Prayers for Tom and his family

Prayers for a fellow brother and vendor, and his wife and young son.  Tom of Nighthawk Traders crossed over the other night, they had gone up to Mabel's pow wow this weekend. 

We will send smoke and prayers

Much Love

Wrulf

We are on the Sandbar again....

We are on the Sandbar again.........

  September 5-7, 2008 ~ 2008 Perry Annual InterTribal Pow Wow

Hwy 19/27 ~ Perry, FL, 32348

Scott French 850-838-2283 sjfrench2001@yahoo.com  Headman - Bobby Dubois; Headlady - Sandy Dubois; MC - John Ferguson;Host Drums - Sage Creek Drummers and Singers; AD - Judy Shadow Fox; Vendors by Invitation Only Water and Electricity Connections provided Free Admission and Parking - Restrooms and Showers available - Primitive Camping - Pow Wow program from 09:00Am til 10:00 PM - Grand Entry 19:30 PM - Head Veteran: Mark Windham 

Come on out and kick off Florida's Fall Pow Wow season with us. 

Loading up to head back to the Sandbar

Loading up to head back to the Sandbar

Well Gustav didn't have much for the southeast Alabama area, a little wind and some rain bands at times.  We will be loading up and heading to Perry, in the Big Bend of the panhandle on Wednesday.  This pow wow is usually very good, it kinda kicks off the Fall season in Florida and the peoples been chompin' at the bit for pow wow after 3 months without. My stock is kinda low, we have been under the weather the last few days and not really inspired to get creative.  But, hey, you can't rush being creative . 

I hope everyone is well and please keep an eye on the Tropics, cuz they ain't done with us yet .  The dot com calendar has been updated with more Florida pow wows, there is a new one in Jacksonville too.  Also, I have slowly been uploading my videos to you tube, so please check them out. 

Love you all, stay safe,

wrulf

Pictures Uploaded ~ Heading South

Pictures Uploaded ~ Heading South

I got the pictures uploaded from the last couple pow wows, I won't be able to do the video's until I get to Dothan.  The pictures from King NC are awesome, especially the fire.  Ken participated in lighting the fire, he is our Firekeeper at Thundering Spirit Pow Wow.  There was an eagle dancer, and Iroquoi Smoke Dancers.  The woman Grass Dancer, Diamond,  is the daughter of Robert Roach a Lakota, She walks in leg braces normally and was given the Grass Dance by several Cherokee Elders.  She was Amazing!!  I love ALL MY GrassDancers.  It had Rained really hard Saturday night, but the Firekeeper kept the fire going through it.  When we came out to the shop, both vendors on either side of me had to move because they got flooded out, yet we were dry.  It was weird, We were on the Baseball diamond behind the pitchers mound and the ground was hard when it was dry, yet when it rained it became like Quick Sand!! As always we met more extended family, met a veteran that knew some of our people in Florida, and Utah Ferris, Rex Beggae, Lola Brantly were all there.  Irene Bedard was there, she and her husband sang together and told stories in a very unique way.  She did the voice for Pocahantas and starred in various Native American Movies.  As I say It was a really awesome Pow Wow - Check out the photos, and dont forget you can go to my Flickr account to see the pics closer.

While travelling to Alabama, I got rather good at taking photos from the moving vehicle   So you will see the Huntsville NASA Center.  And the Bluff Creek Pow Wow was very small and rainy, we only had a little time on Saturday to pow wow.  However, Keep look out for a video I shot of my Brother Tatankla Yellowbird's son playing the flute, He was really good!!

Love,

wrulf

Hangin' with Fay in Arley, Alabama

Hangin' with Fay in Arley, Alabama

I haven't been feeling too good these past few days.  The pow wow in Phil Campbell was ok.  It rained a lot Saturday, but we pow wowed a bit - then Sunday it rained starting at 2am strait through, so we packed up and moved on to Arley, Alabama.  We are hanging with Fay, she has sent her finest Tornadoes to set down all around us.  We are resting, doing laundry and watching the news.  There is no phone service, but I have a little internet speed.  I will try and get pictures posted today.  They will be on my Flickr account also:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiderwrulf/sets/

Here is a weather blog link from the local news - we are 4 miles from Arley:

http://cfc.abc3340.com/externalwebsite.cfm?website=http://www.alabamawx.com

 

On the Road Again...

On the Road Again...

What a day we had travelling from NC to TN on I-40 west.  There was a Truck accident that we were seconds from being involved in *see photos*  Also note: my Flickr photo sets are located here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiderwrulf/sets/

The pow wow in King,NC was really awesome and we had a rather profitable pow wow as well.  We sure needed that with gas the way it is and the long journey back to the sandbar.  I will be editing and uploading all the pictures as soon as I can.  Pretty pooped today and got an early morning tomorrow and 300 more miles to go.

Much Love and many prayers,

Wrulf

Awakened from a quiet slumber at midnight....

Awakened from a quiet slumber at midnight....

By our spitz (Little Wolf) to her trademark AWOOOOOO *bark* *bark* *bark* then I hear a mans voice outside the camper door and say to myself '"What the..??!!" 

Then all of a sudden ***BANG BANG BANG*** (and of course more barking, with big brother backing her up this time.)  And the mans voice again louder and directed at us, "Come out Please and Hurry!!!!"

As we exited the camper, we see the woods ablaze right behind us.  The, now recognized, Ranger asked if we had a hose urgently.  My husband, immediately going into firefighter mode from days gone by, ran around the other side to get the already charged hose.  Bare footed on the gravel and seriously spraining his ankle along the way, he knocked the fire down in minutes.  The Ranger awoke the campers next door to have them also get a hose and a rake to overhaul the 2 foot deep leaves in the woods that had been burning just minutes before.  They flooded the area for about an hour to make sure the thick flammable floor would not spark up again.  It must have been a stray spark from a campfire that had festered into such a scare, they had determined.  And many  Thanks to a camper across the street who had initially called the Ranger, noticing that the fire had no attendant and was growing larger.  Dudley, the Ranger, was also Thankful that we responded  with a proactive recall of the duties that had come so natural to us many years ago.

And so I close, with those ultimately famous words, from the ever so popular Bear:

"Only YOU, can prevent forest fires!"