No Global Warming in ND This Year

Hanh mitauyapi / Hello my relatives. It's October 20 & the temperatures are once again 15 - 20 degrees F below average for this time of year. And it's wet. We need some warm n sunny & dry-er!
An elderly noted the other day that this year we only had 2 months with no snow somewhere in ND! June 5, Dickinson had over 2 inches of snow - that's 90 miles west of my camp.. and then that area got skunked again October 6th with about 5 inches! Duwahleh! Not fun!
In between, "summer" was mostly more like spring or early fall for temps; & when I read the corn leaves this year, it said last winter was not the only ugly winter in the current time - this one would be cold & wet again.
Friends of mine got their Bi-D (bi-directional tractor - a huge 8-tired 4WD monster) stuck a couple of times last winter, striving to keep their in-drive open! NO FUN!
I'm a fair-weather Indn & no apology! Besides, I have a raft of scars & they don't like this weather either. For those who don't know - scars try to contract from the time they first form until you go to the spirit world, & like many other things, wet weather makes them try harder. OUCH!
Someone from official-dumb said on the news recently that the economy isn't all that bad up here. Mitakuyapi - he lied. Or he's got a lot more mazaska / PteDhoWakan/money than sense, because this Indn has skinned by - more like bumped & dragged by - on maybe $7500 for the whole year to date. It has not been fun; it has been hairy & scary even for one who - like all 'eagle' people - lives dancing on the edge of the abyss. Worse, I'm hardly alone. News says ND leads the nation in # of families where both adults hold 2 or more jobs. : 8 0 !! Since that's more like 'the norm' up here than not, & it's nothing to be proud of, this Indn sez things are economically, spiritually, & emotionally rugged up here -- again. Or maybe that's "still".
If you're into praying, thank you for including me & all the others in this leaky canoe. "W" & his goons put us here, & now socialists seem determined to sink us. I keep hunting for that "happy medium", & I can't find it's scat or footprints, let alone evidence of its existence..
Thanks for the towel. Mitakuye oiasin / All, my relatives.

Why this Season is Called Spring

Hanh mitakuyapi. It's the Season of Showers that Make Flowers, and the temperatures up here in Dakota Territory are up n down n up n down. I figure the reason this season is called "Spring" in the majority culture is because the temperatures 'spring' up n down.
Of course that means that the number of layers of clothes we wear spring up n down, too. A couple of days ago, we had an afternoon temperature of 60F - above zero, not below - and most of us were running around in t-shirts and shorts. (The white legs on you non-ITI were almost blinding! Eeyew!)
Nights still get chilly, though, so we keep jackets handy.. Although you can track most of your Caucasian sorts in the dark if you're wearing shorts.. heh, heh..
Yesterday we had wind - about 30 mph - today we have light / 'female' rain - and no wind, with temperature of +37F. Nearly everyone is back in long pants and coats (this Indn is in 3 shirts & a sweater), although there are always a few hard-heads who insist that since it's Spring, they don't need their coats. Hah!
Tomorrow, the forecast is for warm again, and sunny.
When it was warm a couple of days ago, we who are building or rebuilding were out taking measurements and making notes in case we want to change anything before we get a contractor or go to the local building supply for materials. Me - I build. There isn't much a damaged leg keeps me from, other than roofing.
I'm no flexible enough to roof any more.. If the wind grabs me, I can't boogie up there.. I'll likely fall off and I no longer drop n roll.. More like, I'd drop n stick and become a flower pot holder! Think I'll pass..
See? Spring! Enjoy yours!