Talking Totems

 

They make totems more and more beautiful every day.
You can find them in the most unexpected places and they speak for BC.
I wonder why the Indians in Quebec do not expose their culture like they do here in BC?
I wonder what their totems would say?
Totems say a lot and they should be put up in public places with the story behind them.
They are a part of the heritage this country carries and it is a beautiful and proud heritage
which we should never forget.

In as much as we are all different, we are all the same.
We all come from South Africa from the same mother, Eve.
We are all her children.
We are all immigrants, all bohemians looking for answers, in all places.
The answers we are looking for are not out there, but close to home.
If we raise our own cows and sell milk from them to our own town, it will be cheaper.
In fact, every one could visit the farmer to buy their milk.

If we grow our own apples. Our town could have its own apples and apple sauce the whole year round, cheaper without packaging and shipping costs.
Most basic things like meat, eggs, milk,  cheese , fruit and vegetables, we can grow at home and supply our own communities, cheaper.
If we did this, this would be our story. Our totem would show others how we lived and survived.
Control would be kept at home where it is easier to do.
We can't control a company selling basic goods from another country and as a result we are then are forced into doing things, depending on things, eating things, which we do not want to to do or depend on or even eat.
Someone doing our thinking for us instead of us doing it for ourselves, is never good.
A man not able to be in control of his life, is never a good thing because systems are cold and have no feelings ethics or values and therefore destroy people.
Of course there should be trade but trade is always more expensive even in the olden days.
Things like spices, material, jewelry, wood, construction equipment.
But towns need to be small with an infrastructure able to support them with local jobs food water and basic supplies.
Learning to live in a self supporting system is something people are being robbed of.
What happens when large systems break down?
Shelves become bare very quickly.

Totems speak of families and families are a good thing to have.
 In the end, there is no place like home.
:)

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her
husband stalking around with a fly swatter.

"What are you doing?",
she asked.

"Hunting Flies",
he responded.

"Oh! Killing any?",
she asked.

"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females,", he replied.



Intrigued, she asked...
"How can you tell them apart?"

He responded...
"3 were on a beer can, and
2 were on the phone.”
 
  
Have a good one :)