tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post5139093704491315408..comments2024-03-20T02:26:46.482-04:00Comments on Joanna Bourne: Grappling with Hoops of SteelJo Bournehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-77645664026645823802011-09-24T21:12:32.649-04:002011-09-24T21:12:32.649-04:00I don't think I ever came across hoop rolling ...I don't think I ever came across hoop rolling in any of the children's books I read. <br /><br />And I used to read old ones -- from the 30s and 40s and before. Nancy Drew drove around in her 'roadster' and wore a cloche hat. But no hoops. *g*Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-55870826431127689762011-09-24T20:45:53.542-04:002011-09-24T20:45:53.542-04:00The first - I think the only - time I saw a refere...The first - I think the only - time I saw a reference to a hoop and stick was in Bernice Thurman Hunter's That Scatterbrain Booky, about growing up during the Depression. I've always wanted to try playing with one.Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-52715314058238200912011-09-19T11:04:34.773-04:002011-09-19T11:04:34.773-04:00This is so absolutely wonderful and touching.
Par...This is so absolutely wonderful and touching.<br /><br />Part of what traditional toys and games and childhood customs do is connect us to human history. You become part of a tradition stretching backward to the beginnings of humanity.<br /><br />Probably one of the first human inventions was exactly such a baby pack for carrying the most precious thing the tribe owned. Before the hoe, before the atlatl, before the travois, before the bow and arrow.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-62288101425135268602011-09-19T07:11:17.616-04:002011-09-19T07:11:17.616-04:00What an interesting post, Joanna.
I grew up in th...What an interesting post, Joanna.<br /><br />I grew up in the southwest and had a childhood friend who was of the Navajo Nation. Though it isn't 'old-time', my friend's mother made me a traditional Navajo papoose for carrying my doll. It is made just the way they have been being made for generations - with beading, bend wood, cloth and leather. It is just beautiful.<br /><br />Thank you for the nice memory on a Monday morning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com