This is my cradle poem. An Indian walks in me. She steps so firmly in my mind that when I stand against the pine, I know we share the inner light of the star that shines on me. She taught me this, my Cherokee, when I was a spindly child, and rustling in dry forest leaves, I heard her say, these speak. She said the same of sighing wind, of hawk, descending on the hair, and mother's care to draw the cover snug around me. A blackberry warming in the sun and copperhead coiled on the stone, these speak. I listened long before I learned the universal turn of atoms. I heard the spirit song that binds us all as one, and no more will I follow any rule that splits my soul. My Cherokee left me no sign except in hair and cheek, and this firm step of mind that seeks the whole in strength and peace. Hello and thank you to everyone who has joined tonight. I'm Chris Bronsted coming to you from Knoxville, Tennessee, the native lands of the Tolukie Peoples, now the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and United Ketawa Band of Cherokee Indians, the Yuchi Peoples, now at the Muscogee Creek Nation, and the Shawnee Peoples. This evening we celebrate a special friend of the University of Tennessee Libraries and the Clung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Mary Lou Awiakta. We have an incredible program planned, including thoughts and stories shared by some of Mary Lou's colleagues and friends, poetry readings like the one you just saw, and an opportunity for you, our audience, to submit your questions directly to the author herself. Internationally known as a poet, essayist, and storyteller, Mary Lou Awiakta is also an activist, community leader, and environmental advocate. In her work, she weaves Cherokee and Appalachian heritages with her experience of growing up during the nuclear era in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to address current issues and to emphasize how important respect, harmony, and diversity are to the web of life. Her poems, essays, and stories have influenced change at local, national, and international levels for cultural diversity, protection of the environment, and civil rights. She was born Mary Lou Bonham, the seventh generation of a family that has lived in East Tennessee since the mid 1700s. She received her name Awiakta, which in Cherokee means Eye of the Deer, from her grandfather. And as her writing matured, she adopted Awiakta as her professional name. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a double major in English and French in 1957, the same year she married Dr. Paul Thompson. She says she has always had a deep pride in her alma mater. We are thrilled to announce that she has chosen the University of Tennessee libraries to preserve her personal and professional papers and make them available to future scholars. More about that later. But for now, let's get to know Mary Lou Awiakta a little bit better, through the eyes of two friends and colleagues. First is the Virginia poet, Parks Lanier, a frequent collaborator. And then we will hear from Awiakta's translator for the past 25 years, Alice Catherine Carls. Parks Lanier, Professor of English Emeritus at Radford University in Virginia, happy to salute Mary Lou Awiakta on the occasion of establishing her archives at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. It is her alma mater and mine. But Knoxville is also her birthplace. From there with her parents and sister, she went to live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on the Atomic Frontier, where thousands of men and women, modern pioneers, worked on a project that would help end the Second World War. She distilled that childhood and that world of not so long ago, and worlds even further back among native peoples and Appalachian pioneers into a volume of poetry entitled Abiding Appalachia, where Mountain and Atom meet. Its publication has spanned eight editions from 1978 to 2006. Her volume is the archive of an era. So it is fitting that records of its creation are now archived close to where it all began. One of the central motifs of Awiakta's life and poetry is Awi-Uzdi, Little Deer, the sacred white deer of the Cherokee. She wears his emblem on a necklace, the deer leaping in an atomic symbol. In the 37 years Awiakta and I have been friends, we have celebrated many Little Deer moments, moments when there is an alignment or a conjunction of people and events which bless our lives. This moment of archival significance is truly a Little Deer moment. And now I would like to tell you a few things about Awiakta, the teacher. In 1978, I was fortunate to be able to help Radford University establish a program designed to bring writers and community together, the Highlands Summer Conference. It had poetry, fiction, and Appalachian culture as its components. Over time, these blended beautifully. Its 40 years plus history is now being celebrated in 2021 in a new collection called Writers by the River. Awiakta's chapter is one of its most significant. Mary Lou Awiakta first came to the Highlands Summer Conference in the summer of 1984. Our five year old daughter and I met her at the airport and helped her settle in for two weeks of reading, teaching, and performing. It was a Little Deer moment. The class was magical. Awiakta organized the enthusiastic students into seven clans like the Cherokee. Invited them to design mandalas displaying their aspirations as writers and got down to a serious exploration of the realms of poetry. She had had previous experience with poetry in the schools. But this opportunity challenged her to new levels of growth as teacher and writer. And the students responded eagerly. In the class was Rebecca Hancock, a Pulaski County High School English teacher. Becky had just begun her own exploration of her native Appalachian history and culture. She says with the poems of abiding Appalachia, blending her upbringing in Oak Ridge with the history, legends, and myths of the Cherokee. Awiakta reinforced what I had recently learned. In the fall, I created the first Appalachian studies class for our English curriculum. My students excelled in collecting oral histories and delighted in storytelling. They soon formed a club and learned Appalachian jacktails to tell and perform. By March of 1985, less than a year after Becky Hancock had had her Little Deer Moment with Mary Lou Awiakta. The Apple Kids were formed. That's a P P a L as in Appalachia. They said it also stood for American people presenting Appalachian life through kids in dramatic skits. They turned it into an act for them. In May, they had their first public appearance. Over the next nine years, the group would present music, folk tales, oral histories, and original drama designed to promote a positive image of the Appalachian region in six states, with 203 performances, reaching nearly 30,000 people. Awiakta lit the fire. Becky Hancock fanned the flame. The students did the rest. Awiakta returned to Radford in 1988 to give the keynote address to the annual conference of the Appalachian Studies Association. About that time, a generous donor and his family had given the university a 375 acre nature conservancy, farmland and woodland bordering the Little River. The donor was seeking a name suggestive of the land's Cherokee associations. And someone suggested Mary Lou Awiakta name it. The donor had no idea that she even knew where Radford was. Another little dear moment. Awiakta suggested it be named for the Cherokee corn mother, the Seilu Conservancy. You can read more about that in her book, Seilu, Seeking the Corn Mother's Wisdom, which appeared in 1993. In 1989, Awiakta and her husband, Dr. Paul Thompson, came to celebrate the dedication of the Seilu Conservancy Retreat Center. The building, still in its early progress, had taken shape enough for the seven-sided council room at its heart to be visible in raw form. The seven sides evoked the ancient Cherokee clans, sensitive to the place and to the history and cultural diversity it represented, always so important in her own poetry. Awiakta asked me to go with her to seek a special blessing for his preservation. Another little dear moment. In 1990, Awiakta returned to lead her second Highland Summer Conference. Unaware of her impending return, the Apopiads had created for the 1989 season a new program titled Celebrating Appalachia. It was directly inspired by Awiakta's work. How thrilled they were to be able to perform in the presence of their inspiration. Another little dear moment with artists from different generations celebrating their mountain heritage and their work together dispelling negative stereotypes. It was a story to be repeated across the United States from Boston to Sonoma and across Appalachia itself. For that she would be honored in 2020 as one of Tennessee's 10 significant women chosen by USA today to honor the centennial of women's suffrage. By the time Awiakta returned to be a Highland Summer Conference featured also and read to the community in 2007. She was reading to friends who had become family to students who had become teachers themselves and to new fans who were just hearing her for the first time. She would begin a reading before any introductions had been given by quietly moving through the audience, placing into each person's hand a grain of colorful native corn. This would make them curious. By the end of the hour, through her vivid imagery, her compelling symbols, the sheer beauty of her words and her abiding love for her native region, they would understand. They would have heard the transforming stories of Awi Yusdi, of Seleu and the Trail of Tears, of the Prophet of Oak Ridge, the building of a secret city, and the harnessing of atomic energy, and of the yearnings of a child growing up in a world yet to define itself. They would have had their own Little Deer month. The story of the Cherokee that teaches the law of respect, and it's the story of Little Deer. I'll tell just the spine of the story. It's quite a long story, but it's very important. It's central to my work. But Cherokee hunters were killing too many deer. So a council was held, and the Little Deer, the Little White Deer, the chief of the deer, said, I will make a ceremony if the hunter kills and takes with respect. Thanks the deer for taking his life for his to go on. I will bless the hunt. And if he does not do that, I will track him to his home and cripple him so he never can hunt again. And thus, the law of respect for nature is incorporated in that law, but it's also the law of respect for people, for life in general, that if you take, you must take with respect and give back, or else there'll be a repercussion. My connection to a reactor is through the University of Tennessee at Martin. My late colleague, Professor Stan Siebert was her champion in the 1980s and 1990s, and invited her to several governor's school for the humanities. Her presentations were very popular with the gifted high school students. I followed the tradition by inviting a reactor in the early 2000s to be one of the featured speakers at our annual civil rights conference. But my first contact with her was through the publication in 1996 of the poem Mother Road in the University of Tennessee at Martin's Quarterly magazine. The original was published in her volume, Abiding Appalachia. Maire racine. La création souvent exige deux coeurs. Un pour sans raciner et un pour fleurir. Un pour nourrir partant sec et