Oct.3,2010 Oct.2,2010To “unwind” from today’s “doing”, I’ve been out making FIRE BUNDLES. Small fist-sized willow and weed sticks. A thick handful, rubber banded together into bundles. Thus cleaning up the dome areas AND using the “trash” in a useful way.
I find this relaxing as well as bettering the area.
Something children can do as adults do what is needed in building / etc.
Why just let it lay? Why rake into piles and burn uselessly? Why let your area be messy?
Told before we waste needlessly.
Perhaps YOU might need to relax a bit too. Here’s a productive way of doing so and with pleasing results. Aho? re
Filed Under : Alternative Living,Medicine Man,Red Elk Speaks,Spiritual Matters,Tellings by Whale Sister Sep.20,2010For various reasons, occasionally I get an Email “re, I need a drum (NA tone).â€
They can be found on line…but generally are rather pricey.
$$ bad enough….but TONE even WORSE.
Until you receive you’ll have No Idea if it sounds like a “wet sack” or not as “deep” as you’d like.
The HIDE and SIZE is the deciding factor.
I find TOO SMALL makes more a THUMP noise….easier to take about, but…..
A 12 or 14 in. diameter works well in traveling / storing. Once you go to 20 in. and up…Not as easy….but BETTER TONE. Aho?
For the DEEPEST tone, I prefer SHEEP HIDE…..its a THIN Hide tho.
I still prefer this over other hides. (But that’s MY “taste”)
I have Sheep / Beef / Buffalo / Elk / Horse /COYOTE. The last is SUPER THIN….you just don’t store it…you “Pack” it. CAREFULLY! NOT a recommended hide (IF you can FIND one).
There are “Eskimo” drums…VERY Thin frame….a Whole Different sound.
Even “hides” using AIRCRAFT Fabric…and Others (as above) in-between.
Thus, IF you can actually VISIT the various types and TRY ‘em….often you are “taking a chance”. Aho?
If you think ALL you need is a drum…THINK AGAIN! You’ll need a “drum Stick,” aka the “pounder,” as well.
These TOO come in different type striking ends. From VERY Stiff to SUPER Soft. Each producing the “depth” of sound you want.
I use a number…”depending.”
One, VERY UNUSUAL, is a RUBBER GLOVE! Filled finger tips (marbles / etc.). SOUNDS LIKE 5 ARE STRIKING! Various weights in each finger makes each beat SOUND LIKE AN ECHO!  (LOVE IT!) This was my 5 yr. old GRANDSON’S (Sky) idea! ( :
BUT…the CHEAPEST Drum…the EASIEST to carry, is a 2 LITER PLASTIC POP BOTTLE! Take off the lid…cradle in one arm (in a manner that makes the most noise) and TAP WITH YOUR FINGER(S)!
I use this ALOT. Doesn’t disturb the family. I simply go in another room and have my “time.” Aho? I also use this in my Pickup…AND on MANY “Night Time Prayer time” in the wilderness. SO QUIET IT DOES NOT DRAW UNWANTED COMPANY!
Once, using in a camp-out with a sleeper in his bag right beside me….he VERY slowly awoke. THOUGHT I had a RADIO ON…LOW VOLUME! (He now does the same).
Cheap enough for YOU to try. Aho?
Be closing : NA Drumheads…IF too DAMP are “tightened” via holding over a fire (not TO close!).  If Too TIGHT….we WET it (water on hand and rubbed in). If too Wet we also rub CORN MEAL on it (absorbs the over abundance) of dampness water). Aho?
Anyway…hope this helps those interested.   re
(WS)
Sep.14,2010There are many words that Christians use. Often not realizing, EXACTLY, what they mean. One is the Word “AMEN”.
Do YOU know its EXACT Meaning?
It means “SO BE IT”.
Many ask our Creator to help…….with an “amen” after.
Many seek World change. With an “Amen” after the prayer.
Others say “Your WILL be done”….”Amen”.
IT IS EXACTLY LIKE STAMPING AN ENVELOPE AND PUTTING IT INTO THE MAIL BOX!    SENT!  You are the “return address”. Aho?
So, to you who ask that HIS WILL be DONE…and then PANIC that He is ANSWERING YOUR PRAYER….WHY oh WHY are you PANICKING! ???
You ASKED…YOU SENT and YOU SEALED….NOW you RENEG?
THEN DON’T SEND!
Listen, KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!  re
(WS)
Sep.11,2010This was an answer to a gentleman who had ordered SEVERAL Lessons / Etc. LOST IN THE MAIL! Never received. (Happens TOO often). The guy was NOT IRATE! (I would have been!)
“Sweet and GODLY disposition.” UNBELIEVABLE!
He and his brother bought a trampoline to learn to Levitate. THAT SERIOUS ABOUT LEARNING.
Anyway…sent a “gifting” via 2 boxes. BOTH (empty boxes) TOSSED OUT AT THE DUMP by Sky! NO RETURN ADDRESS!
I hope he reads this. (“bummer”)
I’d like to keep in touch with him…somehow. Aho?
