Yay!! 🙌🏽 I’m doing my part, how about you? 😏

It’s raining and I’m home with the kid who isn’t feeling great. Their class was canceled today, thank goodness, so they can rest and hopefully be able to go to class tomorrow. In the meantime, I’m beading some poppies, and hoping to get them all done and sent off to my family ASAP!

I’ve decided I am going to move my little videos over to a YouTube channel. That way they are all in one place, I can make them a bit longer, and keep things more organized. I am working on it now and hope to have it up by this weekend some time. Until then, here’s this week’s “spin”, by request…

In the US, Native American Heritage Month was formally recognized in 1990, but our roots go back to the first beat of this land. We are still here, we are thriving, and we proudly carry our Nations and our Ancestors forward every day ✊🏽🪶 www.firstnations.org/national-nat...

1000 years ago The Kid was obsessed with Undertale & asked me to dress as Papyrus (they dressed as Sans), for Halloween. I posted a selfie of me in my costume & a comic artist decided to draw me 😊 We were supposed to meet up so I could get the original, but we never did & now I almost 3k m away 💗

Today’s sushi attempt. Still a bit too much rice, but overall I am happy with it. The Kid (who requested I make it), said it tastes great. I don’t eat crab so I will have to take their word for it lol Yes, that is a whale plate, with a small whale bowl, for soy sauce lol

Some helpful information for donating items to the food bank (expand to see entire post).

If you are able to donate to your local food banks, please do. People who normally use SNAP, will need to go to their local food banks for help right now. Food banks will take non perishables, but they can stretch money even further. Let’s help our communities now, and always ❤️

#jazzsky #jazz #vinylcollector #wesmontgomery

A dark, windy, and rainy evening calls for the beautiful jazz guitar of Wes Montgomery 💙

Everyone!! My cousin is approximately 80 followers away from 15k! Let’s help her get there! @aanjiniigikwe.bsky.social #followmycousin #metis

Last week I picked The Kid up from class & I was being my regular hyped up annoyance. I asked The Kid “are you already tired of my tomfoolery?” They laughed & said yes lol I just made a playlist of happy annoying songs to play in the car 😆 I always roll up to the school blasting music at 100% 😁

So as to not set a precedent of giving back items directly to Indigenous Nations, the Vatican will be doing church-to-church “donations” with explicit instructions for the Bishops to return the items to the Nations they were stolen from. www.cbc.ca/news/vatican...

New jazz narration dropping tomorrow…. What time is the best time for me to post my slideshow/narration? I feel as though people aren’t seeing them much here. Suggestions?

Every day is beautiful in the PNW 💙 Photos from my morning walk, after dropping The Kid off for class today

1/5 Today marks the birthday of Louis Riel, born October 22, 1844, in the Red River Settlement, now Saint Boniface, Manitoba. Riel was a Métis leader, politician, & founder of Manitoba, known for his tireless defense of Métis rights, land, & culture.

I was listening to the radio while driving today & the DJ was talking about the ages of men & women, when music impacted them the most. For women they said 19, for men, age 18. I disagree. For me it was between 13-15 when I really started paying attention & listening. What age was it for you?

Well…

Please go to the website and submit a complaint about their use of a racist word for Inuit Peoples (see photo). You will need to scroll to the very bottom of the page to find the link for the complaint.

A rainy Sunday spin - Eddie Harris

Hello 👋🏽 It’s been a while since I showed my ridiculous face lol Overhead lighting? Never heard of her 😜

Oh look, two FAKE Native accounts. These are dropship accounts, run by people overseas, usually Vietnam but occasionally India. You can always tell by the stolen photos, wording, bad photoshop pics, and the link to a page selling shitty, fake “Native” stuff.

