Reznjun

we have been getting alot of rain lately. coulda used some of it during the hot part of the summer. not much left in the gardens. just crooked necks and injun beans. my lawn is still growing. had to mow it again. each time i am hoping it will be the last time for the year. the new mower i bought this year worked real good. just needed more horsepower. glad i pimped it out with indian decals. got eagle feather and bear claw designs on it. if you gotta be on that machine all year, might as well look good.

been seeing a few potawatomis at the casino. recycling. putting their per cap back into it. i have a short visit with them when i see them. but i dont like anyone talking to me when i am playing. i know it aint got nothing to do with anything but i think its not good mojo to have someone standing there watching you play. i feel like saying ‘move on down the f^%$)@  line’.  i finally won at ours. hit 3 bills. woulda been more if i maxed it but i dont. i am just a small time player. then mary hit the next night.

today they having a flea market/ garage sale at the bingo hall. we were going to have a garage sale here but mary bought a booth over there instead. they should pass a tribal law that indians have to have a garage sale every year. that would force them to get rid of some junk they will never use. we hauled out about 400 dvds to the sale. and all kinds of other things. when we spotted the stuff at a garage sale or flea market we had to have it. as time passed we learned we really didnt need it at all. now hopefully we can get rid of some of it. let someother indian pile the stuff up at their house. mary said we did pretty good for the first day. having the thing advertised and a central location really helped.

i plan on going to a coffeyville football game this year sometime. my nephew zach plays there. last week they were ranked 10th in the nation. they won a game since then. i dont know where they are ranked now. kansas juco football is some of the best in the nation. many players go on to D-I. they had a player on national champs alabama last year. hope my nephew gets his game on and advances to the next level. dont hear of many indians doing that. the kid got the size. he’s 6’6 and weighs 300 something or other.

i am visiting people everyday seems like. no matter where i go on the rez i know someone to talk to. i was teasing an older lady today that i have known all my life. we end up laughing every time we get together. when i prowl around i run into lotsa people. dont cost a dime to be nice to people. indians got enough problems in this life without being mean to each other.

havent really been per capping yet. i talked to a young mother i know and asked her if she was out spending. she answered no. she paid bills with her per cap. an elderly lady told me the same thing. kinda destroys the stereotype some people have of our people. hell no we all dont go out and buy booze and dope. thats ignorant ass thinking. i know many people that spend it wisely. after indians were poor all these years it is nice that they can have something good now and then. and we do pay taxes on all we buy.

looking forward to enjoying a good weekend……going start by ordering a slab of ribs and some fries maybe some gumbo and watch the k u football game tonight.