fortifier dans la tempête la fragile fleur qui, dans la gloire de son heure, affirme un coeur ignoré, invisible. I fell in love with the poem's caressing song and seamless simplicity. I immediately called a reactor and traveled to Memphis to meet her. Sensing that this was my first contact with a Cherokee Appalachian poet, she graciously introduced me to her work. Within a fort night, I wrote an article about her work and translated 29 of her poems in French. They appeared in the journal quasi première in 1997 with the cover featuring a drawing of a reactor made by French artist Rosa Tatar. Over the years, I established the solid collection between a reactor and France. Four sets of poems with translator's introduction appeared between 1998 and 2014 in the French poetry journal Poissy première. One set appeared in the online French journal recours au poème. And three sets appeared in the legendary Belgian journal Le Journal des Poëtes. Broadening her connections with Europe, she was asked just a few weeks ago to contribute a poem to the latest work of Italian sculptor Italo Lanfredini. Last but certainly not least, the French graphic artist Pierre Caillol and his wife and editor Marie offered to publish a bilingual artist's book for which a reactor and I are currently choosing poets. A reactor's message of respect for Mother Earth, respect for women and respect for science resonates with Francophone readers and has been well received over the years. In 2017, our French connection deepened when a reactor shared with me a collection of 50 letters she wrote to family and friends during her three year stay in France from 1964 to 1967. As we discuss the context of the letters, the picture of her lifelong love for French culture and French people emerged. Working with her on this new project has been one of the most rewarding experiences of our 25 year friendship. I discovered the superb training she received from her teachers, both at Oak Ridge High School and at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where she graduated magna cum laude with a double major in French and English, and was offered a full graduate scholarship to the Sorbonne in Paris France. France has played a vital part in a reactor's life. It has been a pivotal moment in her writing career. It is my privilege to piece together this story. This spring, a first article about it will appear in Poisy Premier. He'll talk about geraniums, list curtain windows, Voltaire, Perrault, Marie Curie, and the many other ways in which France blends with a reactor's appellation and Cherokee traditions. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Lanier and Dr. Carl's. Those letters mentioned by Dr. Carl's that informed her recent article on Marie-Lou Aweyakta, now reside in the UT Libraries' Betsy B Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives. They are among the materials Marie-Lou Aweyakta has donated to the UT Libraries. The Marie-Lou Aweyakta papers include personal and professional correspondence, family documents and photographs, and drafts and reviews of her work, including her three books. Those materials will now be permanently available to scholars from around the world. Marie-Lou Aweyakta's gift to our special collections continues a family tradition of giving to the university. The Bonham family of Knoxville, Tennessee has a long tradition of philanthropy at the university, from creating numerous student scholarships and awards to gifting priceless works of art. Her gifts have provided numerous students with opportunities to learn and study that they would not otherwise have been able to afford. In addition, the family's gifts of artwork and papers have provided the campus and Knoxville communities with both artistic inspiration and an invaluable glimpse into our region's past. It goes without saying that the Bonham family and descendants have long been community-minded philanthropists and patrons of the arts. Their invaluable contributions to education, history and the arts will continue to be enjoyed by thousands of students, faculty, staff and Knoxvillians for years to come. The MacLung Museum joins the UT libraries in honoring Marie-Lou Aweyakta. This evening's program is presented in conjunction with the MacLung Museum's exhibition, Women's Work, which celebrates pioneering women artists. One of the featured artists is Maria Martinez, the famous Tewa Potter. Marie-Lou Aweyakta in her book, Say Lou, Seeking the Corn Mother's Wisdom, recounts how contemplating Marie Martinez's exquisite black-on-black pottery and her example of interweaving family and work helped Aweyakta bring her own art and life into balance. Let's hear more from Marie-Lou Aweyakta herself during a recent conversation with George Larremois, interviewer and writer for PBS, Memphis Magazine and others. Hello, I'm Marie-Lou Aweyakta. I'm very happy that my archives have been embraced here and come home to the hills. We were talking earlier and you expressed something that and I won't quote you because I'll get you wrong, but you were saying at the heart of your work, the heart of who you are is in the great smoky mountain. That is true. The mountains are inside my me and inside my bloodstream. That's that's where my families live seven generations. And so we're all mountain folks. And you say it is it is central. How is it central to your writing? Well, because I'm going to use an old mountain term. I soaked them up when I was little. I just soaked up with creeks and wind and trees and bears and things just it just became part of me so that when I came to talk about the atom or came to talk about anything, the mountains were naturally part of me because I grew up there. You know, it was a natural thing.  I like one of the lines. One of something that you wrote was my mountains are very old. Yes. Yes, our mountains are very old older than the Andes and mellowed down, wrapped in mist like ancients deep in thought. They always look like ancients deep in thought and they are in fact the oldest mountains in North America. Very ancient and mysterious. You recall your first poem and if you would, can you recite it? Yes, I can recite it. If my mother recalled it, we were so the folks who grow up in the old tradition are so fortunate because it never dies. It even comes from beyond the grave and mother memorized my first poem and told me about it every year in my life. I was three and a half. She said you were three and a half Mary Lou. We were walking along the sidewalk past some neighborhood stores and a monarch butterfly died in the air and grazed your shoulder. Pick it up. Let us see it as it fell to the sidewalk.  So you could fly with other butterflies instead. And then said, Mother, you picked it up and put it on the ledge of the storefront window. Turn to me and said, So nobody will step on it. And you were how old three and a half. And so looking back over the 85 years of my life, I think that was the keynote of all my work under all my work is that thought old little butterfly pain and injustice upsets me. And then I want to move people the earth out of harm's way. So that's just the way I am. I guess that's the way I was. Thank you. Talk to me for a second about DNA and about this notion that you've talked to us about, which is diversity in me diversity within yourself. Yes, right now, diversity is the big word. Everyone's talking about it. But mostly diversity outward diversity that is different race, different region, different points of view. But one of my focuses is the inner diversity because every individual is looking for the voice inside what the different elements of your family, your father, your mother, where you grew up, what influence it had, and how to balance it and speak from that balance center in whatever your profession is or your dream is to do. I'll be after decades from now, or a century from now, some graduate student or some college freshman is going to stumble across this and find it and look at it and listen to you and hear what you've said. What message do you want to send across time to people who might be exposed to your work and listen to your work? Well, I want to send the message of hope.     You know, trust your own thinking, trust where you're going and get the job done that you want to get done. It has been a true privilege for all of us to get to know Mary Lou through our three interviews tonight. Once again, we would like to thank Dr. Lanier, Dr. Carl's and Mr. Laramore for their time and celebrating with us this evening. Please note that all interviews will soon be available to view in their entirety on UT Libraries YouTube page at UTK Libraries, where some of you may be tuning in from tonight. Mary Lou's impact on the University of Tennessee and the world around us is simply incredible. To celebrate her many accomplishments, I would now like to welcome Dean of UT Libraries, Steve Smith. Good evening. I'm Steve Smith, Dean of Libraries at the University of Tennessee. And Mary Lou, Auyachta, thank you for your message of hope. It's been a tough year for all of us, and we need more messages of hope like yours. I'm joining this evening celebration to express my personal gratitude for the relationship you have developed with the UT Libraries and to thank you on behalf of the university for entrusting your archives to the University of Tennessee for bringing your archives home. I'm also pleased that I have been empowered to formally declare Mary Lou Auyachta and accomplished alumna of the University of Tennessee. The accomplished alumni award program honors UT alumni who have achieved great things in their profession, volunteer roles or civic involvement. You have excelled in each of these areas as a writer, as a teacher, as an advocate for peace, civil rights, environmental justice, and respect for nature. The honors already accorded to your work both your literary accomplishments and your public engagement are far too many to cite this evening. But to name a few, you've been named a distinguished Tennessee writer, a woman of vision, and just this past year, one of the women of the century. The accomplished alumni award may confer some small additional distinction upon you, but in truth, you distinguish the University of Tennessee. We are proud that you have honored the University of Tennessee and the libraries with the distinction of holding the Mary Lou Auyachta papers and all the treasures within them. By preserving your archive and sharing your legacy with future scholars, the UT library becomes a wellspring for scholarship inspired by your message of restoring balance and harmony. Thank you, Mary Lou Auyachta. I'd like to ask you to share a few words with us. Is it this one?  