SHOULD help ALL…IF they’ll pay attention.  re
Tip on “Childlike Mindâ€
First…OBSERVE 1-3 year olds. SEE how they IMAGINE / PLAY. So INNOCENT in their “curve†of learning. Nearly nothing phases ‘em. IMAGINATION GALORE! Remember when YOU were a kid? How a BOX becomes a Fort? A HOUSE? A HIDEY HOLE? A SLED?
Or your blankets were turned into TENTS? Stretched between Chairs?
Really LOOK AT THEM!
That was YOU when a child. Remember?
Remember the dark room STORY Tellings? “Ghosts†became REAL…SCARY!!!
DO YOU REMEMBER? (Think about this) THAT was YOU…WAYBACK THEN!
I don’t know if you’ve children…or their age. Grandkids? Niece or Nephew ‘small ones’  ????
If so, DON’T complain that they’re “making a mess†(clothes and toy “pick up and put away†is okay).
I’ve taken my daughter and now MY grandkids on “IMAGINATION†“Trips.â€Â Taught ‘em sheets and blankets In-House “tents.†Etc. I PLAYED WITH ‘EM!
In this, I REMAINED IN TOUCH WITH MY FORMER “Me.â€
You can so EASILY return to that. Take off your shoes and socks and WALK ON THE GRASS out in the sun. Go jump IN a rain puddle! Puddle to puddle.
Squish your toes in Wet MUD. FEEL THE EARTH Mother!
Teach your li’l GAL one how to make dirty / wet / slimy MUD PIES! A small BOX to “cook ‘em in.â€Â PRETEND TO EAT ‘EM! (Smack Smack….â€Ohhh this is GOOD†commenting)
Don’t just OBSERVE…JOIN!
Moms can have “Tea Parties†with their girl(s). BEING A KID WITH THEM!
We adults are now TOO RUSHED! DROPPING the CHILD to Buy Buy Buy…â€Have Have Haveâ€â€¦and PAY! PAY! PAY! 40 hours (+) a week. WEEK AFTER WEEK! Buy a TV to “entertain†the kids with MESMERIZED (“Leave Me ALONE!â€) mind DULLNESS! We buy ‘em Toys that PLAY BY THEMSELVES! Turn on and WATCH ‘em “run.â€
Or get ‘em Video Games and expensive game players…to SIT ON THEIR REARS and “Get ‘em OUTTA YOUR hairâ€â€¦WE ARE KILLING THE ACTIVE Childlike MIND!
They grow FAT “arsed†“Playing.â€
Was a day when they RAN OFF the fat! Bikes, pull wagons, foot scooters (we have 4), STILTS (remember THOSE?), Swimsuit running in the RAIN, Etc.
Remember?
Well:Â REMEMBER AND RETURN!
We adults often spend MORE TIME with playing with our DOGS than we do playing WITH OUR KIDS!
We let TECHNOLOGY do OUR Work now!
In this WEÂ Â Â LOSE!
Lose US…lose OUR CHILDREN!
MACHINES take over what WE used to do / have: the IMAGINATION!
And we wonder where we “went wrongâ€â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦
THEN get on your Trampoline………………….
Aho?
OK, REMEMBER NOT TO PRETEND you are “flyingâ€â€¦instead, ENJOY “flying!â€
WHEN YOU DO, YOU WILL STAY UP!
It will only be FOR A MOMENT! (The “shock†of staying up will drop you) BUT YOU, and any WATCHING, will KNOW YOU DID!
SEEABLE!
#2 is FAR HARDER! ‘Cause Now YOU are trying. ADULT takes over!
The old “I†gets in the way.
“I†DID IT ONCE…â€I†CAN DO IT AGAIN. “I†KILLS THE CHILD WITHIN!
Frustration Now “sets in.â€
GO “BACK†and have FUN! “Screw†the “Iâ€! RETURN TO THE “BALLâ€â€¦OF PLAY! Aho? re
(Thank you So MUCH for the cigs. Had only 5 LEFT…and no $$ for more)
GB! re
(WS)
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Filed Under : Alternative Living,dome home,Gnome Home,Hobbit Hut,Medicine Man,Red Elk Speaks,Skydome,survival skills by Whale Sister Sep.10,2010“LIVING OFF THE GRID”
Do you REALLY understand what That MEANS?!
It means SOLAR Panels / WIND / PROPANE / GENERATOR / BATTERIES / FUEL…and more.
Have you PRICED these things !?
AND WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN Parts and Replacements and Fuel goes into NON-EXISTENT, or SO HIGH in Cost, YOU CANT “GET”!
THIS is EXACTLY WHAT THIS NATION IS ABOUT TO FACE!
Our Ancestors managed. No matter WHAT “race”.
STUDY THOSE WAYS!
I’M GETTING “HOARSE”  SCREAMING in the “Wilderness!”
GET OFF YOUR BUTTS and DO!   re
(WS)
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Filed Under : Alternative Living,Creator,Medicine Man,Red Elk Speaks,Spiritual Matters,survival skills,Tellings by Whale Sister Sep.9,2010I’ve observed many years.. Watching our children AND PARENTS….SLIPPING more and more into Technology.
