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TRIP REPORT on Dome Work on Other Property:

What an ADVENTURE!

Won’t go into explanation but Adam and I took our own rigs….LOADED with To-Do needs.  Both DEAD BEAT SLEEPY, but went anyway Friday evening.  “Lost” Adam’s rig and had to park it MILES from domesite.

Got LOST trying to locate a DETOUR sign that WORKED!  Back and Forth looking.  Didn’t get there till 1:00 AM!  Maybe 2 1/2  hrs MORE then normal.

A 3rd joined us.

Set up camp.  I slept in my pickup.  They on ground.

Anyway, after SOME sleep we  went back to Adams pickup and brought it up.  THEN started looking for land to buy (Adam).  So, Saturday nearly WASTED. Not totally tho.  The 2 got SUPER BUSY.  Had to cut weeds SO TALL they went to Adam’s HEAD (over 6 ft tall).  Had to do to GET TO THE DOME!  Adam learned how to use a SCYTHE while Tom (the other) used my weed eater.  BEAUTFUL JOB!  Looks darn near like a Park now.  PTL!

Then moved the Dog Kennel in the spot that I needed.  This to be the wall “framing” for our kitchen.  Left a Walk-In GAP between this and dome…SET A LARGE BATHROOM area there.  Nothing Small about it.  Then did a “quicky” WOOD SHED dome. TEMP for now.  Frame only.

I added more Heat Collecting Stones to both sides and back of the small woodstove as Tom connected wire mesh.  Still not fully done but only a SMALL amount to finish That (next trip).

Adam left early Sunday,  a LOOONG drive.  11 or more hours and had to work next day. Tom took on the extra “load”.  Did a HECK of a job!

Me? Mostly SAT and “ordered” Both of ‘em.  Leg stove in…and back.  Easier to Supervise then “do”.  Aho? THESE TWO GUYS WERE WONDERFUL!  Missed day or not, LOTS DONE in but a few hours.

They made a SUPER Camp set-up too.  BIG Lean-To Tarp…my fire pit in front.  NEVER TOOK PICTURES OF THIS (darn it).  REAL “early FUR GATHERER set up.  PRIMITIVE but RIGHT AT “HOME”.

The 2 took turns putting out some FANTASTIC Meals!  Me?: “SUPERVISED”.  ( :

Anyway, no covering BUT ONLY HOURS FROM DOING SO!

Took up more tarps.  Should be Enough IF NO BIG HOLES.

Anyway, stopped in our local town to fill the tank.  On my home..leaving just some change and $16.00.

But I’m HOME!..I GOT UP THERE!  And we GOT an ENORMOUS AMOUNT DONE!  A TOTAL SUCCESS!

Want all to understand:  this trip would have been IMPOSSIBLE without the PRAYERS sent up and the DONATIONS sent.  THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU MADE POSSIBLE!

Oh, before closing: saw some NICE “For Sale” property at this SAFE site.  20 acres per at $30,900.00 per.  WILDERNESS THO!  You’d need to be VERY serious to live in MOST of these spots.  Darn near “Mountain Man” living..  With a FAMILY, HARD !  Alone? HARD!

Interested?   re

(WS)

The “body of Christ.”  Ever give that DEEP thought?

It’s taught (correctly) that this means “The Believers.”  But give it DEEEEP thought.

What is a BODY?

Well, arms / legs / eyes / blood / intestines / bones…and on and on. Right?

Ok, if WE Believers are A Body….then it ALSO means THE SAME AS THE ABOVE.  Aho?

Once a Mayan Godly Medicine Man and I were teaching together.  He had his PART “down pat”.  He considered himself “The Brain”.  Not heady about it…I THOUGHT.

Then as we were driving down to Navaho Land, he made a statement that shocked me:

“RE, I am THE BRAIN.  WITHOUT  ME, the BODY WOULD TOTALLY MALFUNCTION…Become DORMANT!”

