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Nov 28, 2011, 10:01 pm
Been gone forever, again. But I've been living life. An incredible, mind blowing, tear jerking (in a good way) life.
Months ago, we sold the ranch and moved the hell out of VULGARTINE.THANK EFFING GAWD!!!!
I haven't looked back and I've been my happy, ecstatic self ever since. I even wrote about... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 11:31 pm
so much has happened., I've been gone so long, but you my dears, have not. So, I will try to post in here more. there is much to tell. I'm gearing up to leave for a public reading/ visitng writer gig, so I will not have any time to catch you up this week. But I will be back! xoxox to you for your ... Comment - Like
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Feb 23, 2011, 2:06 am
Oh my love,
I have so many posts to catch up on your sweet little life here, but this one is burning, so I have to air this one, for me.
You talked today again, of wanting to go to school. We will not be leaving here until next june. My immediate gut reaction to you going to school here, is not ... Comment - Like
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Feb 5, 2011, 3:40 am
I know I say this alot, but i'm gonna say it again.
i have a lot to say. A lot has happened.
I'm only going to give you the breezy version here.
This week was founder's week at SGU. My love, my alma mater' not "officially" my alma mater' but it will always be for me, since I went there and SGU will ... Comment - Like
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Dec 25, 2010, 12:25 am
My Turtle love,
we are back in our Tipi!! We have spent the last four days in Rapid, three of them by choice, the last one was due to weather! :) My gawd, what fun we had! Holiday shopping, hanging out, celebrating solstice, enjoying being together!!!
First, (literally) we went to the solstice s... Comment - Like
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Dec 17, 2010, 11:45 pm
one of the great things that happened when we were in Rapid was I got to see my dear friends KB and JB...and in the smallish amount of time, they managed to unknowingly soothe the chapped parts of my soul that have been exposed to quagmire that is this town.
When thinking of this town the saying: "... Comment - Like
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Dec 17, 2010, 12:23 am
On Tuesday, Turtle said she wanted to go to dinosaur park, we were actually in the car heading to mission to go to a lakota studies gathering that I'd caught wind of; but she said: " I dont want to go to Sinte, I want to go to Dinosaur Park. So, I turned the car around, checked in w/ mihigna, we... Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2010, 5:24 pm
You sing this beautiful little song that you have sung since you were able to form words...
It' goes:
I never was a baby before
I never was a baby before I was never a bay bee be-four!!
But then you change it:
I never was a girl before
I never was a girl before
I never was a girl before.
We are ... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2010, 12:21 am
This is such an important site.....http://www.teach-through-love.com
Every parent needs to add it to their pre child research as well as add it to their day to day reading/reminding/living list.
In other AMAZING news... due to my last article at Life As A Human (http://lifeasahuman.com/2010/parentin... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2010, 1:23 am
http://lifeasahuman.com/2010/parenting/babies-mother-nature%E2%80%99s-alert-system/
Love it!! Mamma's go read it, you'll love it too!!! Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2010, 12:28 am
You are just so awesome.
You like to wear two different shoes right now, both shiny, fancy shoes. You wear your ruby red pediped shoe on your right foot and your shiny black pediped shoe on your left foot.
I love it when you do this! I said this to you today, as we danced into the store.
"Don't l... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2010, 9:04 pm
today i woke up underslept and over tired, my back hurt and I was not fully in Ina mode.
You had all of us get dressed to go down to deliver cookies for the bake sale, the bake sale i never found, which I would later discover was not until next week.
we went to breafast, you played, we ate. we we... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2010, 11:14 pm
I have completely changed what we eat here at the Turtle patch, we got away from junk, processed food, and now eat all fresh food. Some people call it raw food, but that conjurs up the wrong picture for most people, at least in this cow town, so I've started saying we eat living foods. (I was as... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2010, 10:55 am
Seeing as she's the daughter of two artists, Turtle has certainly inherited the art gene. I have her art hanging all over the walls of our house and she did her first painting when she was four months old.
