Reznjun

this is our new year, when life starts all over again. thats what our old people told us. the grass is starting to green up. the trees are beginning to bud out. some animals are having new life.  we are conditioned to say new year based on the calendar year. not many live with nature anymore, but this is our new year. i told a friend of mine that years ago when i was lived in san francisco on some kinda government relocation program. he liked that. he thought it was more in tune with nature. he said ‘your people have the right idea.’  the calendar year is off.

it is not officially spring yet until we do our spring ceremonials. we are taking care of that this week. our people always enjoy themselves at the dance. i cant wait to get my garden in. i will have to burn off one patch. then i will till it all under. that will take place after the dance. i started some seeds in flats to get a jump on growing. i saved some seeds from the best plants i had last year. i kept the seeds from the heirloom tomato plants. they were good. heirlooms plants are hardier than hybrids.

i went to a poultry swap meet the other day. i went to price some chickens. the hens and rooster i have are getting old. i want to replace them. they wanted too much for them at the meet. or as my mother would say when we went garage saleing ‘mes ke deh’. too much. i will wait til i find some at a better price. i will buy some to raise just for the meat this year. fatten them up then butcher them and pop them in the freezer. that is the fate of the old hens i have. they will become tortilla soup.

i seen one of the first signs of spring when i went to town. spotted some garage sales, so i had to check them out. i found a good deal. i bought a band saw for thirty bucks. it will go with the new jig saw i bought. i need them to cut out the bottoms of the whisky barrels i use to make drums with. i have some friends that will keep me supplied with buffalo hides.

i am still having a problem with spammers. they are the parasites of the internet. sometimes i have to delete a couple hundred spam a day. so if you subscribed to my site and were deleted dont take it personally. it is hard to tell who the spammers are. one way around that is if you want to read my site send me a note telling me you are a reader and not a spammer. then i wont delete you. i have too many spammers that subscribe then post spam everyday.

i have to finish up a roach headdress this week. hopefully i can get another one done before that art market they are having at our casino. it is hard to get a supply of roaches set aside. they all usually sell.