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Wisdom from Granddad

~ Fox Northstar

Well, I survived another summer in the

Canadian bush.  Been doing it for decades,

but each year it seems to drain me more

than in years past. Long ago, one of my

daughters told me enjoy it while I can as

it won’t last forever.  I hate it when my kids

are right!

I did NOT miss all the bull going on down here as we are forced into a fascist state.  Methinks it is still not too late to save the nation, but time will tell.  I’m hoping is the kick in the gonads we all need to rise up and do our part.

There is a certain serenity which I can only find out in the bush.  Yes, our teachings have some of the “modern” comforts, but we still have to lug water, cook over open fire, use the port-a-potties and have unelectrified campers (for the staff) and tents (for the students, who are a lot younger).  We do eat a lot of protein as the kids are taught traditional survival methods. (and why it is called “Survival School.)

Oh sure, we escape, from time to time, to attend events and functions at the core of the Res, but for the most part, crafty is taught in the morning and plant identification in the afternoons. Evenings are the social hours and review. As many of you know, I teach hand-stitched beadwork and am one of the cooks for the open fire (much different that charcoal BBQ).

With hardly any news from the outside.  Cell phones are useless, and there is no wi-fi.  I love it!

That having been said, I only heard three MSM items over the summer.  The first was the passing of Robert Redford.  Nothing more need be said.

The second was the murder of Charlie Kirk.  While I firmly believe that no one should be murdered, I cant help but wonder if he brought it upon himself.  He exercised his First Amendment right of free speech, but it was his subject matter made him a target.  After all, no matter which side one is on, spewing pseudo-religious, supremacist racial and fascist principles go against out Constitution, and sooner or later, there was bound to be a violent reaction.  I sympathize with his surviving family, but he made his bed, and now will sleep in it for eternity.  I cannot say I will lose any sleep over his silencing.

But trying to blame it on anyone BEFORE the facts/truth were in is the environment when we get a spineless Congress kowtows to a wannabe dictator that does have the sense to encourage limited gun control laws is ludicrous!  I cannot say I did not see SOMETHING like this coming.  And despite all the braggadocio from the current fools in charge, crime rates are rising,  And that’s not the only thing that is.  While egg prices have leveled off, the price of everything else is rising. So would do you think is paying for those tariffs?  It is NOT the folk exporting to us! So much for the campaign lies, eh?   No wonder we do not thrust MSM (main stream/legacy media) or the government!

The last item was a bit more personal: the passing of my cousin, Grahame Greene.  Those of us who are family with First Nations family structure will get this, as he was not a blood relation.  My godmother was married to his uncle, ergo cousin. I have memories with him going back decades.  He was a couple of years older than I, and a leader at the family gatherings.  So many pleasant memories…it is a wonder we did not get killed from some of the antics we tried to pull off as teen-agers. (But then, who hasn’t?) Swimming by the falls, chasing the young lasses [and occasionally catching some], working together on projects.  We would build popsicle boats, hoping they might make it to the St. Lawrence…and the like, kid stuff.

As we aged, walked our separate paths, we spent less time together, but never lost touch. When my industry went on extended strike, he found me a job on the crew of Northern Exposure.  That got me through the hard times, although it did mean separation from my growing family for stretches of time. Later, when I retired (for the first time) and went back to university, he helped where he could.  We had a field trip to Toronto, and he got the whole lot of us (15-20) tickets to a taping of Red Green, because he was guest starring in that weeks episode!  I got lucky, as I was selected to join in the “Man’s Prayer” on stage that week, I still have the vest gifted to me.

At any rate, now you do not have to ask what “I did on my summer vacation.”

As always, do your best to walk in balance.  Seems to be tougher every year…