The “past” is not that long ago.
1 min readMar 8, 2020
This is a barabara, a sod hut used by the Aleuts of the Aleutian in Alaska before the Second World War. Because the Aleutian Islands are devoid of trees, the only wood available is driftwood or packing material — note the pallets used in the doorway. I like this picture because you can see a telephone line extending into the barabara. The visual lesson here is technology moves faster than social or economic change whether you are ready for it or not. The children born in this barabara are now reading books on their Iphones — and that was less than a generation ago. To paraphrase Al Jolson a generation ago, “You ain’ read nuttin’ yet!”\
