editor’s NOTE Being organized as a college student was a must! Not only was I balancing all of my classes, I worked part-time and somehow managed to have a social life. What kept me on track when I was a student was my planner.
ORGANIZATION
Being organized is not something that is always at the top of my list of things to be. For me, life happens. I work 40 hours a week, come home just in time to cook dinner, then I rest for about an hour (if I can make it that long) and then prepare myself for bed. I designate my Friday to tidy up my home, run errands, and if I’m lucky, sleep in.
Growing up on the reservation, I learned that everyone has a role. When I think about organization, I think about what tribal life was like back when work wasn't based on hours, it was about completion. My ancestors were very hard workers. Life didn't just happen for them.
Although being organized is not always at the top of my radar, I am a very good at writing lists. I’m very much like my mother in that way. I would watch her write lists for everything: weekly and holiday groceries; Christmas shopping, traveling, camping, cultural gatherings and so on. Learning this trait from her has helped me to be more prepared. When I am organized my life feels more on track and I feel good about going about my day. I do like to be organized, I just can't always keep it up.
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When life is getting the best of me, I remind myself not to worry about my personal organizational chaos. Everything around me can be a complete mess, but the real point to see is that I was fortunate enough to wake up to see another day and that now is as good as any time to start getting organized. goliahlitza Caroline Edwards
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Moon of the Windy Time
The moon around late January/February is "moon of the windy time." In the bay, Chinook salmon, also called black-mouth or kings, are fished year round. Sea-run cutthroat trout and steelhead are fished during the winter moons: ducks, geese, elk and deer are hunted; and tools, and baskets are constructed. Ironwood, as strong as its name, is usually harvested from the shrub oceanspray and used for making many of these tools: fish spears, fish sticks for cooking, and long knitting needles for sewing cattail sleeping mats. Ironwood is harvested before and after the height of the fishing season.
Excerpt from ‘13 Moons: The 13 Lunar Phases, and How They Guide the Swinomish People’ By swelitub (Todd A. Mitchell) and Jamie L. Donatuto sw d bš qyuuqs News
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