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07/07/2026

—Blood 🩸 Tribe

Something about a storm coming in, dark clouds, lightning approaching and sky is rumbling. Nothing like the mountain air too, it hits differently, maybe even breathing better. Whatever it is, feeling grateful, loved and appreciated. Also appreciating nature, and beautiful people, laughing, loving and living. It’s easy to smile if you’re happy, content and at peace and that’s a fact. Storms don’t last but they hold their own power while they are coming through, so be mindful…

06/15/2026

—National Indigenous History Month

Decolonizing in real time, writing my book, sifting through grief as our most beloved sister passed after battling cancer for 32 months, staring at walls & hearing her in my head, & cloud watching. I’m not trolling for sympathy but life’s a s**t sometimes. We battled aggressively against racism, & feeling apathetic about nothing and everything in general. Some lessons have been gold too because we’re survivors and warriors. We’re built to fight though, and talk s**t when people tell us we don’t belong. We kicked some people to the curb to, walking in peace means no drama lama, or listening to hate which has been easy to walk away from, and their silence is gold. Silence can be a friend. Saying anything negative is a repetitive loop, don’t get caught in that trap. We’re united about the latter. Dancing is good after a fall like when you lose your sister to insidious cancer, or when the people who are supposed to love you don’t talk; kinship laws say family isn’t about biology though as we pick up family everywhere, and it’s beautiful. If you see us walking, talking, thinking, dancing, standing or running through the rain, we’re the same so come say hello. And remember, whatever blessing that arrives at your home fire has the right address. 🔥

08/09/2025

_World Indigenous People’s Day

Celebrating our rich cultures and diversity across Turtle Island and the rest of the world. We celebrate daily and we’re mindful that keeping our cultures, languages and identities are essential for our collective survival.

09/11/2024

04/21/2024

—Turtle Island

Sipping my morning coffee (black) and waiting for my brain and mobility function to kick in. Yesterday I had help connecting my camera to my phone courtesy of who is an upcoming videographer. He’s really talented, so if you haven’t already seen and followed, take a look-see and add him. We’re going to commission him to do some video of Charles soon, and figuring out logistics. So after connecting the Canon, this was one of the images that transferred as a jpg. Normally they go to LR (Lightroom) but that’s another step. But back to Turtle Island. Sometimes we have a feeling of being entirely alone but this passes. We’ve come a long way to be where we are, and that journey can be choppy and challenging to navigate. Turtle Island is actually a wonderland of endless adventure. Our ancestors didn’t worry about “budget” as we had all of Turtle Island to live, marvel at and explore. This woman’s regalia reminded me of that where everyone has a space and place; there’s no hierarchy in a circle. ..
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04/15/2024

We’re heading into Pow-Wow season soon. Saskatchewan is the Pow-Wow capital of Canada FYI, so it’s busy time for him and me (when time permits) for the spring/summer and early fall months.

Charles (my partner) has a story about his paint, and how he chooses it, and it’s been different variations throughout the years.

He is niitsitapi (Blackfoot) from Siksika, AB. And me, I’m a proud member of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation located in Saskatchewan and come from a super big family. 💕

12/24/2023

—Happy Holidays

I feel as though 2023 went by too fast? We get caught up in day to day things and just life in general? I spent a lot of my time reading and reading but that’s a good thing. Wishing you all the best this day, and 2024.
Thank you for following, welcome to all the new followers, and hope you enjoy what we have planned for the feed in 2024. Keep your family close and be kind to all. ..
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12/23/2023

—2023

Tough year for those that have experienced loss including us, so a hiatus was in order. I was hanging out in Threads though off and on, and Charles was busy with classes then final exams. I just found it difficult to deal with loss this year, and all the events that occurred but it’s another story for another day.

So here’s a question, what’s the big lesson and takeaway from 2023 for y’all? What’s a quote that resonated? Words you remember in passing? Photos you absolutely loved from other photographers and maybe it’s a photo you’ve taken.

10/26/2023

—Regrouping

If you’re anything like us, we often pause and regroup especially if there’s been heartbreak and tragedy. We get comfortable and forget that tragedy exists or experienced by other people then something happens, so it’s been like this for a while. A long while. We know that riding waves takes practice no matter what age we are. In the meantime as writers, words still continue to float in the periphery. We’re surrounded by brilliance too. If I’m taking photographs, things somehow balance themselves out. I’m convinced it’s part of the bigger plan, as peace and balance come to us all in different ways. I remind myself it’s not always possible to align my words with the photographs I’ve taken and maybe sometimes they don’t require any words. That tragic events sometimes rob us of the right words, and those that are necessary but that there’s still beauty and brilliance in the world. Regrouping is a wonderful way to refocus, rewrite those areas we’re surfing. ..
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09/25/2023

—By Yesterday

We’re supposed to leave things/places behind that don’t inspire us. The somehow cause us harm if we hold onto them, and the same could be said about relationship. We already know if someone disrespects you enough times there isn’t anything you can do to change their mind. And if their behaviour is egregious in nature, we don’t stand there asking for a second or third session. Why would we? We could argue the merits of maintaining ties that are essential, and maybe someone was having a “bad” day. However if people are kind enough to show you who they are, be obliged to give them the space to proceed. By yesterday, we’re supposed to know all of those things, how to act, what not to do, how to treat others, and how to show up for people you care about, or decide that showing up isn’t in the cards because that’s reciprocal in nature and you’ve learned it’s a one way street. By yesterday, we’re supposed to know how to apologize, and make amends. By yesterday, we begin to understand that certain people don’t make the circle anymore and that’s okay. There’s so many reasons to learn from yesterday, and that “by yesterday” is probably the furthest we ought to look. No use digging up old dirt because we might end up with a huge pit. ..
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