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Part of the attitude of the Navajo culture is the concept of Hozro, which is to Live in Beauty, Walk in Beauty Always. Walking in Beauty: Closing Prayer from the Navajo Way Blessing In beauty I walkWith beauty before me I walkWith beauty behind me I walkWith beauty above me I walkWith beauty around me I walkIt has become beauty again Hózhóogo naasháa dooShitsijí’ hózhóogo naasháa dooShikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa dooShideigi hózhóogo naasháa dooT’áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa dooHózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’ Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave meI will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.I will have a light body, I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me.I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.In beauty all day long may I walk.Through the returning seasons, may I walk.On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.With dew about my feet, may I walk.With beauty before me may I walk.With beauty behind me may I walk.With beauty below me may I walk.With beauty above me may I walk.With beauty all around me may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.My words will be beautiful… Click to hear the prayer spoken in Navajo by  Wanye Wilson, a Navajo member. Linguistic Note: The word “Hozho”  in  Dine’  (roughly translated) Concept of Balance and Beauty. Consideration of the nature of the universe, the world, and man, and the nature of time and

This great photo above was on a Perry Null Trading Post newsletter that I received recently. It reminded me of times we have attended native pow wows or corn dances and the locals are wrapped up in Pendleton blankets for warmth, or they use it is a ground covering to sell wares, or folded up as a seating cushion, or countless other uses. Living in the Southwest, we have grown to love our Pendleton blankets and we own quite a few of them now. We love them and particularly, love taking them along on trips for an extra blanket on the couch, a picnic, or to keep warm on an unexpectedly cold outing. In the midwest, Faribault from Minnesota is popular among native peoples as was Hudson Bay in the East, and Woolrich in other places. Poyet Motte from France is probably still the softest heavyweight wool blanket you can buy, but Pendleton is the most durable.

The Royal Game of Ur Another daddy daughter project with woodworking and polymer clay to make the oldest board game in the world. And it’s really fun, like backgammon. Alternate NamesThe ancient name of this game is unknown. It is also called the Game of Twenty Squares. No. of Players Probably two. Equipment The Royal Game of Ur board was accompanied by equipment comprising fourteen counters made of shell that are marked differently on either side, seven each of black and white, as well as six tetrahedral (pyramidal) dice, each of which has two of its four points dotted with inlay.Printable Royal Game of Ur BoardHistory The archaeological site of Ur lies in the south of present-day Iraq at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and was once capital of the Sumerian Empire and reputedly the home of the biblical Abraham. Amongst the many archaeological treasures yielded from the site of Ur come some of the oldest game board artifacts known. During excavation of the royal tombs in 1926-7, led by Sir Leonard Woolley in conjunction with the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania, four boards were discovered. The ancient Sumerian name of this game is not known, but it is today typically referred to as the Royal Game of Ur. The oldest of these boards has been dated at around 2600 BCE. Some of the rules for this game have been found on a cuneiform tablet dated around 200 BCE. The boards differ greatly in terms of their designs, but all feature the rosettes in the same pattern and some do not contain any design other than the rosettes. This factor leads many game historians to believe that the rosettes are the only detail of the board

Personally, I am taking lots of Vitamin D3, because Dr. England thinks it helps everything from energy to recovery to not getting sick. Turns out that it really does and it may even prevent against Corona-virus. See https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/severity-of-covid-19-may-depend-on-where-youre-located-on-the-map/734371?utm_medium=push&utm_source=pushly&utm_content=529622&utm_campaign=pushly_trial Then, I recently received this article, "What I am doing for the upcoming COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic," from James Robb, MD UC San Diego. Dear Colleagues, as some of you may recall, when I was a professor of pathology at the University of California San Diego, I was one of the first molecular virologists in the world to work on coronaviruses (the 1970s). I was the first to demonstrate the number of genes the virus contained. Since then, I have kept up with the coronavirus field and its multiple clinical transfers into the human population (e.g., SARS, MERS), from different animal sources. The current projections for its expansion in the US are only probable, due to continued insufficient worldwide data, but it is most likely to be widespread in the US by mid to late March and April. Here is what I have done and the precautions that I take and will take. These are the same precautions I currently use during our influenza seasons, except for the mask and gloves. 1) NO HANDSHAKING! Use a fist bump, slight bow, elbow bump, etc. 2) Use ONLY your knuckle to touch light switches. elevator buttons, etc.. Lift the gasoline dispenser with a paper towel or use a disposable glove. 3) Open doors with your closed fist or hip - do not grasp the handle with your hand, unless there is no other way to open the door. Especially important on bathroom and post office/commercial doors. 4) Use disinfectant wipes