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Holly Pettit
New Hampshire
Please check out my newest blog: http://www.oceanandislands.blogspot.com
Interests: Verse novels, Oceania, Tiki!
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Melanesia and Verse Novel Blogs Find New Home
Dear Readers: I'm keeping this blog up as a reminder of posts past, most of which I just couldn't see succumb to the delete button. I've moved active posting, however, to two new spaces: http://oceanandislands.blogspot.com (for Melanesia and Oceania stories) and http://versenovel.blogspot.com (for reviews and such on the novel-in-verse form)... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2012 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Tiki Timecapsule: Kelbo's of Metro Los Angeles
Who, within the sound of my voice, remembers Kelbo's? All locations have been closed if not torn down, but back in the mid-1960's these places were dark hangouts draped with fishnets, blowfish lamps, diving bells and tikis. Lots of tikis. Platters of Hawaiian BBQ ribs and big fruity drinks in... Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Bamboo Band on Island of Bougainville
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Posted Oct 28, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Bougainville Funeral II
Melanesian Funeral, with pan pipes. Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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I've been thinking about Melanesian music, lately,...
I've been thinking about Melanesian music, lately, and found this: Bougainville Funeral. Driving, sustaining beat. What, I wonder, if the significance of cutting down the trees? A sign of mourning, perhaps? Or clearing the way of the dead for their departure? Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Life, Death and Magic: 2000 Years of Southeast Ancestral Art
http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/LIFEDEATHMAGIC/ Check out this amazing exhibit at the National Gallery of Australia before it closes October 31st! If you can't make it to the gallery, enjoy the beautiful art of their website. Lovely. Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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A Tour of Cartimar Animal Market, Manila -- from "Peephole" Show
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Posted Oct 25, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Six Philippino Fighter Pilots Against Fifty-four Japanese Raiders
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"Fighting Filipino pilot. Manila. Captain Jesus Villamor, commanding officer of the 6th Pursuit Squadron, Philippine Army Air Corps, is pictured getting out of plane after returning from a flight to Batangas Field. The youth, who leads a daredevil squadron of six Filipino pilots in erstwhile training planes who took on... Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Next in my Pacific series: This appears to be a...
Next in my Pacific series: This appears to be a post-luncheon group photo of Arthur MacArthur, Jr. and his peeps in the Philippines. I'm guessing this was taken in Manila during the time of the Philippine-American War (or probably shortly thereafter) around 1902. And yes, Arthur Jr. is Douglas MacArthur's... Continue reading
Posted Oct 21, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Vella Lavella
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I've added this to illustrate the density of the jungles in which the Pacific war was fought. Also, these jungles fringed the lives of people in the late plantation era (1920's-30's) in which To One Who Lives on the Mainland take place. Vella Lavella. Infantrymen of Co. "I" await the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Off my usual topic, but LOVE THIS antique photo...
Off my usual topic, but LOVE THIS antique photo rescue project. Enjoy! Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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Crocodile Myth Melanesia
Creation myth fans -- check out how crocodile man and sago milk brought us into the world. Crocodile Mythology Melanesia is a beautiful short film. Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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New Animal and Plant Life Discovered in Papua New Guinea
Tube-nosed Fruit Bats and other adorable and frightening creatures discovered on Papua New Guinea. Check out the New Animal photo gallery! Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2010 at To One Who Lives on the Mainland
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