Comments | vanillafluffy: A delightful surprise

vanillafluffy

A delightful surprise

Jul 16, 2010 06:54

I have been avoiding the mailbox for a couple days---it's always bills, or so it seems---but this morning when I took out the trash, there was an envelope from dine with some classic tinted postcards ( Read more... )

nostalgia, gift!

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pwcorgigirl July 16 2010, 13:21:18 UTC

I think it's the Canadians who started using the term First Nations people, which is a pretty good way to put it.

The postcards sound quite cool. I often wish our family had been the corresponding kind, but they weren't so no such wonderful memorabilia exists.

vanillafluffy July 16 2010, 18:54:37 UTC

These are all addressed to the same folks in Oregon. Too bad the writing is atrocious, I'd like to know more of the story.

louisiane_fille July 16 2010, 15:34:36 UTC

It's funny that we call them Native Americans, because their ancestors came here just like everyone else. They've simply been here the longest.

And yay! for postcards.

vanillafluffy July 16 2010, 18:56:10 UTC

Yeah, but seniority doesn't count for much in this world! (If it did, I'd still have a job.)

chocolate_frapp July 16 2010, 16:56:14 UTC

I've heard "First Americans" but then I live not far from Berkeley. Of course, taste in food is cultural, not inborn, I love hot spicy food and I'm Irish!

vanillafluffy July 16 2010, 18:57:59 UTC

I'm not a big fan of spicy, but I love salty...unfortunately, my ankles don't, so I can't indulge as I'd like to.

dine July 16 2010, 17:53:28 UTC

I'm glad they arrived, and were a nice change from the bills (I can totally relate to mailbox dread - I generally only check mine a couple times a week, and then only because it's small and the carrier just keeps cramming crap in, so if I don't it becomes a real mess and a challenge to empty

enjoy!

vanillafluffy July 16 2010, 18:58:42 UTC

Will do! Thanks again!

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vanillafluffy July 17 2010, 00:13:53 UTC

Don't get me started. Seriously. The preferred term has changed FOUR times in my lifetime, it's very frustrating. I don't want to offend anyone, but the rules keep changing without notice. Me, I'm white, I've always been white (except for ten minutes or so during the 1970's when I was a "honkie". --?!)