Addendum

Although technically the original point of the Bellario //Prize,
was 12/12 at 12:00 pm, we have modified the idea somewhat now
that we know about the season of mid December, and so
that it will really be more of a part of mid December
celebration, as you should know.

Sixth Annual Bellario //Prize

It is now 2018,  things have changed,
so it might be appropriate time to 
quote William SHAKESPEARE, 
from Macbeth, spoken by Macbeth.

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,

To the last syllable of recorded time; .. "

Last year of course our winner was Peter Catches, 

and as I said last year,

It would be easier for me to refer to a website:

        Oceti Wakan

and as we noted Peter Catches passed away this year, 2018.

And so the decision was made that this years winner

should also be Peter Catches as a continuation of

his various contributions over the years.  So we will 

be contacting Cindy Catches to  pass this information 

on to her.

Of course this year there were many more contenters

considered for this award, both from with in and

outside of Duluth, but we really felt that we needed

to honor Peter again, for one more year.

Thank you all for your patience with us.

I will post more this year about Peter Catches as our

 " recorded " time will permit.

Passing of Peter Catches, Zintala Oyate

The words seem strangely right at this moment:

Good friends we had
Oh, good friends we've lost along the way
In this great future you can't forget your past, so dry your tears


From Bob Marley, No Woman , No Cry

This was a difficult event for me.  Seriously pushed me,
to a difficult place, where the combination of fear,
grief, and anger collided in such a way, that my
body felt quite disconnected from my mind, like
my body was sending  signals ,,, we are not
going to listen to what you are telling us,
( body to mind/spirit ).... Peter taught me
a great deal about this connection.

I believe I was fortunate in this way, that I had
activities to attend, and so forth, so that line,
" this great future ",, kinds of applies
to how I was able to kind of walk away from
those emotions,,,but I just sort of walked away.

Those emotions are still there, I can't forget.

I know this time   now is difficult  for many.
All over, in many locations,  there is grief and despair and sadness,
and yet somehow we must " dry our tears ", seems
to rightly apply at this time, yet somehow that seems hard
now, as well  ..

I only hope we can continue struggle to meet this
" great future ", along our way.

I should have a great deal more to say,
but ,,, somehow, not now.