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  1. November 26 - Mary Edwards Walker

    2024-11-26 02:24:00 UTC

    “My Mom at Green River Lakes” - Green River Lakes, Wind River Range, WY. “Mom and Bart in the Cabin” - Green River  Lakes, Wind River Range, WY. “You must come to terms with the reality that nothing outside ourselves, be it people or things is actually responsible for our…

  2. November 18 - Wilma Pearl Mankiller

    2024-11-18 02:01:32 UTC

    “Faith” - Winuba (Mt. Tom), Wheeler Ridge, and the surrounding Eastern Sierra mountains. Taken from the Owens River Gorge parking lot. Nüümü Witü, Nüümü, and Newe Sogobia Ancestral Homeland. November 2022. “I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.” — Wilma Mankiller. Wilma…

  3. November 16 - Chinua Achebe

    2024-11-16 03:39:57 UTC

    “Stand Tall” - A beautiful grove of Giant Sequoia being hit by sunlight on a warm July 2024 morning out at Nelder Grove in Sierra National Forest. Me-wuk, Miwok, & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland. “We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put…

  4. November 9 - Florence Sabin

    2024-11-09 16:57:23 UTC

    On a windy day back in September 2017, I drove through #RockyMountainNationalPark #RMNP @rockynps and saw this beautiful sight. I do not know this park well, so if anyone is from there, please let me know if you recognize any of the mountains and their names! Thanks! Clovis Culture, Tséstho’e…

  5. November 8 - Hermann Rorschach

    2024-11-08 15:33:49 UTC

    Black and White Fine-art panorama of Death Valley National Park, CA. Timbisha Shoshone & Newe Sogobia Ancestral Homeland. “Hold tight to the conviction that a woman is a human being too, who can be independent…Also realize that equality must exist between men and women.” — Hermann Rorschach. I’m choosing my…

  6. November 4 - Walter Cronkite

    2024-11-04 03:40:05 UTC

    “Autumn at Conway Summit” - #ConwaySummit on the #EasternSierra is always amazing, especially in autumn. The fall colors were glorious to see. Wašišiw Ɂítdeʔ (Washoe) & Nüümü Ancestral Homeland. October 2024. “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”  ― Walter…

  7. November 2 - Native American Heritage Month

    2024-11-02 03:22:00 UTC

    A shadow creating the shadow of a bear (aka “Shadow Bear” on the mountains above East Rosebud Creek, Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness, Montana. “The Great Spirit is in all things. He is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes…

  8. October 30 - John Adams

    2024-10-30 03:25:38 UTC

    “Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.” — U.S. President John Adams.  Did you know that President John Adams (second president of the USA) and his son, President John Quincy Adams (6th President), were the only two of the…

  9. October 28 - Spider Awards & Jonas Salk

    2024-10-28 04:31:34 UTC

    Black and White image of the Mobius Arch and the Eastern Sierra with the moon in the arch. 19th Annual Black and White Spider Awards Banner My image as an Honorable Mention in the 19th Annual Black and White Spider Awards in the Professional Nature Division. Part of the list…

  10. October 27 - Joe Medicine Crow

    2024-10-27 15:01:49 UTC

    The sun sending light rays behind the amazing mountains above Lost Lake in the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness, Montana. “I was never a smart man to begin with, but I love to learn. This is the way to get somewhere in life.” — Joe Medicine Crow. Joe Medicine Crow was born…

  11. October 26 - Gloria Conyers Hewitt

    2024-10-26 03:28:47 UTC

    “Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson. Today, I will be talking about the mathematician named Gloria Conyers Hewitt. And when I think of math, I think of patterns that suited these…
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