Oh Oh !

Well, I too am a “part”…..and KNOW MY PART, as well.

“Tascara,  I AM THE LARGE INTESTINE.  The COLON.   I am, literally, The ASS HOLE!  (Don’t be shocked, readers…it was worded to TAKE EFFECT).

IF I were to SHUT  DOWN…Your WONDERFUL BRAIN would BLOW UP!

You’d be SO FULL OF —- YOU Couldn’t FUNCTION!!”

Well, the “Laxative” WORKED!  The STARTLEMENT ON HIS FACE WAS OF UTTER SHOCK!     ( :

We NEED each other, Folks, to FUNCTION TOTALLY…..and in GOOD HEALTH!

Today, MOST of “The BODY” is FILLED with CANCEROUS CELLS !

We are NOT HEALTHY!

Do you UNDERSTAND?

What we need is a GOOD Healing….OR, ……..CUT OUT!!

Which shall it be?  THE SURGEON IS WAITING!

re

(WS)

Down to an Ember

In response to a sister:

Well I’ll be darned……..you outta be a PSYCHOLOGIST!   ( :
Sure makes a person THINK.  Hummmmm  YOU’RE GOOD!

Many Medicine NAs have quit…..(“Put down their Feathers”)……because they couldn’t SURVIVE on those who receive their services but give nothing in exchange.
The 13th Original Inner Heyoka did…..in a sense.  Turned “Judas”…..gave up to THE Way for A Way…and started TRADITION.   Leaving only 12 from then-on-in.  I being one of these long gone original 12….and WE are dying.  None other WILL take our place as WE go.  We are the LAST OF THIS SOCIETY.
Thus we frantically “cast our net”.  “Catching” as many “fish” as we can, before it’s our “turn”.
I find that URGENCY so Strongly, I find myself TOSSING LIT STICKS OF DYNAMITE to “get” then NET TOSSING.

I don’t like what (how) I’m going about this.
The TIME is SO SHORT!  FAR shorter then people realize.

It has turned me into a MONSTER, in MY eyes.  I DON’T LIKE IT!

YEARS (even more than the soon-to-be 11) BEFORE the first Coast-to-Coast program. MANY MANY YEARS, “sweetly sharing”….to about 0 results.  So….DYNAMITE!

But I DON’T LIKE IT!
WHO am I to “stir the waters” with DYNAMITE!

I KNOW I’m NOT “HIM”…but find I am “taking on” HIS “persona”.  I DONT LIKE IT!  thus I don’t care much for ME anymore.

And GUESS WHAT!?   I don’t like THAT! EITHER!

So FEW responding to the “call”….all RISING to the SHOCK, but most dazzling off…others, belly up to drift away.  FEW SURVIVE!

I’ve told of the proper way to approach a NA Med. Person (and did so at THEIR request).  “ALWAYS COME WITH TOBACCO.”
It is only LOGICAL to PAY FOR SERVICES.  WAS that way….long ago.  Even the NA have forgotten this.
I’ve helped a few (3+hundred I suppose).  Pay?  Well, got a HOT DOG to return one’s sight from total blindness. $1200.00 to “come”…on a trip that cost ME over $3000.00 MORE (our FULL Income Tax return). FAMILY $$ !!!

Tho it happens, it is SO RARE to receive.

It is NOT the Inner Heyoka’s WAY to SET AN AMOUNT.   THAT was started (“pay”) by the 13th.  We are STILL relying on CREATORGOD.   Yet FEW SEEM TO KNOW HIM ANYMORE!
Know OF “Him”….but it ends there mostly.

“What do you charge, re?”    ASK “DAD” and give accordingly.  Guess He tells ‘em “Give a smile and Thank You, Re Elk”….or ???????

