Picaresque: No Escaping Winter

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Location: Arapahoe, Wyoming, United States

(Note: Blogs read from bottom to top; scroll down for beginnings, scroll up for most current.) After 30 years in public administration and four degrees, as well as numerous workshops with luminaries in Education and Public Policy, life in a slower lane became a goal. Most recently I have done policy writing and consulting for the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes. Mostly, I am just coasting slowly and gently downhill these days-seeking joy where I can find it before the glorious ride ends.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

No Escaping Winter

We awoke to this scene. Even Buster was bummed. Though it is pretty, a picture would suffice. More of the same is forecast for several days. The good news is our official "last frost day" is May 10 for what that is worth.

I called Sue-she was down with a tank and a hose last night to get water for her sheep and Maya, a Northern Arapaho young man was going to dig out her waterline. This is how things work on the rez on good days: Sue is unfailingly kind. Maya had needed some cash -a pretty good chunk, and she gave him part as a gift and part for "future labor." So he was Johnny on the spot and digging. They got way down there yesterday and still no pipe. Maya's cousin is head of the Tribal Utilities Department. He made a call. Bright and early today, backhoe, Gas Company, and crew began excavation in a snowstorm-smiling the whole time. They took a break for parts because Rasty had put a 3 inch waterline in. She is back in business. Sue was Postmaster at Ethete for many years and her network is vast. She was taken care of pronto.