Reznjun

been busy this week. havent had time to get on the computor much. i added more ram to it. i got my external hard drive. i will fill that up in no time. my computor is running good now.

 i went to a ball game monday. good news is the royals didnt lose. on the other hand they didnt play either. got rained out. i sat there at the stadium for almost 2 1/2 hours waiting to see if they would play. it was fun watching the crowd. everyone got an act.

i was gonna buy a royals hat but they were 24 bucks. thats a bit steep. then i seen a place down stairs that was having a sale. they were advertising up to 75% off. so i checked it out. i got a royals hat for 10 bucks there. i can handle that since i am not a big fan. i just like baseball games.

i went to the services for one of my cousins who passed away. she was a good woman. i always wonder why good people die, while others seem to live forever. i visited with some of my relatives i hadnt seen in awhile.

besides volunteering to register people and drive a golf cart for the gathering i am donating some of my pumpkins. they gonna have a traditional meal or something. they asked me if my pumpkins would be ready. i said they are ready now. i never seen them grow this big this early. i say that bout lotsa of things in the garden. my njun beans have covered the trellise on my chicken house. they have many bean pods forming on the vines already. that is early. it must be all the rain and the heat we have had this year.

my corn is looking good too. i may be drying my corn and pumpkin during the gathering. it should be ready bout that time.  i am getting tomatos that are starting to ripen. they taste great. they are off one plant, an heirloom tomato called abe lincoln. i am saving the seeds. i want to see if i can start my own plants next year. i remember the old folks talking bout how some day you wouldnt even be able to buy seed. i can believe that. i am saving seed from anything that tastes good. who knows.

i have to give an invocation during the youth conference. say a prayer and get off the stage. they bringing in the big guns to talk to our kids. hope they can reach them. my sons will also pray during the conference since they are some of the few young folks that can speak potawatomi. may be the only ones. my mother woulda been proud of them. she did hear them using our language when they were little.  i know i am proud of them. we dont get money, equipment and all that to learn our language. shouldnt be about that anyway.

i built an arbor in my back yard. real njun style. i saved some poles and willows to cover it. they were gonna be cut down and not used. so i got them. didnt want them to go to waste. i remember when i was little we had a shade out front where the old guys would talk. they used to talk injun. i would listen to them and wonder what they were saying.  i wanted an arbor for a long time. it reminds me of when i was a young lad.

 i am going to cut some more willows to redo my sweat. probably will make it a little bigger. i took the old one down. i spread the canvas covering out to dry and air out. i will use the tops of the willow poles to cover the arbor i buiilt some more.  i have been working outside all week. really getting brown from being out in the sun all day. i still have to pick some more tobacco.

been busy and will stay busy.  i am grateful i can still get around. my meds help. i was told not to get all caught up in the pain pills. i didnt say anything. i remember one of the nurses telling me that no one should have to live in pain. at that point i lived with back pain for several years. now i can get by. i doubt i become the pompous ass like russ limbaugh. i can stay active and not have to deal with pain. i am glad i can do all the work that needs to be done. i dont want to let it get the best of me. i stay busy. i like that.