I thank you so much. And we're trying here to hold it up as a beautiful crystal. And let's see, am I supposed to know this way? Now here we have it. It is very beautiful and such a beautiful gift to me. I'm so happy. It makes me so very happy that the University thinks I'm maybe a beacon shining bright, because we all know that the University has been for many, many, many decades. Thank you very, very much. And I also want to thank everybody who's participated in this gathering. It's really quite wonderful and a great gift. I've considered a great gift that you've given to me. When I was little, and said, I want to be a poet, mother, whose maiden name was McCormick said, that's good, Mary Lou, but what will you do for the people? And she was introducing me right there, four years old, introducing me to the Appalachian, the mountain people, all diverse peoples tradition of share what you have with your community, share with the community, be part of the community. And that's what UT was to the family of the seven generations, you know, it was if anyone spoke of the university, there was only the university was the University of Tennessee. And I thank you for this great honor so much. And I want to do one wild thing, because we all know that the Scottish Irish and the mountain people occasionally have a wild hair. And so I was thinking, this is the time which when we're coming out of a world pandemic, and we're feeling so happy. And if we were all together, where we could do it, we might jump up and just sing together, Rocky top, you'll always be a con suite home to me. Isn't that a fun song? And I remember routing us when that song broke out, but joy and dance. Oh, look, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. And I also, this is a very interesting circle in my life, there are many concentric circles. And one of them is that I should be coming home to the University of Tennessee with my work. I was born just across the street in the Fort Sanders Hospital in the Fort Sanders area. My parents moved here right after they married. And two years later, I was born in Fort Sanders hospitals there. And then, by the way, I was premature. And there was four pounds at six ounces. And they said there was four pounds of blue black hair and six ounces of me but that I probably would do well. So here I am back. And thank you to also for the great training. As some one of the speakers pointed out, I had excellent training at UT and teachers. And again, I lived in the Fort Sanders neighborhood in a stronghold and up on Laurel Avenue, which is where my parents have lived when they were first married. And and so I got a wonderful education. Let's say a great thank you to my professors who had their hearts in their work and with the students. And I being one of them, it was so wonderful. I had two advisors through my entire college career, Dr. Bain Steward and Mr. Charles Webb. And they helped me plan the curriculum and wonderful education at UT. So as we're getting ready, coming out of this, there are going to be many changes, many new paths forged in this time beyond the pandemic and different formulas of people connecting and sharing the arts. And I know UT and their students will be in the forefront of that effort to forge new trails and new paths. And this is a wonderful circle because I've come back to the mountains. Again, a concentric circle. And so through the archives, which you have so beautifully organized and preserved, I'll be able to be part of the next circle as the young go out and do do their work to keep the world in balance. And I think all things are possible for those who have a deep faith and the creator to listen to the laws of respect, which are wed in to the great web of life. They are from the, in my belief from the creator, the laws of respect have to be followed. And Little Deer is one ancient story that the Cherokee developed to teach the law of respect and Seleu is another. And I'm so glad what I hoped my work would do when I sit out in 78, there was not much information in textbooks about Indigenous peoples or about Appalachian peoples as a whole. And so I wanted to bring these, these cultures are blend within me, the Scots Irish from the Cormac side. And, and there comes the Cherokee there. And also the bottom side, I was so appreciative of recognizing my family, because that's another characteristic of Appalachian peoples, we're big family people. And, and I know there's a lot of family there that said now we're going to be online.  And he passed away in 2015. But you may remember Dr. Andy Holt. And in regard to my uncle Fred Bonham, and I had was a freshman. And the house mother said Dr. Andy Holt would like to see you at your earliest convenience. And I was scared to death, you know, the administration was up on the hill just below Erzhal. And so I went and he said, your uncle has endowed university with gracious giving and I just want to speak to you. And then he said in a very kindly way, you know, I have a nephew here. And I think you would like to know him. And his name is Paul Thompson. And I said, Well, I know I'd like to know him because we've been dating for about two months. But he never told me he was your nephew. So the Holt's the family, the Holt's Bonham's and McCormick's are gathered there and my two daughters live in Knoxville. Alex Connor and Andre Herron and my son Andrew Thompson lives in Nashville. But they are all mountain people to the core. They love, love, love the mountains. And they went to the University of Tennessee, of course. And now the grand, the grandchildren did the grandchildren live in Knoxville also. Family is a wonderful thing. And I would like to leave you with one of my mother's teachings, which my father believed in and my grandfather also with all the family, she would say, and this was the middle. This was just after Pearl Harbor. I was five years old. The country was in a horror. And she said, the family is the basic survival unit. Always be loyal to your family, uphold your family, and look on all peoples in the broader sense as part of the human family. So bye bye. I think my seven minutes up. Is that right? Is that right? Somebody tell me? Or did I go 15 or something terrible? You didn't do anything terrible. Oh, great. Can I say Mary Lou, it's always wonderful to see you. And I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to work with you through your gifts to UT Library's special collections. Pleasure to thank you. Is my mic on? Yes. Yes. It's been a great pleasure for me.  I'm looking forward. Oh, thank you more. And I also wanted to echo Dean Steve's sentiments and expressing our gratitude for all that you've done in support of the university. So we have an amazing crowd joining us virtually tonight. And I'm going to go ahead and kick off our brief Q&A now. And I'm going to ask tonight's first question, which is how you see the role of poetry and science working together. Okay. Well, on its highest level, science is poetry because it's intangible through the atom. For example, all the world is really made up of atoms, as everybody knows now. When I was a little child, nobody'd heard the word atom except a high scientist. But now people know it.  And so poetry, it's very interesting that many of the theoretical nuclear physicists such as Marie Curie and Niels Bohr, the father of quantum physics, quoted poetry frequently, they were great poetry lovers. And I think poetry can help people envision the world. And here's something somebody could do. It's in a poem of mine called Star Vision. And I woke up one night and in the three o'clock and just thought, what if everything in the room, you could see on the subatomic level, and every atom has a little star in it. And there would be masses of swaths of stars all around trees, the bed, everything rocks. And so anytime I feel downhearted, I think about if I could see it, on the scientific level on the subatomic level, it would be a world full of light. And so the light is really there. And when the time came for me to be treated for cancer, I was treated with photons, radioactive, you know, radiation treatment. And I'd like people to remember that the scientific development in Oak Ridge was for a weapon when it was needed. But since then, for peace and think of how many cancer patients alone have been treated by radiation therapy and helped. And so, you know, the poem, I said the poem for my radiologist, and he said, could I put that on my wall for my patients. And I said, Sure, no charge. I tried the training for treatment, but he wouldn't take it. Well, thank you. That was a beautiful look at how poetry and science can light put light on on each other. And if there are any other questions, I think we've got one coming in. What inspired Rising Fawn and the Great Fire Mystery? Oh, Rising Fawn inspired it. It's a true story. TV health, I was on TV, then I went to the cleaners. And the cleaners said, you know, we're part of our family's talk talk, and one of our ancestors was saved down in Mississippi when the soldiers were burning her town and brought to Memphis in a box marked clothing and given in the care of white family here. And then the soldier who saved her who was a white soldier had to go into the West because he deserted the army. And so he was capital punishment for him if he was caught. So this was the inspiration for the story because St. Luke's press had commissioned me to write a story that commissioned 10 writers to write a story about Memphis at Christmas time and they wanted to start with indigenous people. And it was the cleaner that said to me, you know, the cleaning establishment stories are everywhere. And this story then the artist who did Rising Fawn had a manuscript. She was Choctaw Heritage too, and had a manuscript called the Tushpa manuscript that was very famous. That was her relative who was in the same place as Rising Fawn. And it was all the detail of what happened and how they got ready for the journey and what happened on the journey. And the family, now you haven't been investigated, you've been investigated by a native family.  So I said I will not use anything except what you approve out of this manuscript. We all credit everything. So this book is a real story. And it's a she was a real person. And this little girl, when that book first went out with the information agency to a global tour, my work was in that tour. And it went to Australia and Auckland, New Zealand, and then Auckland, New Zealand got it. And they used it school wide, right after it was published in 84 and then later Memphis did too. So Rising Fawn is a true story. And I think white moves people is because Rising Fawn and her grandmother were real and moving people. And it isn't a child's story. It's a family story. But our publishing system doesn't have any category for family story. Native people do. But our publishing system is adult, young adult, you know, right, etc. So it's a story for the family. And it is true. And then a Choctaw writer has picked it up and written the story to spy. So it had, you know, widened that story, helped another writer write another story. Isn't that good? We all help each other. Yes, I mean, it just points out to your philosophy of, you know, the web of life and how everything is connected and how that leads to more creative creation.  But I'm sure you will because I read some of your poetry. Thank you. I think we have another question. Oh, do you have a favorite spot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? And if so, can you tell us why? Is there a story or poem associated with the spot? Oh, yes. Another story. One afternoon, Paul came by the dorm strong hall, you know, over there across the street, and said, let's go climb the chimneys. And I said, okay, it was March, but you know, there's a sign at the bottom of the chimneys where people are chiseled in. This is not a mountain climb. This is not a hike. This is a mountain climb. Danger, danger, danger. Well, it's those two peaks up there. And there didn't use to be a trail after halfway up. And we started up the peaks. Do you know what I mean? The chimney tops. That's where by the way, that's the site of the Great Fire two years ago. But we went up to the top of the small of the blunt chimney and then all across that jagged ridge up to the sharp one. And there was 360 degrees, the smokies, beautiful. So like standing at the beginning of time. And he's had a pen on his pocket. And he took the safety pin off and was my engagement ring. And so we got engaged on top of the chimneys. Oh, well, that's what this expression and he insisted.  