I just spoke with my Lakota friends last week, so I didn’t expect a call for a while. I’m using the one calling because I can afford it better than they can. So imagine my surprise when the phone rang Sunday afternoon and it was my friend.
She called to let me know that they had [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Another call from South Dakota
Posted in Day to day, General, Lakota friends, Life on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay! So I’ve been lazy . . .
Posted in Day to day, Fibromyalgia, Life on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t been writing as often as I would have liked to and I could give you plenty of excuses why that’s so.
I could blame my fibromyalgia, which has been flaring up. That would be partly true. I have had to take a bit more medication the last week or so to keep the aching at [...]
Lakota Friends Update
Posted in Day to day, Family, General, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life, Native American on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Lakota friend called yesterday while we were out running errands. When we got home, my son had left a note saying she called with a new phone number.
I always hold my breath when my friend calls. Typically, she calls me when there’s more “drama” brewing. I braced myself and called the new number. She [...]
I Broke 220!
Posted in Church, Day to day, Family, General, Health, Life, Weight loss on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was on a plateau. If I had been on vacation and was out west, that might have been good. But I was here at home in Massachusetts. If you know anything about US geography (I realize they don’t teach it much in school anymore), you know there are no plateaus in Massachusetts.
Except for the [...]
“Oh, What a Beautiful Morning . . .”
Posted in Birds, Day to day, Fibromyalgia, General, Life on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, that’s right. I’m singing. I promised you I wouldn’t whine about the heat anymore and I’m not – because it’s gone!!!!
Whoever it was who first said “What a difference a day makes” had it right on the money. Yesterday it was muggy and HOT (over 90 inside the house!). Today it’s dry and in [...]
I’m All Wet!!
Posted in Day to day, General, Life on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At least I was last night. Literally! Boy, did it feel good!
Last evening, about 6 PM, when the temperature inside the house was actually higher than the temperature outside, my husband turned on the sprinkler to give the back lawn a breather.
I was hit with one of those occasional breaks with reality that I have. [...]
Turning Up the Heat!!!
Posted in Christian, Church, Day to day, Ethics, Fibromyalgia, General, Lakota, Life, Native American, Spiritual on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, I’m not the Wicked Witch of the West (though some may think so). I’m just a short, fat girl who has no tolerance for heat and humidity.
So it seems to me that God has a wicked sense of humor sometimes. I’ll explain. This is going to be a multi-part post, so if you find [...]
No shortage of drama at home, either
Posted in Day to day, Family, General, Life on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been writing about the drama of everyday life on the rez. But there’s plenty of drama around here too. It’s not in my house usually, though sometimes things get a little dicey with my adult son who has Asperger’s Syndrome. But that’s understandable and we work through it.
I’m talking about extended family drama – [...]
Help “ONE Spirit” Feed Hungry Lakota Children and Elders
Posted in Day to day, Family, Gas prices, General, Lakota, Life, Native American on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ONE Spirit is a sponsorship program working primarily on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. You can learn much more about them at their web site, www.nativeprogress.org .
One of the things they do is coordinate with the SHARE food distribution program to enable sponsors of children and elders to supply food to the families [...]
Observations on ExxonMobil
Posted in Day to day, Ethics, Gas prices, General, Life, Money, Travel, Vacation on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve paused to read this post, you are probably feeling “the pinch at the pump” as the media likes to call it. You aren’t alone.
If you are looking for lots of numbers and statistics, you’ve come to the wrong place. I’m not going to be filling anyone’s head with a lot of profit numbers [...]