Anyway, everyday is filled with ideas we come up wiht for art projects to do.
we have so many... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2010, 1:55 am
I am in Rapid City, my beloved rapid city, my fam is sleeping peacefully on the end of what has been the most amazing time we have been able to spend in quite some time.
i have so much to say about it, and yet i don't have the words. I'm tired, and I want to go to bed, but I promise I will come ... Comment - Like
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Oct 2, 2010, 1:34 am
i'm so far from perfect it makes me sick.
i don't expect perfection in a lot places in my life...but where she is concerned..i absolutely do.
i can't screw this up for her... i just can't. she is too important. Comment - Like
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Sep 20, 2010, 12:59 am
I am dazed.
Today, Mihigna and Turtle went to town to run some errands. I stayed home and worked on a sculpture.
They returned and she was carrying a movie. She was all excited about it and she showed me. It was powder puff girls. I immediately wondered what possessed my husband to let her get... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2010, 11:45 pm
My little turtle,
You are three. I can't even believe it! You are so amazing. You blow me away everyday! I have so much to say, and yet, it's all on dichotomies of what has been going on in our lives.
I watch you and I see how well adjusted you are and I cant help but be proud. I am doing my job ... Comment - Like
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Aug 22, 2010, 2:00 pm
My dearest Turtle,
I've always been proud of the fact that you are just like me Turtle, with your fire-y passion for all things. Your independent spirit, your strong sense of self.
But Now, I've run into an issue that has me screeching my wheels to a complete halt and makes me become parental in a ... Comment - Like
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Aug 21, 2010, 3:53 pm
What are You Wearing? Lakota Thoughts on Dress : Life As A Human Comment - Like
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Aug 9, 2010, 12:39 pm
I subscribe to Artistic creations with Trudy,(http://artisticcreationswithtrudy.blogspot.com) a sort of mom art coop.
These are the questions posted for this week:
Do you watch any soap operas? NO. Never, they drive me crazy.
What appliance is used most in your house? My food processor
Do you wea... Comment - Like
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Jul 29, 2010, 11:45 pm
Some people may laugh at this post. And I don't care, because the ones who have been there, will get it.
I'm a fan of Bethanny Frankel. I always have been, and probably always will be, muchly because our stories have the same plot lines, different details but the same plot... Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2010, 12:24 am
My new post is up at Life as A Human!!
I LOVE Life As A Human!!!! love, love love!!!
So GO, read it, and laugh!!!!
www.lifeasahuman.com/2010/humor/the-boobie-prize Comment - Like
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Jul 21, 2010, 10:57 am
Turtle:
"Ina, why are you wearing that snowman scarf?"
Me: "because it's pretty"
Turtle: "You can't wear that scarf."
Me: "Why not?"
Turtle: "Because you're a mommy." Comment - Like
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Jul 9, 2010, 12:31 am
Another amazing day filled with you.
You sleep now, deeply, smiling occasionally. We didn't have much time to talk, you were so tired.
I love you so. Do you KNOW how much I love you?
I hope.
I worry on some days that I have ruined parts of it for you, with my crabby moments, my sometimes too s... Comment - Like
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Jul 6, 2010, 8:07 am
It has been a good summer thus far. Though, I was out for about a week with a severely sprained ankle, I am, however on the mend. Not 100 % but much better than I was.
This weekend, has been fabulous and write worthy. I'm fond of the fourth weekend, not because I believe in celebrating a questionabl... Comment - Like
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Jun 23, 2010, 8:09 am
I find myself really aggitated with many around me of late.
It is because people seem to be acting out on others and saying things with no seeming awareness.
I would probably be upset about these things even if I was not an Ina, but now that I am an Ina, YOUR Ina, it really gets my blood boiling. Be... Comment - Like
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Jun 17, 2010, 12:54 am
So, my precious turtle love...
today, we did all kinds of fun stuff, we read books and danced to music, we played in the tipi, we ate spagehetti for lunch, and dinner. but probably my favorite part, one of them, was roasting marshmellows. You wanted to roast marshmellows, but the wind was too high f... Comment - Like
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Jun 15, 2010, 11:19 pm
Life has been crazy and wonderful.
But right now, I'm going to write about today.
Turtle and I built a tipi taht we played in, and ate in, and (she) tried to sleep in. The cat played in it, climbed the walls of it, the dog came in and plopped down in it, while smooshing us up against the permiter of... Comment - Like
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Jun 3, 2010, 1:55 am
My new article is up at Life As A Human! /www.lifeasahuman.com/2010/inspirational/mitakuye-oyasin-we-are-all-related/ Comment - Like
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Jun 1, 2010, 3:48 pm
This weekend was pretty rough for me.