If it had dropped, it would have gone 1000 feet down. But he didn't drop it. Got it on my finger.  And those mountains slip and grab blackberry wires and bars and Oh, was something. So I put the ring back on went back in strong hall mud. My everything was scratched. My face was scratched. And I said to my friends, I'm engaged.  That's my story. Yeah, can be wrongs. It's a great story. Um, I was wondering if you had any advice for burgeoning environmental activists and people who young people who really want to make a difference in this world? What would you tell them to do? The first thing I think is go and commune with nature in a silent way. Leave all the screens at home, the phones, everything and really learn and listen deeply. Because nature has a voice and and have to be still and know the most ancient advice which comes from the Bible be still and know, listen to it, then follow the law of respect and go, affiliate affiliate with people who are absolutely devoted to making a difference in the environment so that you can multiply your energy by fusing it with other energies. You know, that's the way that Adam works fusing energies. And it's true, you can one can do things alone, you know, in your house, individual, like not uses plastic bags and different things like that. But it's very important to get add your energy where energy is being concentrated to do specific things for your community or on the world level also. And and people who are in science and training their minds are very important studying what to do. For example, we, we have the vaccine for the pandemic because people were prepared to study. They were scientists who could figure it out. And I think there is hope. You know, my poem out of ashes, peace will rise if the people are resolute. That's that's so funny that you because we're we're going to play a video in a minute of you reading that poem. Oh, really? And I was going to say, I'm glad that we're ending tonight on a note of hope.  And I wanted to thank you and our audience, your audience, the audience for submitting thoughtful questions. And we have, you know, continued thanks and deepest appreciation to you, Mary Lou, for your support of the University of Tennessee and taking the time to celebrate with us. It was my joy, really. And I'm so interested in you young people. You may not think you're young people, but you are worried about who's working now and who's, you know, helping and putting their energy and and I'm so thankful to my colleagues who came. And I'd like to say thank you to them, George Parks and Alice Catherine, and also to the Invisible One Judy Card, who partners with George Lairmore and helped create our interview. I always want the partner who is not seen to be named also. Very often it's a woman, too. Well, before we move to out of Ash's peaceful rise, I just wanted to remind everyone that all of Mary Lou's books are available to purchase online through Amazon and other retailers. And please be sure to check out more information about UT Library Special Collections and University Archives by visiting lib.utk.edu slash special. And keep in touch with what's new at McClung Museum and plan your next visit when you check out McClung Museum.utk.edu. I also wanted to say thank you to everyone who had a hand in planning tonight's celebration, especially Alex Connor and Claire Veline. And I think I speak for all of us in saying it was an absolute honor to gather together to celebrate the incredible works, impact and generosity of you. Mary Lou Albuyachta. Thank you so much. It was my joy.  Well, this was something about where we live today and hope Claire Veline made her studio available so this could be happening.  As somebody said. Well, as we end our time together this evening, we hope you will enjoy one final reading. So here is out of Ashes Peaceful Rise. Good night to you all. Out of Ashes Peaceful Rise and that's in this book. Our courage is our memory. Out of Ashes Peaceful Rise. If the people are resolute, if we are not resolute, we will vanish. And out of Ashes Peaceful Rise. Our courage is our memory.


Patterson who got a block at the end Jake Cordero set sail as Jones is going to be socked and Grady Jarrett takes him down Somebody didn't block 97 in the white jersey They're gonna throw and it's caught touchdown Lee Smith. Come on Kick is away


Hey y'all, what's up? My name is Nali. Welcome to a new vlog. And it is just so weird to be vlogging right now because the last vlog I made was my recovery vlog.  So comparing me right now and me during recovery, it's like night and day. So sorry you had to see that, but I definitely wanted to be super real with the whole breast reduction. And I hope you guys enjoyed that vlog. And thank you guys for supporting that decision. But today is a start of a new vlog and a start of my new life honestly with my small boobs. I put on my set active one shoulder bra. You guys know this is like one of my favorite bras to wear.   I guess they were just like smashed, but I just thought that was kind of funny. Happy fall. It is October 1st. And this weekend is actually the start of ACL. If you guys aren't in Austin or don't know, it is Austin city limits, the music festival. And I'm actually going to weekend two and I've never gone to a music festival before. So I'm a little bit nervous for that, but I know it's going to be so much fun. I've always wanted to go to a music festival, but I just like never, I never built up the courage to like actually buy tickets, but I told myself after COVID, I'm saying yes to a lot more. So we're going to ACL next weekend. And I still have no idea what I'm going to wear. I'm going to see what people wear this weekend and kind of get inspo from that. But other than that, I feel like I'm just going to wear like a tank top shorts and like comfortable shoes. Like I don't really care to look like too cute, but we'll see that could probably change. But I do have a really exciting package downstairs. I have been eyeing these freaking shoes for so long now. The first influencer I saw wearing these shoes was Kenzie Elizabeth. I started listening to her podcast recently and I forgot that she like moved to Dallas. So I started watching her videos again. So I stand her and I especially stand these shoes. They're not the cheapest shoes. So I kind of was hesitating buying them. And then I saw another Instagram influencer, Mary Ralph wearing them. And I was like, all right, I'm getting the shoes. This is a sign I need these shoes. So I got them and they're downstairs. And I'm going to show you guys what they look like. I'm so freaking excited. Also I got an awesome Manny Petty this morning. Look at these nails. They're so fun. I kind of want to just like do something fun for ACL. Even though I'm going next weekend, I literally just need my nails done. And these are my real nails. I just did gel and then I just got my toast pan in white. So new pedicure for my new shoes. Perfect timing. Okay, let me go get the package. I got the package. It is time. Oh my God. I got the furry Birks. These are Birkenstocks.  That's weird. That's really weird. I'm confused. It doesn't even like say Birkenstocks.  I mean, I'm so confused. I literally bought them on Birkenstock.com, but weird. I mean, I don't really care, but that's just so weird. Anyways, these are my new shoes and I'm literally going to be living in them. Okay, let's do a comfort test. One is on my foot and I was just thinking, I feel like my feet are gonna sweat in these in the summer because it's still summer here in Austin, honestly. I mean, in the mornings they're really nice and they're like fall mornings, but yeah, I feel like my feet are gonna definitely sweat in these. So I'm gonna have to wait to wear these. They look gigantic. Let's see if I can do this. Oh my God, oh my God, I love them. Little life update because I feel like I just haven't vlogged in so long. The recovery vlog didn't count because that wasn't me, that was Patricia, I don't even know. But I am so stressed.  So I'm giving myself this whole month off, but when November comes around and December, it is going to be fricking crazy because November is the start of like December grad shoots and then I go home for Thanksgiving. My birthday and my birthday is on November 25th this year which is Thanksgiving and I'm also turning 25. So it's my golden birthday. So shall be interesting. I don't really know what I'm gonna do for my birthday, but like I always dreamed of doing something so crazy big for my, you know, golden birthday, but I don't like, I don't know what to do. And like I also, I don't know. Birthdays honestly make me a little uncomfortable. Like I love birthdays for everyone else and like I do like my birthday, but also sometimes like I feel like I hype it up too much in my head and then I honestly just get free Starbucks and then sit around my house all day. Like I don't really do anything that crazy. And then I just feel like it's such a burden around the time of my birthday because it's like a holiday and like no one's in town or I'm at home. Do I celebrate my birthday here earlier or later? It's just like a awkward kind of thing. So I'm gonna figure that out. But anyways, then straight from Atlanta, I go to Baton Rouge for my job, a work trip. Straight from that work trip, I go to my friend Sam's wedding in Tampa. Then straight from the wedding, I go to Nashville for my work conference. And then I come home, I think, I think we decided that we're gonna come home to Austin, chill for a week, go back to Atlanta for Christmas. Yeah, so I'm just getting a little stressed, like thinking about the future, which sucks because I feel like I should just be enjoying the now. But good news is that I booked a beach trip and I'm going to Rosemary Beach. If you guys have been watching my vlog since last year, you guys would know that my dad had a house in Rosemary Beach. He sold that house and we were all so sad, but then he actually just purchased another one. It's smaller, but it's right on the water, like literally a view of the ocean. The pictures he showed me are unreal. So we're finally getting to go and we're going like the 15th, like honestly two weeks at the beach and I'm so excited about it. And now I feel like I need to get some beach outfits or like at least a few cute new outfits. I actually just made my first purchase on Glassons. I think that's how you pronounce it. I think it's like more either UK based or Australian based, but I saw a TikTok of this girl saying that there was a really good dupe for an Eritia shirt. And it was actually a shirt that I had been looking at at Eritia and it's this one. It's like a crisscross ribbed tank top and it's literally so thick and such good quality. I'm going to link it. I kind of want to show you guys everything I got from Glassons cause I got some good stuff. So I'm just going to show you right now. Okay. I really don't have the energy to like try it all on just because this whole situation is still really stiff. I still have to like take care of my scars and all of that fricking stuff. So yeah, I don't really want to do a try and haul right now. I think it's so sunny. So I'm going to lower the brightness, but first top, hopefully now you can see that it's like this ribbed texture and it is so cute. I love it. Okay. And then we got a long sleeve ribbed top. A lot of the stuff I got from Glassons is ribbed. And honestly, that is like my favorite material right now and it's going to be perfect for the fall. Okay. This is not as thick and supportive as I would have hoped, but it's still really cute. Little crop top. And then we have these, which also remind me of a Ritzia little bralette tank tops. Not as thick, but still pretty thick. Still ribbed little brown moment. I got it in a couple other colors. White same, same old crop top thing. And then this stone color. I also got this basic cropped white t-shirt and it's like a scuba material. I don't know, it feels really nice. Like the quality of this place is amazing and their prices, that's like what made me want to purchase from them. It is so insanely affordable, like compared to Ritzia and all that. I also got a puffer from them.  