The Prompt Every New Year’s Eve millions of people usher out the old year at midnight by singing the first verse and chorus of Scottish poet Robert Burns’ 1788 poem set to a Scots folk tune, “Auld Lang Syne.” The phrase translates roughly to for the sake of old times. It’s often…

Hi there, Salty. And thanks for commenting. But you’ve quite successfully veered off topic. Regarding the celebration of Thanksgiving as related to American Indians, this essay is straightforward in what it addresses— 1. making the “leap from the harvest feast of 1621 to Thanksgiving 2022 without considering the impact of…

@veganelder, I thought I had written something once that addressed impact versus inten—and I was write. In fact, I’ve written a couple of pieces on the topic. After re-reading the piece, I wish I could repost it again in its entirety, but Medium doesn’t allow for that. But what I…

Yes, That’s a real thing. — Letter from the Editor What makes some folks think it’s acceptable to treat Black people with contempt ranging from the veiled to the brazenly naked? And why do other folks treat us as the peers we are? You know, with genuine conviviality and all? After living in Black skin every day for well over…

OHF Weekly, Volume 4 Number 44 — Letter from the Editor 💛 Greetings! Tuesday, September 20, was National Voter Registration Day here in the US. Politics have taken up an inordinate amount of our brain function these past several years and it’s tempting to disengage but it’s important to remember why we should not. Most people in most countries would agree…