There’s a use for tech (I’m not THAT ‘archaic’)….still, in this people are FORGETTING what “Life” is all about.
They are Quickly losing their TOUCH with the ALL.
It’s one thing to sit and play Movies and Games…to sit and sit, INSIDE.  Quite another to simply walk out and enjoy the weather.
WE ARE LOSING ‘TOUCH’!
We adults are responsible not only to Ourselves…but our CHILDREN, as well.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE! WHAT are we DOING!
WHERE is our COMMON SENSE!
Our children are becoming BREATHING “Clones” of TV Shows…”Crash and Burn” / MAYHEM Games….etc.
TRASH to FOLLOW these EXAMPLES!
YOU / I / US! Are the EXAMPLES!
WHAT ARE “WE” DOING?!!!!!
I tell you true….WE NEED TO RETURN TO….and TEACH :Â COMMON SENSE!
“Common Sense” should NEVER be an UN-Common “THING”!
I ask: What will YOU do, as the UN-Common Sense OF TODAY (which WAS Compassion / Agape LOVE / Helping one another) TAKES OVER WE HUMAN BEINGS! ???
At the moment…Today’s IS taking over….AND LOOK AT WHAT IT IS DOING TO OUR EARTH…AND…the RACE called HUMAN BEINGS!
WE ARE A DYING “Race”. MIND “bent” on TECHNOLOGY.
This is EXACTLY what the “others” (Aliens” to you) have done.
It is THOSE “others” that OUR “Man” has been LEARNING  A L O T  FROM! and “giving” YOU!
Now, you NEED to “TURN BACK TO HIM”!
Your PATH can LEAD to ALL MANS’ Death…OR a G(O)OD LIFE!
We ARE “on our way” to destruction (as we now ‘stand’). YOU must HELP CHANGE IT! By FIRST…Changing YOURSELF!
What’s it gonna be Dude? Dudette?   Re
(WS)
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Filed Under : Creator,Death,Medicine Man,Prayers,Red Elk Speaks,Spiritual Matters,Tellings by Whale Sister Sep.8,2010 Tags : advice, Answers, bible, Christ, contemplation, faith, Future, God, health, Jesus, leaders, Mastery, Mother Earth, Papa, prayer, race relations, religion, religions, survival living, Tribal
Filed Under : Alternative Living,Creator,Donations,Medicine Man,Red Elk Speaks,Religion,Spiritual Matters,Tellings by Whale Sister Sep.3,2010I occasionally get a donation. People supporting this ‘work’. I call the Silent Christians.
Some send $$…some send PRAYERS. BOTH worth “millions” to me.
People who remain Hidden, but to HIM. Aho?
What $$ I get helps me Eat, Fuel Up the truck,  Take the garbage to the dump…   a MULTITUDE of things. Things that help keep this ongoing.
To THEM, All owe them thanks. Not just me. YOU benefit…at least get the opportunity to decide if this “way” is, or is NOT, your “Bag”. Aho? re
(WS)
Filed Under : Alternative Living,Creator,dome home,Donations,e-mail,Gnome Home,Hobbit Hut,Red Elk Speaks,Religion,Skydome,Spiritual Matters,survival skills,Tellings by Whale Sister Been SLOWLY buying ZIP TIES. A bag ,to 3, at a time. This to use in building yet another li’l dome here. Faster and can be adjusted as the willows shrink. Been using strong string. Sky’s dome has HUNDREDS of String Ties…..all now becoming loose (due to willow shrinkage). Most should now be redone…but won’t.
My next (or NEXT AFTER next) will be a bit more expensive…using almost All framing and horizontals of PVC piping. Been buying THOSE at HABITAT FOR HUMANITY store. Alot cheaper and supports the homeless / etc. at the same time.  Won’t need many as this one will be more a 2-Sleeper ONLY. No cooking / heat / etc., just a fast permanent “tent” shelter….made to experiment and “catch†the Overflow of the other domes. Small as it will be, it won’t surprise me to spend upwards of $200.00 to make this way.
Seems you are sending what I Email you to a small group of others you keep in contact with (the person he’s sending this email to is, that is. – WS). One sent me a $40.00 donation today. (I won’t tell who…so God gets the credit for using her. A “Silent Christian”. ALOT out there that ARE. Some occasionally share with money…and ALL with what they CAN give : PRAYER Back Up. Aho?
Well, this provided needed gas (now a half tank) and I got 3 more bags of those LOCK (“zip”) ties…adding to the few others I have. EVEN BOUGHT A HOT DOG and PEPSI!
(I eat “on the run”…HOME is just a place to catch up on sleep…little time to even make a sandwich. Either sleep (ALWAYS NEEDED)…or answering Emails or working on the Domes. Run in to do dishes to help the wife, as I can.  Email “silent ones” help this keep going. By “this” I mean ME…old “Loud Mouth”. The one unafraid to publically “Call In The Wilderness”. Aho? (How will people learn TRUTH if most stay silent?) Aho? Well, “Dad” saw one unafraid, and uses me to Tell AND SHOW. Now OTHER “mouths” are “coming out”…PTL!
“HE” IS CALLING “HIS” SHEEP. Aho?  re
(WS)
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