I feel like this is going to be very cute. I think this is probably the most expensive thing I bought. I was like 70 bucks, but I really wanted it. And then I haven't tried these on yet, but I'm really hoping that they fit. I got a size 10, but I've been looking for these kind of like dress shorts for so long now and they are beautiful. Like the quality is unmatched. I cannot believe it. I really hope these fit. I got those clothes before I knew I was going to the beach. So probably would have bought something more like beachy and stuff, but I feel like when we go to the beach it's going to be a lot more chill this time. All in below last year's Rosemary Beach Vlogs because they were so fun and we tried so many good places and Alice Beach is just like a mile down the road or maybe two miles, I can't remember. And I feel like Alice Beach has popped off during the last like two years. I feel like everyone's gone there. So definitely go check those logs out. They're so visually pleasing and I literally just cannot wait to go back to the beach because last year's weather around this time was perfect. Also in the post-op instructions I'm not supposed to like submerge my boobs under water for like three weeks after surgery and it's going to be like exactly three weeks when I go to the beach. So I'll be able to swim, which is really exciting. I totally forgot the elephant in the room. I got a new couch. It finally arrived. I literally bought it in June and it just got here this Wednesday. This whole room feels like so much more complete and I kind of like rearranged it. So let me show you guys. It is honestly so messy in here. So just do not mind that. So the dust used to be on the window and it just like led so much more light in now that it's all the way open. But here is the couch. It is the West Elm Harmony Module Sleeper Sofa. So it's actually a pull out couch. There's a bed in there, queen sized and I am loving it.  So shall be interesting.  When I was getting delivered they tried to fit it in the elevator and it didn't fit, which was really annoying. I felt really bad, but they brought it up the stairs and the only way they could bring it up the stairs was to take the packaging all off of it.  But Ryan like scrubbed it with a resolve and it came off. Like it's pretty white now, but it was so bad. They said I could keep this one and like ask for a replacement. But first of all, that would have taken forever and second of all, then we would have just ran into the same issue. So I was like, okay, I'm just going to clean this one. But yeah, that's kind of annoying. I wish my apartment had like a service elevator or just like a larger elevator. I don't know why they don't, but I'm glad I finally have my couch because now we can have guests over. Ryan's brother and his girlfriend are actually coming like right after we get back from the beach. I think the day that we get back from the beach. So like for Halloween. And so there'll be our first guests using the mattress. So hopefully it's comfy. Since we're going to the beach this month, I told Ryan we should try to eat at home as much as possible, which is really hard for us because Austin has so much good food and there's still so many places on my bucket list. And like that is like what I look forward to on the weekends is like going to try new places. I feel like we'll feel more rewarded if we're like spending our money on vacation kind of thing. So we're going to try to eat at home. Knowing him, he'll just guilt me into getting like Chick-fil-A or something like fast. I just feel like we have so much random food from like Trader Joe's and stuff that we just got. Recently I actually got margarita glasses and I've been like having this weird obsession with margaritas. If you guys live in Austin, my favorite margarita is at Garrows on South Congress. And it is like the frozen raspberry margarita. You have to get frozen there. Their house margarita is actually so shitty, but the frozen raspberry margarita is so good. So I think that's what got me liking margaritas. And then we went to ATX Cosina and those were so good. So I have this bag of lines and I'm like, okay, I really want to like use my glasses cause I haven't really made like a cocktail in those glasses yet. So I was thinking I could just like go ahead and juice these limes. I'm not sure how old these are, but I think we have to get Grand Marnier, I think, or is that what goes in? I don't, I don't even know. I need to look up what an actual margarita consists of cause I know it's not just lime juice and tequila. Last night, Ryan and I just started watching White Lotus. It's like a crime show, not a crime show, like a suspenseful show, I guess. But of course I fell asleep watching it so I don't even know what happened in the second episode. But like, I really want to find more shows with just like cliffhangers in general. If you guys have any recommendations, let me know. We really liked the show Undoing. That was like kind of like a cliffhanger thing. Trying to think what other shows we like. Dirty John was really good too. Just like all those kind of shows. Honestly, anything with a cliffhanger, those are my favorite kind of shows and like more on the girly side, if that makes sense. I was telling him yesterday that I feel like I'm just more excited in life in general if I have an actual show to watch. Right now, like Bachelor in Paradise is on. I honestly only watch the Bachelor franchise so that I can know what everyone else is talking about. It's not like amazing, but you know, you just kind of have to stay in the know. Today was laundry day. So exciting. I used to do Ryan's laundry. Like when I first moved to Austin, I didn't have a job and Ryan did. And so I was like, I will do the laundry. I will do everything. And that really messed things up because when I started getting a job, then he was like, oh, can you do my laundry? And I was like, you're crazy. So I'm just doing his socks. But I put all of this stuff over there. Like I just separated it out and put my stuff away.  But I wanted to make margaritas. I feel like wine would go better with the pasta than margaritas, you know? So now I'm sad because we actually have a bottle of wine that we opened last night that I didn't really like because it was just like, I don't know. It was red wine and I don't really like red wine, first of all, but we weren't really eating it with anything. But like if I ate it with pasta, I feel like I would have liked it a little bit better. So maybe we'll save the margaritas for another night, but like I was really excited to make margaritas. I don't know, we'll see. He's at HEB. I told him to get obviously the pasta stuff. And then like triple sec, I thought we bought triple sec or something a while ago, but I could not find it. So told him to buy that for the margaritas. And yeah, I'll keep you guys updated on what we decided to do. Ryan just told me to start boiling the water. So I gotta find that pan. Sorry. Ryan's home. Bought the pasta. He couldn't find triple sec though. I guess I forgot that we have like a butt load of margarita mix in our house. So I didn't really need to squeeze that lime, but whatever, maybe it'll be a good addition. But I wanted to show you guys my margarita glasses. Very simple. There's nothing like crazy about them, but I personally think they're so beautiful. They're like hand blown glasses. I actually bought them off Etsy, but I found literally the same exact thing on, what's it, West Elm? For like $20 cheaper for four glasses. So it was like 40 something, but I bought them on Etsy for like 60 something. I will link both versions below in case you wanna, you know, support a small business. I think they're so freaking pretty and they're just like a very versatile glass. Like I'll honestly, I'll use these every day, but you can like make really cute cocktails, rim it really nicely and make it pretty. So I love them. And I'm gonna wait till Ryan gets out of the shower so he can like make the margaritas. I feel like he's better at that. But we got the pasta boiling over here and he got this vodka sauce. And I just got basil, so we can throw that in there too. It's really clean. Smells good. Margarita making time. Fresh lime juice. You're welcome. Nice. This is gonna be my first real drink, right? Yeah.  I'm not supposed to drink until Monday, honestly, but you know, oh well. This is lemon juice. Lemon juice.  It's all in there. Really? Oh yeah, I do agave, babe. I have it in the pantry. It's all in there. No, I swear. And another one it does to sweeten it. It's like honey. It's like sugar. Honey, it is. Just try it. It's H-E-B-E organic, the best margarita mix. I'll just margarve it on top for you. I don't think I've even opened it. No, it's in the sauces. Sources near honey. Nope. Babe, that's the baking. That's the sauces, okay? It's all weird, man. All right, you're getting closer. Yeah, it's in the back. Yep, you got it. Nice job. Got your payday $20.  Yes, we have two agaves. Oops. Probably unopened. I asked Ryan to get some ginger when he was at the grocery store, so I just peeled this little block. So I had the idea of putting the ginger in my margaritas. Can you pass me the lime juice? Four for four. Ew, is it strong, or is it sour? It's a little more sour than. I don't want it to be strong. Okay, here we go. I'm going to try to mash this ginger. I don't know if it's really going to work. Do you think it's sliced in there? Yeah, that would have been better. Well, it's kind of getting mashed. This is probably not the smartest idea.  Just don't mind me, okay? So lime juice, and then what? Cula. You didn't bring anything. Into the salt ram. Okay, what else, agave? Oh wait, trying to do tequila, yeah. It's like, literally almost full. Much tequila, I want it to be super smooth. It's good. I was telling Ryan that we should be going out on the town, because I heard there's ACL after parties or something, but I don't know, I don't really want to go out, I just feel like I should be going out, you know? It's just like too sour, yeah. I can't really taste the ginger, to be honest with you guys. And I have to use my new cute, margarine glasses. The glasses are so runny. Okay, cheers.


