A Council of Dolls

by Mona Susan Power

Mama says that he didn’t discover anything beyond “his own stupidity and inability to navigate.”

One of the best takes on Columbus Day I’ve ever encountered.

wondering if she ever had fun, if she ever slipped off the halter of duty she wears so gracefully we forget it’s there.

“You can put ideas on and off just like moccasins. You can wear them and set them aside, hold on to those you find meaningful.

From my studies I gather wašíčus wish to know everything there is to know. That isn’t our way. We understand that aspects of the world are so wonderfully mysterious we aren’t capable of comprehending the whole of it.