I've been working on our original website Oyate Ta Olowan.We've been working on adding digital downloads to the site, but it's still a challenge. Oyate is a public radio series that we did on traditional Native American music. We did 52 half hour shows and traveled over 100,000 miles collecting music from all over the Americas. It was a while ago, but people still seem to love it, so we keep offering the shows for sale. It's all a part of our little press Many Kites Press. Life is so amazing, and so full, but we keep on trucking. I hope things are going well for all of you, and that continue to create wonderful things. Later, Milt Lee
This is the last piece on our first summer of blueberry farming. With the help of Rick Baird, Jamie’s brother, we got our rabbit fence up - literally minutes before we left to come back home for the winter. It was a sad time, but it was also joyous to see such a beautiful fence and the blueberries prospering so well.
Just before we left, I asked Jamie to do a little piece on her favorite blueberry patch. Now as you may know, blueberry patches are very, very secret, and to let you in on where her’s is - is really an amazing act of trust. But just to make sure that you really don’t tell anybody where this patch is - you have to swear that you will never tell anybody where this is - I mean it. I know it’s hard on the internet to get people to take a blood oath, but I’m asking you - prick your finger and swear that you will never - ever tell anybody where this patch is located. Then after you have done that, you can watch the video.
I am so amazed at her drive to pick berries. She picked over 5 gallons of berries while we were in Minnesota. Most folks go out for a few minutes - get bite a few times, and stop. She goes for hours at a time. Amazing!
Part of homesteading has to be water management. I mean - you can’t take a bath in the lake every single day, and the truth is - building fences, remodeling houses and gathering wood can really be a “strong” experience - if you catch my whiff. So it was clear to me that we needed an outdoor shower. Jamie found this black bag with the shower head attached and it holds about 2 1/2 gallons of water. Then we added a bucket of water and voila! We had enough to really clean two stinky people. Such fun, and of course it’s so private out there that you just want to take your clothes off - really!
This is for my buddy Dana, who built his own place in Show Low AZ. Jamie and I are a few years behind, but hopefully we can learn from his successes. So this piece is really just for Dana, but you can watch it if you want.