Wyoming boasts a variety of wild, edible berries. These berries usually ripen between July and September, like these raspberries in front of me. Raspberries are classified under the Rose family and produce a red, edible fruit. Raspberries are generally found growing in sunny, to partial shaded locations with plenty of soil moisture. Wild raspberries are a biennial plant, meaning each stem, often called canes, take two years to mature completely. The plants are deciduous, losing their leaves every fall. Wild raspberries are important plants for humans and many different wildlife species. Berries are edible to humans, birds, and small animals. The plants themselves provide excellent hiding cover for rabbits and squirrels and nesting cover for birds. The leaves of the raspberries have been used by Native Americans to make a tea to help reduce the pain of childbirth and as a general pain reliever. While seemingly small and insignificant, wild raspberries play a significant role in many Wyoming ecosystems. From the University of Wyoming Extension, I'm Brian Sebade, Exploring the Nature of Wyoming.


Hello and welcome to the show. It is time for JP's product pick of the week. It's me, JP. And I wanna thank you so much for stopping by here today. First of all, I will welcome everyone in our chats both over on YouTube as well as our Discord. Our Discord looks a lot like this right here. And if you're wondering where the chat is over on Twitch or some other place, you can head to adafru.it slash discord and you can get an instant link over to our Discord server and then jump into the live broadcast chat channel. That'll do it. So next thing I'm gonna do is clean off these glasses because they're filthy. Hello there, Johnny Bergdahl. I see you're over in our chat on YouTube and Dave Odessa, Mendeliano. Hello, hello and welcome. And hello to everyone who has stopped by over in the Discord chat, Franklin and Jim Hendrickson, Mike P, Todd Bot, C Grover, Dexter, Johnny Bergdahl over there as well. Hello and thanks for stopping by today. So before I go any further, I will let you know, you can head over to the product page and it's that URL that you see right there as well as this QR code that'll take you right there. This show appears inside of a window inside of that page. So you can watch from right within the page if you want. You're gonna get a huge, huge discount on today's product pick and you don't need a coupon code or anything. Just throw it in the cart from that page, from this URL and buy it before the end of the show or a little few minute grace period and you will get it for a tremendous discount. So next thing we'll do is actually have Lady Aida tell us a little bit about this new product pick. Take it away, Lady Aida. The new updated Feather ESP32. No, that's not it at all. Hey, I don't have the right video in there. All right, give me a second. Very cute. Hold on. The new updated Feather ESP32 S3. Now you might be thinking, hey wait, this sounds so familiar, didn't you? That should sound very familiar because I did that just a couple of weeks ago. All right, let's try this again. Sorry, I prepped the show yesterday and then I think the gremlins came in and messed with the stuff, so stand by. I've got it right here, I promise. And there it is, almost there. I really mean it, here we go, almost. Hang on, get ready for it. Okay, by popular question, finally getting to some more iSpy boards. There's just been so many revisions. And hold on, I actually had the demo and then of course I went away. So I'm going to use this magnetic cable. Did I hit the, no, sorry, five, six, one, three. Okay, thank you. So this is the iSpy breakout board. So all of our displays that we've been making lately, people have said like, wow, the quick STEMI QT stuff for iSquared C has been awesome because it makes it so easy to plug in iSquared C sensors, no soldering, you get power ground data clock. Wouldn't it be cool if you did the same thing for displays? And so the idea here is you can't use just wires because you need a lot of pins for displays because there's the SPI and the SD card and the touch screen and the memory and reset and the backlight. So basically it's 18 pins. And if you look on like this image, you'll see our 1.9 display, which I'm also going to demo, has a latchy connector on it. If you use this flex cable, and you can use a very long flex cable because flex cables are pretty good at high frequency data passing, you can then easily wire up displays that are not right next to your screen. So normally I'd have solder and wire and plug it all in, but this is actually just plugged in via this flex connector. And I'll just show, I'll just connect with my magnetic USB cable and then I'll show it's really easy to insert this cable in. We have these in various lengths from short, medium, long and you can of course get flex cables very easily in other lengths. And then this is just a break it because you're like, okay, well I've got the cable, I still have to wire it up on the other side, but this way it's like you don't have to pass long cables for the data. There's also another issue people were having where they're like, why am I not able to pass the, 80 megahertz clock data so quickly through my jangly wires? It's like, well you got jangly wires. This way you've got nice short breadboard wires and they go into the cable and the cable can snake out and then you can mount this wherever you like without having to worry about cables hanging up. It's a much neater collection. Of course we'll have little add-ons that are designed for feather wings and raspberry pi, but we don't want to start with the breakout board version. Yes, indeed. So here, let me jump to my down shooter there. You can see it in all of its glory. Also, this is one of these ones that has a beautiful little silk screen graphic on it there. This right here is my product pick of the week this week. It is the iSpy breakout. This is used for SPI displays. So when you want to hook up an SPI display to a microcontroller, usually you've got about 57 bazillion wires that you have to run. It's super annoying and it's not just display. You can get the display wires, but you've also got the SD card memory over SPI on here and there's a bonus couple of GPIO pins that are broken out and I squared C. So the flex cables that work with this, these are these little FPC or flexible printed circuit cables.  Let me go back to my overhead here and we'll take a look at this in action. So here's a sort of medium length FPC cable.  And then you do that on the other side for your display. So you'll notice we have a bunch of different displays now that have this great little iSpy connector and also a little logo on there. This is the 1.47 inch is a rounded rectangle one. Here's this really cool new square 240 by 240 also with SPI there flexible iSpy SPI. And here's this big Gigantor one. This is a 240 by 320 2.2 inch TFT. Again, has your connector right there. And that means you're not dealing with all of these wires because look what we used to have to deal with. Uh, here's a breadboard from a project I worked on previously. I think this was my Walkman, Walkperson project. All of those cables there, that was all SPI display, SD card power, all the different clock and data lines for that. Big enormous pain in the neck. Don't like it. Don't wanna have to deal with it. Don't wanna have to route that stuff around. Instead now we've got, look at this. Here is a little doom demo. I showed this before running on the SP32 S3 and a little iSpy connector right there. Nice long one cable in this case. And it works perfectly great. Now, if I jump back to this down shooter here and I'll lift this out and refocus it for a second. I'll show you, and there we go. I'll show you this in action. So I'm gonna unplug from power. And what I can do here is put a different display. Let's look at a different display on here. So this is gonna come off. I'll grab that new square 240 by 240 display. I'll lift up the little connector flap there and slide that in. Usually it's this blue side up on these, the pins face down towards the board. And with that connected, now what I'm gonna do is actually I'm gonna swap out my feather because I have a different, some different