Reznjun

back when i was drinking and drugging i assumed i wouldnt live to be old. fortunately i have been blessed with a full life since i quit that nonsense. i have been rewarded. one of the great pleasures in life is hearing your grand child call you ‘misho’ for the first time. when my grand daughter called me misho i reflected back over the years and was amazed i was still around.

now my grand daughter theresa is going to the prom. that ages me somewhat but i gladly accept that. she will graduate from high school next year. time seems to fly by once you reach a certain age.

i seen my first hummingbird of the season yesterday. the sound of its wings caught my attention when it buzzed by me. that reminded me to clean and fill my feeders. i like to watch the hummingbirds. sometimes i will have up to five of them. they remind me of some fort injuns. even though there is plenty to go around the birds will try to chase others off. very territorial. if they would just share they would all eat.

two more days for candidates to file for tribal council. sometimes i wonder if we drive candidates off with our behavior. thomas jefferson said ‘democracy is nothing more than mob rule’. you hear people say ‘no, not me’ when asked if they will run.  some of our people create an ‘us vs them’ mentality. the council is put on the defensive all of the time. they are blamed for everything when often its the inmates that run the asylum. think of the power our tribe could have if we had strong leadership and not just bureaucrats that filled out terms. some are more concerned with not offending someone than they are with doing something.

i got a google alert today about our tribal liquor ordinance. i read it. it sounded real good but i dont think we do enough about alcohol and the problems it causes. in the past some elected officials got all indignant at even the mention that we may have a problem. to protect our image we want to sweep social problems under the rug.

now that the weather has warmed up i am getting plenty of eggs from my chickens. i fed them all winter even tho they werent producing. now they are giving lotsa of big brown eggs. i still want to get some more hens to eventually replace the ones i have.

i am getting spammed every day. sometimes up to 100 spam a day. so if i delete you as a subscriber dont take offense. i am attempting to weed out the spammers. they are the parasites of the internet. i was shocked to see over 30,000 spam were blocked by my protection. thats outrageous. oh well have to live with it…