On friday night, we had a storm that knocked out our electricity, so after Turtle crawled off to bed, Mihigna ki an I watched Imprint.( finally!!!!! ) When my dad came on, in all his glory, I had a wierd gut reaction. He spoke mostly Lakota through the whole... Comment - Like
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May 21, 2010, 10:26 am
So much has happened to us of late. Where do I start?
First of all, if I have not updated it here, we are not selling the ranch. Winter washed away the ookiness, (well, okay not JUST winter, a bit of Lakota medicine too) and things looked and felt better. We started getting animals, who actually s... Comment - Like
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May 19, 2010, 9:12 am
Mitakuyepi Tunkasila,
Pilamiyaye pi le Anpetu Waste! Na mi cunksi, mihigna ki, Mitawa,Tuwin na Oyate!
I am truly blessed. Comment - Like
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May 18, 2010, 12:58 am
I have sooo much to say.
But not right now.
Other than, my daughter is the BOMB, the ZEN BOMB, and I LOVE her with my EVERYTHING!!!
...um, in case you didn't already know that...
tee hee. Comment - Like
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May 10, 2010, 2:01 am
Our little animal farm is flourishing and our little billy the kid is fabulous and funny! I am thinking I may need to make some changes, since he believes he is my longer haired, four footed child.
My gorgeous birds are all doing well, and sweet as pie. I've my own little zoo here, and that wasn't r... Comment - Like
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May 3, 2010, 12:36 pm
my new post is up at Life As A Human.. so go read it!! http://www.lifeasahuman.com/2010/pets/the-pig-whisperer Comment - Like
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Apr 30, 2010, 11:18 am
okay dear friends..I need the extension of hands in mine... to gather a bit of strength from you all, a hug or two, a whispered:
"You are not alone, you do not suck."
Because these days, I'm feeling very much like that. Comment - Like
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Apr 30, 2010, 12:17 am
god it feels good to be able to write here again. This is just my comfortable place, and setting up that new blog totally BIT!!!
I know I've been quiet, but I don't have much to say publicly yet. So much is going on, I'm doing some learning/growing/merinating.
And of course, spending ti... Comment - Like
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Apr 28, 2010, 10:51 am
Hello my love,
I have not written here, because days have worn me out and I sleep deeply. My days are filled with you, your incredibleness.
And I love every minute of it.
We have been having so much fun with the return of the sun.
We've welcomed two new baby chicks into our li... Comment - Like
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Apr 27, 2010, 9:41 am
I need to inhale, exhale
some art today....
laziness, and practical life be dammned. Comment - Like
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Apr 25, 2010, 12:03 am
I've been quiet on here for so long.
I've been marinating.
I do have a lot to say, I just need quiet for me. Now.
I/we are in the middle of "what are we going to do next?" it's exciting, and scary.
I'm not sure why its scary though. it never has been. I have been using the excu... Comment - Like
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Apr 19, 2010, 12:57 pm
I am going to post this, evil person be dammed.
Oh how I've missed this blog.
if someone comes and messes with it again, we will just fix it again.
I don't give up easily.
Anyway,
Turtle and I are very much enjoying our sunshine. I have come to realize we are both solar powered huma... Comment - Like
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Mar 29, 2010, 8:56 am
wow, is this really fixed? Thank you blogger!
Readers please let me know if you are getting this, so I know if it is working. Comment - Like
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Mar 4, 2010, 1:14 am
I have to write this down, so we always know.
Today, we were walking at the over look, and you were trying to whistle at the maga sapa. You told me you couldn't do it, and I didn't have the first clue of a good way of telling you HOW to do it. (It was another life lesson for me, I've ne... Comment - Like
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Feb 28, 2010, 12:52 am
I am writing for Life As a Human, (www.lifeasahuman.com) and my first post is up, so please go read it! thanks! Comment - Like
I'm a Lakota Ina (mom) who is also an author and artist. I'm a advocate for children, teen girls and women. I run a group for Lakota winyan (women) and am organizing workshops for women and children.
Right now, my blog is mainly about family life, but I'll be importing my other blog which will be dealing with child development and winyan's issues.
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