code that I wanna run on that one. So there's a different feather. You can see here, however, how I'm using the little breakout rather than a breadboard. I've actually soldered this to some wires on a little feather tripler here. And those are going to a row of pins down here on this side of the feather to make it easy. So plug that into power there. And now I've got this cool flying toasters demo here. I think Phil B wrote this with graphics from the Ruiz brothers. So there I've got a nice easy way to connect up a different display. I didn't have to solder in pins and plug that into a perma-proto with some header on it or into a breadboard. Instead I get this lovely neat little flexi cable. Very, very happy about these flexi cables. If you wanna check it out, head on over to this page right here. And where'd you go? There you are. You can see here, if I reload this, 98 cents, that's all it's gonna cost you to get one of these and get up to 10 of them. So if you have big plans for displays, get a few of these and you can hook them up permanently or with header sockets and pins so that you can plug them on to different boards, different scenarios you wanna use. Eventually we'll be starting to see this connector, this iSpy connector on the boards, on things like a feather board. But for right now we've got this first, this is the breakout, this is sort of our entry into this world. And like Lamor said, this is great because it's very similar to the convenience that we have with the StemAQT slash quick for i squared C, except now we have it for SPI. And like I said, this actually has i squared C on it. So there's a lot of possibilities there for passing all kinds of data off your microcontroller and to the peripherals using just this one little kale and breakout.  And like I said, there's no coupon code needed. You can get it for half price right now. It's cheap anyway, normally it's usually $2, but right now you get it for about a buck. You can get up to 10 of those and we do have a bunch of them in stocks. So go ahead and go wild with those. We don't have a learn guide on these, but if you look up any of the more recent displays you will see mention made of the iSPI breakout and iSPI connector as well as the different cables that you can get for that. If you look on the product page here, I believe we have links for the different lengths of cables. So here's a 100 millimeter, 200 millimeter is a little baby 50 millimeter one. And then here's three of the different displays. I think we have four right now that use this connector. So let's see, any questions? Let me know over in the chat. Aza has a really good general question which is curious about Max Current data sheet for the FPC connector would be nice. Could use the connector for other non TFT scenarios. Yes, we will probably get a data sheet. We don't have one like I said right now. There's not a data sheet for this or learn guide. Hopefully that's coming and we'll be able to answer your question about Max Current on these. Todd Bot says these cables are essentially the same as the Raspberry Pi camera connector. So if you find a data sheet on those, it'll probably apply as far as current voltage that it can pass. Any other questions? Let's see, let me check over in the YouTube. Bold Barbecue Doritos says, will the bare bones macro pad be coming back in stock anytime soon? I hope so. I don't think that's using any chips that are hard to get right now. So it's just a matter of manufacturing. I think that's the RP2040. I don't think there's any smaller chips on there that are hard to get. I could be wrong on that, but I think that one should be coming back. Let's see, no other questions. Oh yeah, Mike P. Does the cable need to be oriented in a particular way? Yeah, so if we jump back to the overhead here, I'll show you that in action. So essentially the way that Lamar's got these designed and with the types of cables that we're using here, if you can see the top of the connector and you can see the blue part of the cable, the little blue stripe on the cable, then you've got it oriented correctly. The other side of that answer is there are visible pin connectors here or the little pad connectors on the cable. Those, if you see it shining there, connect to that part of the connector. So facing down or facing towards the board. I don't know if it'll like me hot-swapping that while it's running like I just did. Let's find out. No, I should probably have to restart that. If I've got that oriented correctly, it'll do a little restart on there. There we go. And it's the same for the displays and for the breakout. So same orientation there. Cable direction doesn't matter. There's not a polarity to the cable or anything like that as far as one end to the other doesn't matter.  So as long as you can see that blue stripe, you've inserted it into the connector properly. Blue stripe right there. And if you take a look at this a little closer here, let me get as close as this camera will allow and still focus. Stay, that's pretty good. Let's see if I can get something to point with here. There's a little pencil. So you can see here essentially everything you need for the display connections. Once you've brought this from the display over to your microcontroller, you're gonna use this TCS, Reset, DC, MISO, MOSI, usually only one of those actually, because the display isn't sending back this way. I can't remember which one. The seroclock, ground, light for the backlight and voltage in. That's the stuff that you will definitely be hooking up if you're using this with a display in your microcontroller. These pins here on the right, you're gonna use for a SD card breakout. You'll see a lot of our displays have that little SD card breakout, which is great because SD card running over SPI bus super fast. So you can stream MP3s off of them, as you see in the walk person project that I worked on. Then after our little set of SD, you've got the I squared C, so seroclock and serial data. There's an interrupt you can use if you want to. I don't know what the busy is used for, and then these are two bonus GPIO pins, this extra pin so you can hook those up to a couple of GPIO pins on your microcontroller if you have something happening on the other side that you're connected to that you wanna use. A lot of the displays will just break out a subset of those. So if you look on this one here, you've got light, SD card stuff, reset, mostly MISO, seroclock, ground and the 3 volt in, or rather the VN use. Usually you don't use this 3 volt one. So you'll see here there's not the I squared C unless I'm missing it or the busy or the extra GPIOs. So since there's 18 pins on that flexible cable, we're giving you all of those on the breakout, you just might not always see those on the other side. I suppose you could use a pair of these to send data between a couple of things. If you've got a microcontroller on one side and a permaproto or a circuit board on the other and you just want a nice way to pass them, you don't necessarily have to use a display. You could send anything you want across to those, but it is as far as the silkscreen on it, it is intended for use with your SPI display. All right, well, I think that is gonna do it for today then. Let me go ahead and hook up a little connector cable on this one so I can hang it on my board there. Don't forget, you'll get the 50% off right now if you just head over to that page right there. You can just look up iSpy breakout over on the Adafruit store and that is gonna do it for today. So my product pick of the week this week is the iSpy breakout. Jump back to just that camera there. There we go, everybody can see it. Product pick of the week this week is the iSpy breakout. Thanks everyone so much. That is gonna do it for another JPs product pick of the week. I will see you tomorrow night. There's gonna be actually tomorrow we've got, I believe we have three hangouts in the morning. We'll have a show and tell and then I'll be doing my jumpharks workshop during the Ask an Engineer time slot so come on by for that. No show on Thursday so I'm doing the Wednesday show and no show and that's gonna be Thanksgiving so if you celebrate it I wish you a happy Thanksgiving. That's gonna do it. See you next time, bye bye.


