Howl against wolf hunt in MN before June 20th

It's not the wolves in the woods that are the big concern for 2012!

On our last vacation before I was made a widow, we went to Washkish, MN to a new campground(2005). I have to see what's around me, so we took a drive with our pair of Dachsies which always managed to keep me BUSY. Get about half way around Upper Red Lake towards the Village, and my mate says "Was that a wolf?" I saw squat, so he turned around, and from that millisecond on all I could see was a tail going the speed of light.
Three-four month old pup, looked to have Malamute in her.
Emaciated understates it.
My mate and I had our last fight of this lifetime. "If I'ld have known you were gonna put that #@#$ dog in this @#$# car, I wouldn't have turned around." And my reply "That @#$$ dog wouldn't be in this #@$# car if you hadn't turned around."
When we got to the village, went to a market and bought a 25 lb bag of kibble.
When we got back to camp, and for years I kept it as proof, the young female pup's first poop was literally mud and pine needles. Amazed me then AND now.

Next morning I'm off to the Ranger's office after being soundly infomed we don't need another dog. (I'm still not sure my life has ever really been about what I thought I needed.) The Ranger said "I'ld love to have her (very LONG pause) BUT, she's claimed you, she watches your every hand gesture and movement." Happy Birthday to me, a new puppy.

I didn't name her, the Ranger did. His logic was that this was one of the very few villages left that practice the old ways, so she became "Ponemah". Don't worry, it took me seven weeks to say it correctly twice in a row.

The day before when we got to the village I asked the cashier what the name meant, she said "Across the Lake".
The Ranger said in our english it really means "The Life hereafter". That day I thought it meant her life, three months later it included mine.

I asked my vet about her being a wolf-hybrid and the laws in the City of Mpls, the vet said "Just say, okay, but you pay for the DNA testing." grin.

This was a reallllllllly busy busy pup, amazing things she did. Just amazing feats.

But after the death of my mate, each night she would start out at the foot of the bed, and each morning i would wake up to find my head in the curve of her belly atop my pillow.
Took a while and hints from two friends...

THIS is the most astounding, perceptive, intelligent canine my life has known. I have no choice but see in all our "breeding" efforts we have destroyed some of the best qualities.

SO- my first THREAD at DU has to be about the public comment at the MN DNR website about holding a wolf hunt. CLOSES JUNE 20th!!

[link:www.HowlingForWolves.org/DNR|

LIkely before your birth

there was no choice but to try and prevent Ronny from once more being King in the fair state of Calafia:

No one was able to keep the headquarters open, I had the time. Day after long day, and then we got in this tremendous number of flyers/mailers for the candidate for State School Super. Decided one day there had to be something I could do with all of them.

Part of our county included a very very biased and prejudice area, and turnout was usually nothing to be thrilled with. Took a few afternoons and walked a few precincts, flyering each house about voter reg. BACK then it was three pages in triplicate and a large pain. Got about 55-60 cards back, had some kind of record that year for voter reg.s

The candidate was Wilson Riles, and to my complete astonishment, that precinct in the middle of all its racial hatred carried Mr. Riles. Taught me more about politics than anything has since that time.

My POINT is Julie, EVERY voter and EVERY vote counts. My remark was to urge you to stop and consider how your post feels to us regular folks. DU may not be some stellar place in your estimation, but could it be at least worthy of respect?

Oh yeah, my fine work to register voters, landed me working at an Election Board. May your efforts provide the same "reward".

wow, i feel so insignificant, will you still allow my vote to count?

Ah but the sun came up again today,

there was no overwhelming smell of cut flowers, and no angel singing sweetly at my feet.

Means, it ain't over yet, and looks like my life ain't done either.

Oh good, now if we can find ways to not be bought, AND survive/endure/sustain these lifetimes.

Remember this one: Have done so much with so little for so long, that I believe I can do anything at all with nothing at all.

Go ahead, break my heart!

New Year's EveS

Fillmore. San Francisco. And frankly that's about all I can remember...sorry.

Now add Isaiah 10:1

"Woe to the legislators of infamous laws, to those who issue tyrannical decrees, who refuse justice to the unfortunate, and cheat the poor among my people of their rights, who make widows their prey and rob the orphan."

Larry Ogg, help me with Nimrod, the Tower and Babylon, por favor?

Yawn, oh good, tempers flare and

disappointment reigns.

You would have loved those sixties! Don't look at the losses. Look at what is needed to win the next battle.

Don't give up on poetic justice either. When Reagan was King in the land of Calafia, he closed the State Mental Hospitals, two years later I started working in locked psych. Learned the FIRST persons kicked out on the street were what we then called the Mentally Retarded/IQ functioning level. I couldn't believe it. "The least among us"!
I still am amazed to this day Ronny was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Seven times the $upport-ya think someone wants $omething in in return?

I've got to go, have to tear my sackcloth in grief. And wouldn't it figure, its in pretty good shape?

Got the kleenex out now

My biggest tie to Wisconsin, besides loving cheeses and that idyllic scenery -my Great( times xxxx ???) Uncle Jacob Spaulding founded Black River Falls in 1839.
Oh woe woe woe. The "poll" from 9 hours ago in BRF went 366 for Him, and only 133 for the Mayor.

Its fairly new sackcloth, hope I don't have to tear it in grief.