ohio means, it is beautiful . . .

the name “ohio” is an iroquoian word which came from the seneca name for the ohio river, ohiyo, which means “it is beautiful.”

the indigenous tribes of the area now called *ohio, included among others: the hopewell, the shawnee, the chippewa, the ojibwa, the delaware, the wyandot, the eel river people, the kaskaskia, the miami and the iroquois . . .

my brother has a birthday today. his name comes from a scottish celtic reference meaning, wood, forest &/or from the battleground. in ireland, this celtic masculine given name is pronounced ceiteach, meaning wood, the wind, wood-dweller. my brother was named after our grandaunt violet’s son who tragically died as a test pilot in world war two without even seeing military combat. my brother’s second given name is the same as our dad’s (whence: keith william) keith has a tattoo of a native ohioian from a baseball club in cleveland that is now called by another name.

keith, here’s to you on your birthday: it is beautiful . . .

the national: bloodbuzz ohio

* possibly taking into consideration an unintended allusion to japanese:
ohayo (おはよ) &/or ohayou (おはよう) meaning, “good morning” . . .

between 2015 and 2020, matt black traveled over 100,000 miles across 46 states. american geography documents the experiences of those living in some of the poorest communities in the nation. starting in his hometown in california’s central valley, where billions of dollars are generated every year in agricultural output but one-third of the population lives in poverty, he traveled to other areas of “concentrated poverty” – as the u.s. census definition of places with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more. what black found is that rather than being distant anomalies, these communities were rarely more than a two-hour drive apart enabling him to cross the country without ever crossing above the poverty line . . .

american geography: matt black’s film reckons with a dream

reading american geography website . . .

american geography book, by matt black . . .

an extension to the national’s bloodbuzz, last but certainly not least, here’s neil young’s song: ohio, from june 1970 . . .