What's up, it's Brain Man Sean and this video is one of many that I'll be doing on music entrepreneurship because Owning your masters and knowing your value is not what entrepreneurship is Entrepreneurship is a way of thinking value masters all those things are just a part of it All right So it might not be as sexy as a topic as marketing But it'll be far more useful because actually thinking like in living like an entrepreneur It's going to be far more fruitful in terms of the actual business out of your career now today I want to talk about Marketing actually in a way, but from how a lot of artists mess themselves up with tunnel vision and their success Actually becomes the worst Thing for them a lot of times and this is what I mean by that a lot of artists in the beginning It's like yo, I'm trying to do something. I'm trying to make some work. I'll try anything I'll do anything. That's great. But then the artist, you know working at an agency I see a lot of times that that get it the worst are the ones who win and They're winning at something. So, you know, you'll have an artist that does very very well in terms of posting and they have a great Personality and they get all this organic traction on their social media pages They can bring organic traction to their streams and it's great And once they see that all of a sudden, oh, wait, wait ads don't work. Oh, wait, wait, wait No influencers doesn't really work either. It just doesn't make sense No, those things work. You have something that's working very very well for you arguably the most powerful thing which is you have a Organic movement on your own content on your own page. You have the most control of it However, that does not mean these other things do not work. I Know artists, right? Obviously running the agency we've ran campaign with artists were literally their entire career was Broken off of ads basically. All right, then we have other artists who literally broke off of only influencer campaigns All of these things do work. So do not fall in the tunnel vision and this is the problem sometimes what it when it When you take advice from an artist and you like look at an artist like yeah, they're successful So they're the person I should be listening to but their path is their path and not might not be The Considering your type of music your type of fan base your type of talents. Maybe you can't post like this guy and get an organic traction All right, maybe your skill set isn't there You don't know what to do or you don't have the personality or you just don't like doing that Maybe you don't have the money to run ads in the way that's necessary For your type of music to pop or your music needs more of a visual related to it in a different type of introduction So ads don't work to it. Maybe people need to see some influencers and other people Posting maybe your song isn't of influencer type song that'll go in viral and tick-tock because it just doesn't hit like that But it could go great if they just see you performing it and all of a sudden go viral that way There's so many different scenarios Don't let an artist have their just because they're successful tell you that this is the way to do things and give you their tunnel vision What you should do is take what they have right their learnings and then Register that put it in the back of your mind and now you can use it for analyzing other scenarios Maybe you can see if it applies to one of your songs or one of your situations And then you do that with every single piece of information you take in because no situation is exactly the same The best thing you can do as an entrepreneur in your marketing is develop your own system though All right, and then you might add other things on top of it But if you look at the biggest artists in the world right at some point you see ads from them at some point You see influencer campaigns at some point you see them just posting and stuff goes crazy all of these things work All right, but you want to figure out the system that makes sense for you And how you pair each of these things and then still there's going to be moments where you use one and you don't use The other because outside of your personal system Songs have things that make sense for them and don't all right So thinking like an entrepreneur starts with understanding how to Analyze each situation in a way that makes sense for that situation All right They are not all the same and once you're able to identify that all right and be able to learn from people But not think that that's the way You'll be far better off because that's the hardest part about being an artist You don't have context all right All you know is your story and then even the artists that are popping all they know is their story Many of them because they don't have the time to truly analyze all these others are the story And they don't get to work behind the scenes between and see the differences and nuances between all these other different artists All right That's your benefit of listening to videos like this checking out whatever videos you're checking out online and studying However, you study while you're early on especially because you get to take on the information and build as many different ways to think about things It's possible because it gets hard once you get in the game and things start moving all right So keep that in mind every scenario is not the same just because an artist is popping with with their Influencer campaign doesn't mean that nothing else works just because an artist is popping and their page goes super viral And they say oh ads don't work. No, that's not not true either. All right, but Artists sometimes get blind Not blindsided they get tunnel vision and forget because the worst thing that I see happen to a lot of these artists is They hit a ceiling Because I know that I can make things pop off of my page organically But then I don't understand how these other tools could even amplify what I'm already doing I might be elite in this space But doesn't mean that you hit your ceiling and your lack of context makes you feel like 10 million streams on this song is Crazy not knowing that this song Potentially should be able to hit 90 million streams or a hundred million streams Doesn't mean you didn't win, but your lack of knowledge didn't let Didn't let you a lot of didn't let you achieve what it could have been That's it. All right. Peace Wow, what's up, it's brand man shine and if you got value from this video We got a ton of value to offer you in brand man network calm It's completely free. 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Okay, so we're here at wearable technology Europe in Berlin and I'm here with a new wearable technology exhibitor Benesha and I'd like to introduce it to Patrick van der Viere. Hi. So Patrick, tell us about your company and products. Tell us about what you do.  Actually we have been working on a number of these concepts as we call it and one of the most astonishing concepts is the one over here which is a completely integrated back sensor that has a number of very very important aspects to it. The most important one for medical applications is because it's on skin it provides an absolute body reference frame which is quite important for medical applications. Two other very important points are the hyper accuracy, it's 0.3% of the displacement and the very very high sampling rate. We go to 1,000 hertz which is quite quite fast, 100 times faster than is required for human applications but anyway we can come down from that. That's the main issue as a matter of fact. So how would you say your products are helping wearable technology move forward? Well we are actually in a specific niche of wearable technologies. First place we are on body which is a specific family of wearable technology and moreover I would even call it an invisible wearable technology. Again also some sort of sub-family. Why invisible? Because as you can see here because it's on skin you necessarily need to wear clothes afterwards. Unless you go bathing and stuff like that. But invisible because it is on skin and because you can wear your clothes over it. So the issue about water resistance has that made it a challenge? The issue you mentioned about as long as you don't go bathing? No no no that's not an issue. I mean when I'm saying it's an invisible wearable technology as long as you're not go bathing then it becomes visible of course as you can see here. That's what I'm saying. And so what are the opportunities do you think in the wearable technology market for this? You mentioned the healthcare sector, that's a big area for you. Any other opportunities you're seeing? Well we are talking to a lot of parties at the moment. And an important number of these parties are in top sports. So professional sports. There you need a higher level of body motion capturing and you would usually need in a consumer market. Where you rather talk about church and approximate results and indicative measurements and stuff like that. This is much more for high level measurements for really getting that last extra hundreds of a second from a top athlete in some sort of discipline. Be it a tennis player or a volleyball player or whatever other sports. Everywhere, any sports where body motion capturing and the advancement you can expect as a professional sportsman is any relevance at all. So that's a lot of sports of course. And this is your first time at Wearable Technology Europe. How have you found it? Overwhelming yeah. We are as a matter of fact stampeded a little bit. But that's okay. That's a good thing. Nice problem to have. Yeah absolutely. Thanks very much.


Animals don't speak the same language that we do, but they're still communicating and they have needs and they have hearts. That just feels so embraced and loved by these animals. His name is Atari, a two-year-old zebra, and just like a typical two-year-old, they get into everything. Hearts in hands, mission is to give of our skills in the animal communications and care fields. To give love and labor and share an environment for the healing of animals that are in dire need. In addition, we share these animals with children and adults whose lives may be parallel in events or circumstances. When you reach out with your hand, you're reaching out with a front leg. Big, fine legs, front legs. Over the years, Nancy Nonke learned to speak many languages, becoming the animal to understand and train the animal as she puts it. Nancy is now considered the zebra whisperer, giving much-needed advice to zookeepers throughout the world to help them better understand and keep their zebras. Animals actually communicate just like people do and have to open your heart and your mind and find their way of doing it. That's when you realize there's just so much to animals that people don't even realize. Friendship training is what the zebras taught me many, many decades ago. Zebras cannot be trained by typical horse training. Zebras only listen to, spend time with and be kind to its best friend. It is absolutely about individual relationships with the animals. Nancy calls the zebras the ultimate equine and uses all that she has learned to train the other animals too. This is Charla. Charla was born unable to use her hind leg, so she couldn't nurse. And her recovery has been just incredible. Nancy has many animals that could very easily be extinct, and they're continuing through her care here at Hudson Hands. There's the endurance and the determination to survive, because that's really what each and every person and animal here represents. I am not a therapist, but I facilitate wellness through the animals. The animals are a release therapy for me, whether it's helping out with supplies or even helping just tidy up around. These animals are therapy animals. So many of them have been rescued, they've gone through neglect and cruelty, and yet through the rehabilitation here at Hudson Hands, they now have this extraordinary ability to give. His neck was broken, his shoulders were dislocated by six inches, and his face was gone. Chancey is the most incredible therapist in the world. He is an expert with burn survivors, because he totally understands what it takes to recover. Getting to serve so many animals that have gone through such distress, but now they are in such a way of serving. It's such a treat. Coming here, I benefit the community, I benefit myself, and days I'm not here, I say, what can I do to benefit someone else? The animals are helping children with autism, different people with emotional imbalances. If the animals do the work, the least we can do is take care of them. It's a win-win-win. This actually looks like spa day to me. How has your life been since you've come to the ranch? We are here with our... We're here volunteering just to help organize this beautiful property and help take care of these wonderful animals. Today I shoveled poop all day, and I actually found it very calming. It's wonderful to be thinking about what I can do for somebody else instead of being in my own head about me. I haven't done this much manual labor since I was probably a little kid. I had no idea what we were going to do at Chords, but it's actually kind of fun. The work actually isn't that hard, but it feels good. It is wonderful to be in the fresh air with us so grounded, so connected to the animals, to nature. It's a real treat. It's just something about it. It's just magical. That's all you want? Donations are so important to us right now in order to finish the education and therapy center. That is what is going to help us be self-sufficient, because we will have other groups come in, corporate groups, children's groups, and other charity groups who will actually help us with a pass through of funding so that so much of our funds can be centered right here and fund ourselves. The other important thing of course is the residence so that we can really help many, many more people. So we want to ask that you give from the bottom of your heart and your hands so that Hearts and Hands Animal Rescue can do what we've been doing here for many years and we really need to continue doing to help everyone, the animals and the people.