OF WE LAST 12, I AND 2 OTHERS ARE STILL ACTIVE! The others? “SHUT DOWN”. Gone ONLY “Local”.  No longer casting their nets….letting an occasional “fish” get caught in the shallow hollow of a pool RIGHT BEFORE THEIR FEET.  So, out of we 12…only we 3 are “out there”, and one now near death. VERY near.

TWO…for the WORLD!

I can NOT set a CHARGE!  It is NOT OUR WAY!

We not only are “DINOSAURIC, but LIVING EXAMPLES of what USE TO BE.

“Walking MUSEUMS”!  Dinosaurs of a long ago past……AND a THORN in the FEET OF MAN.   And treated as such.  Aho?

No, sis, I WILL NOT CHARGE!

Big Brother, OUR LEADER AND EXAMPLE, didn’t ether…tho He DID have BACKERS (Judas took care of the donation purse).   I tho, have little that support. Only 3 on a Consistant basis.  3 I CAN COUNT ON.   It means a LOT, tho NOT alot of money.  It’s those 3, and the occasional Senders, my SS $$$ AND M’s WORKING (for weekly pay check) AND CREATOR, that keeps this work On Going.

4..plus my own SS $…and HIM…For the WORLD!

And I am burning out.  So TIRED I now cast DYNAMITE.  TO TIRED TO CAST a NET!  And, well, turning into something I DON’T like.

I no longer am a BURNING LOG.  Not even a SMOLDERING Piece of it.  Now NEARLY A DEAD PIECE OF CHARCOAL!   Still LIGHTABLE, Still a FIRE HAZARD….but, basically, BURNED OUT. I’ve LOST MY FIRE!

Warm…but “handleable”…by BARE HANDS!

All I need is a STRONG BREATH to RE-KINDLE. Once again able to PROPERLY START FIRES!

‘Til that comes, I lay rather dormant.

Turned HEADY in my death throws.  Helping no one by THAT Example!  Aho?

I DON’T LIKE IT!  Give me KINDLING …. and BLOW!!!   Let me LIGHT GREAT FIRES, the CORRECT WAY!  The way a Burning LOG is MEANT too.

I  would rather turn to Charcoal DUST then PLAY GOD!  It is NOT WHAT I AM, NOR WHAT I LIKE!   Aho?   re

(WS)

This area is a big Food Supplier…both Beef and Crops.  It also holds one of Washington State’s largest crop Food Processing plants.  Twin City Foods, Inc.  My wife works there. Many years, now.

Here the Plant is filled with a diversity of general laborers.  Mostly Mexicans. Asians next.

We get along well with both. To the point we get FIELD WORKER’S reports…as well as on Plant Production. MUCH “INSIDE” INFORMATION.  Aho?

What is shared is “scary.”  WE ARE IN TROUBLE!

Corn production (the Plant’s main processing) is DRASTICALLY DOWN.  And I MEAN drastically!

NO LONGER BUYING FARMERS’ CROPS in ALL surrounding (as well as our own) counties.

Peas THE SAME.

Lima Beans….Ditto.

The Mexican migrant field workers tell their people what’s happing in various crops they work in…USA wide.  THINGS “WE” DONT KNOW (as yet).

Sugar and other beets WAY DOWN.  Asparagus: WAY DOWN.  GRAPES: “Terrible output.”  Carrots (one of TCFs main crops)….Way, WAY, down.

Citrus (oranges / etc.) “REALLY HURTING.”  Strawberries: Down “by a lot.”

As all are surely aware…BEES ARE NOT DOING WELL.  (One small Company HERE…that makes Bee Boxes…(and MANY years in this), has HAD TO CLOSE!  (I know the owner…”No Bees, No NEED for boxes.”)  Aho?

The list goes on and on.

I even get ‘tellings’ from people from around the world…THEY TOO Telling of CROP FAILURES!

Friends, we “ain’t doing well.”  Aho?

AND MUCH NOT YET BEING MADE PUBLIC!

We (world) are HURTING.  BAD Hurting!

Main reason: WEATHER.

