The Big Raven's blog

They say this is the time for giving and opening up our hearts to the people who have less. Right now, here in the town of Grand Forks I have counted with my own eyes six people who are grossly under housed, and by that I mean they are sleeping where ever they can including by the river in tents or on some ones couch. Now that is only the people I can find with my meager resources, and I am sure there are plenty more who are out there trying their best to stay alive. Now just who are these people? Are they drug addicted bums? Are they criminals? Are they lazy no good doers?

I would like to thank the Boundary film fest folks for a job well done. I found the films very informative and full of hope except one - H2oil which describes the awful truth of how our so called leaders have sold us all out by giving away this resource to the people to the south with no real benefit to all Canadians. Our search for alternative energy gets put on hold and as long as people get work not to many seem to care.

When I first moved to GrandForks I was asked to help with some healing circles that delt with some pretty touchy subjects and did my best to help. The one thing I forgot to say to these groups is that with healing or change comes the responsibiltiy of doing the real work of looking at our behavior and making the changes for the highest good for all instead of shooting the messenger and pretending that we can not or do no wrongs. And who pays for our follies?The people we serve ? the youth?