Reznjun

after waiting for a year the gathering is finally here. well close anyway. it is just a few days off. i drove to the past 3 gatherings. some campsites have been marked off for the past week. doubt that is necessary. our grounds has enough space for the expected 3,500 coming if they wished to camp. only a small percentage of them will camp tho. i will be one for sure. i camp whenever i can, and  i end up camping maybe 10 days out of the year. dont know when i will set up my tent. we most likely will have at least a dozen tents in our area. mostly family.

it looks like there will be many activities going on. something for everyone. i dont know how many i can do, i will be busy. i will have a stand to showcase a coupla my roaches and other wares. some of my family members will share our stand. so we should have someone manning it all the time. i will volunteer at the registration desk and to drive a golf cart. i signed up for a few hours but may work more than that. when i signed up they said they hoped that people would work more hours than just a few. i understand that. it is always hard to find someone to volunteer. many times it is hard to pay someone to do a job.

 i have met some of the other potawatomis over the years so i will be visiting. i will meet many others. i think it is an opportunity to talk with the other bands. i imagine we have many of the same concerns.  we share history with each other. as well as a common origin. i look forward to having a good time. as usual i will take pictures and get some video footage. now i have a external hard drive to store them on.

i am still not believing the good weather we have had for gardening. yesterday i picked green beans. we put away 6 and a half gallons so far. i still have part of a row to pick. my corn and pumkin will be ready to dry real soon. i will wait on the pumkin. my corn is at various growth stages. so i will dry some, save the best for seed, and make some lye corn. will also save some for kakasuwabo. it looks like i will have a good crop. good weather makes a good gardener. if you dont have all the right ingredients, you dont get much.

i am anxious for the gathering to begin. will hate to see it end. then it will be something else next week. it always is.