Reznjun

plants that is. not many peopleoids enjoy this heat. my crooked neck squash, corn and beans are loving the heat. they need it to grow. i wonder bout people sometimes when they complain of the heat. in nature it is necessary as rain for growth in some plants. a coupla years ago my corn jumped up high in no time. then it got cloudy and rainy for an extended period of time during late summer. the plants got stunted and didnt produce well. rain is great early in spring but can cause problems late when it is time to harvest. the hot weather we have had lately is making many things in the garden grow.  and making some soft people whine. i have a zuchinni plant that is about 3 foot high and i am not exaggerating. i have picked 4 times from that one plant so far.

i have been watering some plants the past week cuz of the heat. i put the rain barrels i bought to use right now. i have watered my tobacco plants. i will water my tomatoes with the rain water. i havent put a dent in the barrels of rain water yet. it is better for the plants than the hard rural water we have.

our summer ceremony went well. not many people though. that is to be expected. most of our people got no use for ceremonies til they are in need. otherwise they aint got time for them. i remember once one of our people that lived away said her daughter “was entitled to it (our ceremonies) cuz she was enrolled”.  still think of that now and then.

we had a visitor. he said we were lucky to have what we got. i agreed. then he asked if the casino was a blessing. i replied the ones in the system benefit the most from it. but things like our ceremonies and language suffer because our people are pulled away. injun ways cant compete with money and the things it offers. he pondered that awhile. the talking heads extol the the benefits of what money does for us. we tend to ignore our social problems like alcoholism, misuse of drugs and child neglect. these problems dont fit the grander image we want to project. sweep them under the carpet and show the material things we own. perhaps they own us.

on the way home the other day i pulled over to a field. i knew that indian tea grew there. i use to pick it when i was just a young lad. i like the taste of it. we didnt get to town much. nor did we have money for pop and other sweet drinks. so i drank lotsa indian tea. i found out years later that it was a good all around tonic that was good for the whole system. i picked a bag full of tea. that should last me awhile. i may go get some more again so i can dry it for use during the coming winter.

i had my front door replaced a few months ago. i live in a government hud home. the way that worked was the contractor with the cheapest bid got to build them. so most of the time they use the cheapest materials. i had to replace lotsa things in this house. the front doors on all these houses were a problem. so i replaced it. but it had to be painted. new 50 yr shingles were put on my roof that were dark. so i figured a dark door would match the color of the roof. i thought black would look nice. so i put on the rolling stones song ‘paint it black’  on and i painted the door black. must be the old hippie in me.

my site has been flooded with spam lately. the sites are real sleazebag parasites that try to glom onto other sites by posting spam in the comments section. i had over 500 of them recently. its a good thing i have  software that stops it and i have to approve any thing before it gets printed. they are hawking all kinds of wares plus sex sites. sounds like some real crude sites. i have wondered why i dont get any real comments on my site other than spam. i talked to a few at the pow wow that read my stuff. they said it was to hard to post a comment. i dont know bout that, i havent tried. but now i understand why not many give me a holler.

got to rest some. gonna go to anutha ceremony tonite. they will dance all nite. dont know if i will but will dance alot. gotta talk. someone appreciates the language i speak. they thought of  me ahead of time. i told them i was honored they asked me. will see more of our people. will be nice to visit.