According to my “Great Vision”….INSECTS WILL BE YET ANOTHER “reason”.

Ok, telling.  Now up to you on what you can do for yourself and your family.    PREPARE!  (and NOT for just MONTHS….but YEARS!).   re

(WS)

For various reasons, occasionally I get an Email  “re, I need a drum  (NA tone).”

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)

“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)

Credo Mutwa…one of our 12, knows his time is very close.  He’s 90.  Dying.

He is ONE OF OUR 12 INNER HEYOKA.

His charge is all of Black Africa.

We are “leaving” folks. Think we are down to 10 (once he is gone).

NONE will replace us.  Ever.
We are the Last of this PRE-TRADITION Society.

“Tradition” is an Off-Shoot of this Inner Heyoka….LONG before them.  Taught at Big Brother’s feet when He was in The AMERICAS.  (No, I’m not a Mormon…but they are right…He DID “Walk the Americas”)

13 learned at His feet.  One turned “Judas” and started the Traditionalist Way.  Aho?

Ok, learn from us….WHILE YOU CAN!    WE ARE BEING CALLED “HOME”.   re
(WS)

Regarding the message below (about the Medicine Wheels – WS): I’ve had 2 ask to go to these “sites”. “WHERE ARE THEY, re?”

I WILL NEVER.. ..EVER!… .TELL!

Why? Well maybe those ASKING won’t tell….but WILL tell 1 or more. In time the common “White Invasion” will occur. Once again, if ONE NON-NA KNOWS….In time a few HUNDRED will!

Not ALL will “hold them Sacred” Stones will be removed (“as a souvenir”)….Etc.. DESTRUCTION!

Sorry folks, you Non-NA are like that.

We’ll (NA) keep these places “to Ourselves”. THE NON-NA TOO UNTRUSTWORTHY!

So, “don’t ask…cause I WONT tell!”

(See what “you’ve done to yourselves?”) “YOU” CANT BE TRUSTED!”

Sorry. re

Time travel is an intriguing experience.  I’ve had alot of time in, in doing this.  Tell ALL never to go past the third day AHEAD.  (Think that’s somewhere on this blog).

The PAST, tho, another matter.  You get to see so MUCH!

Did several on my 3 month Canadian Cree trip.  Was able to explain to them about an event.  MANY events.

The past is an “open book” once one learns this.  NOTHING is ruined THEN, tho may be,  NOW.  Aho?  That’s what I did for the Crees.  Using then On Hand THEN, to restore lost knowledge to the Crees of TODAY.  “Opened Up” 2 – 3 ancient Medicine Wheels for ‘em….got calls now of 2 others found.  Next time up I’ll check these out for ‘em…allowing the “wheels” to once again Do what the ancients designed them for.  LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE LOST in ALL North America, over time.  FUN to HELP today’s return to these things.  Aho?   re

(WS)

Talking to Adam….telling of some of my MEDICINE MAN experiences.

As most know…I am a Medicine Man AND a WAKANYAN.  The last means “Spiritual adviser”.

Due to today’s worldly mess….I find my Wakanyan taking precedence.  I’d RATHER be doing “Medicine”.

Love the Sweat Lodge….the Wilderness ALONE times…and, yes, the Tradition of it.

I don’t get to do that much anymore.  MISS IT.

Haven’t done a Sweat in over 3 years.  A Wilderness Alone time in over maybe 5 years.

My NA “side” ACHES for those times again…..but the needs of man go beyond that.

So I’m stuck at this Computer…..trying to help man know their Inner SPIRITUAL side…and the importance of “One Relation”.  Not “One Country Under God”…but One WORLD under God.

I tell you true :  it’s quite a sacrifice.

My “INNER Spirit” ACHES for the Old “traditional” I was once so in peace with.

Just NO TIME for that anymore.   (sigh)…………..                        Y  O  U  are MORE IMPORTANT.   Aho?   re

(WS)