Saturday, August 6, 2011

the amazon book store

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I notice I still have the Amazon book store banner up at the top of my page.  Some of my readers have software that blocks that sort of thin...
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Friday, August 5, 2011

Sand Point bent wood hats

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Here's a few photos of bent wood hats made in Sand Point.  Bent wood hat instructor for the camp was Peter Devine.  He had inherited som...
Thursday, August 4, 2011

Aleutian China

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 Sand Point has one restaurant and two cafes, both of which seem to be closed more than open, at least when we needed them.  Above, the sign...

Sand Point, Alaska

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 I've just gotten back from Sand Point Alaska where I spent the last two weeks at the Sand Point Culture Camp.  I had hoped over the per...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

2011 Urban Unangax^ Culture Camp in Anchorage - Update

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Just a few photos from this year's culture camp.  Just finished up yesterday.  Days have been long.  9 am to 9 pm. Trying to catch up on...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

More Boat Strength

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I got my copy of Boat Strength in the mail.  Gosh, it's hardcover.  Editing has gotten looser than it used to be.  In cursory reading I ...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Strength of Materials

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I just ordered a copy of this book and hope to report on it in more detail later.  I have read most of Dave Gerr's other book, The Natur...

Don't Let Others Plan Your Future

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I've been reading the latest article at Low-tech Magazine . I read that kind of stuff because skin of frame technology is relatively low...
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Wooden Boat Building Books

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I've listed a whole bunch of wooden boat building books in my Amazon book store. Not that I'm interested in traditional wooden boa...
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Native Art at the Alaska Native Medical Center

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The largest assemblage of contemporary Alaskan Native Arts and Crafts that I've seen is not at any museum but at  the Alaska Native Med...
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2011 Urban Unangax^ Culture Camp in Anchorage

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Should you find yourself in Anchorage during the week of July 7-13 stop by the Urban Unangax^ Culture Camp at the APIA headquarters.  Lots o...
Friday, June 3, 2011

Deep Thought

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I created a subject category in my Amazon book store called "Deep Thought." I thought it might be worth explaining what I mean by...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Further Kayak Musings

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In the process of selecting books for my Amazon sub store on this blog, it became apparent to me that I wasn't picking any stitch and gl...
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Skinboat Journal Store

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I've added an Amazon.com store to my blog.  It's a subset of stuff that Amazon sells.  For now it's mostly books about kayaking ...
Monday, May 23, 2011

unimak.us

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A new website called Unimak Area has been erected. Lots of info on the Eastern Aleutian region. Enjoy.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

More Unangax^ (Aleut) Paddle Mysteries

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Suzawa Ikunori of Japan has shared some pictures of paddles from the Kuril Island of Simushir.  As I mentioned in a previous post, the Aleu...

Aleuts Kayaks around the Pacific Rim

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Ninety miles north of San Francisco on the Pacific coast stands Fort Ross, southernmost outpost of the Russian empire in North America.  The...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Whose kayaks are best?

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Somewhere around 1824, Father Ivan Veniaminov wrote that the kayaks of the Eastern Aleuts were vastly superior to those of their neighbors. ...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Aleut Cockpit Size

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Someone on one of the facebook groups I'm on posted a video of an Aleut paddler paddling his kayak around in a circle. The video is a co...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Scavenging

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Call it what you will.  Call it scavenging which has a negative connotation and calls up visions of vultures, or call it re-use or re-cyclin...