Member: Jaybernstein

Friendship

(B. J. Morbitzer)

There's a miracle called Friendship
That dwells within the heart,
And you don't know how it happens
Or when it gets its start.

But the happiness it brings you
Always gives a special lift,
And you realize that friendship
Is God's precious gift.

posted by theoldman at 8:11 am (EST) on Feb 22, 2009

Always good to see an anthropologist at work. There are times, like these, I wish we, the world, had more anthropologists in positions of public service/government. I am afraid some government positions are filled with people who define "public service" in an ironic way.

posted by keylawk at 7:44 pm (EST) on Aug 17, 2008

I think I recall that you are the anthropologist who took the trouble to document the importance of "magic" stones among the folk healers in Borneo. Was this a unique regard for stones? Or just for the mystery of their origins? May have run across this in SPIRITS CAPTURED IN STONE, (which is filled with important observations).

posted by keylawk at 9:20 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2008

Hi Jay,

How kind that you showed interest in my catalogue. Probably you curiosity was aroused the fact that I am an anthropologist too. Since about thirty years I after I graduated, I learned a honest trade and became a librarian. Since that I worked in different places in the Netherlands as a librarian and now I am running a rather big library with almost no users (too specialised) somewhere in the deep south of the country, far from Amsterdam and near to Brussels. Many books (mainly in the field of local history and social and economic history), and just a couple of scholarly users make an excellent environment for a renewal of my anthropological interest. I am now doing some research on the crossline of classification, antrhopology and knowledge organzation. It is now in a rather vague stage. I nicknamed the project "bungyjumping into the Cosmos"

Hear form you, reagrds.

Johan van de Walle

posted by johanvdwalle at 9:49 am (EST) on Apr 13, 2008

Thanks for the friendship, Jay!

Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous fates, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.

-Jeremy :)

posted by JeremyCShipp at 8:54 am (EST) on Nov 22, 2007

Hi Jay:

I'm flattered that you designated my library interesting. What caught your eye?

And what book (this is my stock question, a great way to get reading suggestions) that hardly anyone knows about would you feel is a must-read?

Best,

posted by dcozy at 8:28 am (EST) on Aug 7, 2007

you and i are the only one's with max shulman's large economy size. i hope you enjoy it. (i don't have the dust jacket on mine.)

best,

ken

posted by adkrim at 5:32 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2007

Hi Jay, we share Unni Wikan's "Managing Turbulent Hearts"...I was married to a Balinese, and I thought her book revealed a deep understanding of the North Balinese. I recommend it to all my Baliphile friends. I'm glad I found your profile and am now aware of your books. Where did you study anthropology?

posted by shara at 7:40 pm (EST) on Dec 8, 2006