Lumbee Tribe. Her article, “Bloody Lies: The Dangerous Frontier of Genetic Ancestry in the Battle to Prove Indigenous Identity.” The article was originally published at www.facebook.com, and was written as…