Coffee and pastries with The Kid. Every moment I get to spend with The Kid is filled with joy. When you become a parent you know you will love them, but the depth of love, the joy in their joys, the pain in their pain, feels so soul deep. That even coffee, on an overcast day, is special 💗

The worst possible news about Samuel Bird. His remains were found in a rural area outside of Edmonton. A man has been charged with his murder. Sending prayers, love, and support to his Mother and family during this awful, awful, time. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Gooood morning Bluesky! Windows were a little foggy when I came out earlier so I made some tea and watched the sky get brighter. Every day is beautiful here in the PNW 💗 Share a photo of your view 💗💗💗

**MISSING INDIGENOUS PERSON** Please repost for further reach #MMIP

If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.

For many of us, being Indigenous means living btwn worlds, rebuilding what was taken, creating a future where our grandkids won’t have to explain why their heritage matters. We’e the prayers of those who came before us & the proof that their strength worked. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #RedRiverMétis

Saturday night Blues’ spotlight: Mr. Buddy Guy 💙

Please help if you are able ❤️

I’m heartbroken about Diane Keaton’s passing. She was fierce in her feminism, funny in her honesty, and incredibly beautiful, in every way. She aged fearlessly, reminding women everywhere that strength and beauty don’t fade, they evolve. What a woman.

I’ve been to 14 of them, and I’m Canadian so not sure how that affects it lol You?

My little wrists tattoos are done (they both look like this), the kid is in now getting theirs. Their tattoos are going to be larger as they have more space than I do, but they are the exact same design 😊🩷 Matching, but not creepy mom/kid tattoos lol

It’s tattoo day!! The Kid and I are getting tattoos (the kid is almost 20, for anyone new here)!! We are getting small tattoos on our wrists that match 🙌🏽😊

Mutual aid needed. Frances is an incredible voice for the Native community, for her People, standing up against racism and hate. If you can help, even just a little, it will go far towards securing housing and safety. Please donate if you can 💙

I am sitting in an empty parking lot waiting for a store to open. I deliberately never park close to stores as I have mobility and don’t need to. I am at least 15 spots away from the door, and someone just pulled in RIGHT BESIDE ME. Come on, man lol

Went to my tire rotation & balance appt this morn. They didn’t have balance on the appt & the guy 1 Informed me both things would take 1.5 hours (lol ridiculous) 2 Felt he needed to, condescendingly, “educate” me on what those two things meant 🙄 bc they are “different” I canceled the appt & left

Dragging my lazy butt out of bed at 6am to work out before I drive and drop off The Kid for their Monday classes at college. Then it’s emailing/calling my old clients to reconnect for a project my cousin and I are starting. Exciting things are afoot!!

Seven Indigenous Leaders Honoured with the Order of Canada. Congratulations to all!! youtube.com/shorts/w3d2H...

Who wants to come along?

Rain, music on vinyl, a sleeping Cedar Flanagan, and hot tea (not in the shot).

Wrote a short story today. It’s a little creepy. I need to clean it up but it’s not too bad. Just a million more to go so I can put them all in a book lol

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Right now, outside our apartment. Life in the PNW 💙

**MISSING INDIGENOUS PERSON** !!!!!!!!! Please repost !!!!!!!!! #MMIP #LUMMINATION

Today we honor the children taken, the survivors, and the strength of our Nations. Truth and Reconciliation Day is a call to listen, learn, and stand with us. The path forward is built on truth, respect, and action, together.

I write a lot. Most of what I write are scenes, hoping to one day write an entire story and add that scene, because that is what I have always felt I should do. I was telling the kid about one I wrote and they said “why don’t you write a book of short stories instead”. So, I guess I’m doing that

Relaxing with some Shirley Horn this chilly Sunday evening 💙🎶🎼🎵🎹🎤

1/13 Forced Sterilization Is Not History in Canada In 1928 Alberta passed the Sexual Sterilization Act, giving a government board power to sterilize people it deemed unfit to reproduce. Indigenous women and girls were heavily targeted.

Highlight of my day was telling a scammer that he was not, in fact, “Jessica” who lost my contact data, but a scammer dude overseas who was hoping I was a moronic man lol He was livid and claimed he had hacked my internets. All of them lol continually calling him Jessica really pissed him off