Digital Potlatch

Why a Digital Potlatch?

The name comes from a northwest Native American tradition whereby great honor and cultural status accrued to those who gave the most away at large celebrations called potlatches. The host might actually impoverish himself by giving away everything he owned. (Deeming such generosity to be dangerous to the state, the Canadian government even outlawed the practice for a time.)

In a similar vein, I decided to give away tons of previously published material here at FarrFeed in my own digital potlatch. Whenever you see this icon, it means you’re reading another potlatch gift, a piece of my life’s work—not blog posts, but carefully selected book chapters, newspaper columns, and the like. Taken as a whole, my version of a portfolio of past work.

Digital Potlatch Sources

• Sequential chapters from my book, BUFFALO LIGHTS: Maryland to New Mexico, featuring color photos not available in the paperback version.

• GRACK! Web columns about life in New Mexico, originally published at Applelinks.com and JHFarr.com.

• Print columns written for Horse Fly, an alternative monthly news and cultural publication here in Taos.

• Outstanding selections from the blog called “FarrFeed Classics.”

• Farr Site Web columns about Macs, culture, and current events, originally published at Applelinks.com.

Latest Book

The material for TAOS SOUL: Love Stories, Heroes, and Wild Adventure [see sidebar] comes from edited versions of some of these items plus the very best of FarrFeed over the last few years in Taos. If you like what you read here, you’re bound to like the book! Available shortly in all digital formats and now at Amazon Kindle.