Wow, I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing. I am trying to build a website through Wix, it's kind of confusing, don't really understand who it all goes together but I'm trying. It's the last weekend of August, 2013, wow, where did the time go, I was editing my writings from last year and it was 2012 and now we are three quarters of th way through 2013. Anyways, it is hot here in Dulce, New Mexico. It rained right around quitting time yesterday. It rained pretty good, the ground was still wet and there were water puddles all over where there are potholes.

This is the west side of the Ishkoten Center, a storm was brewing yesterday afternoon around four, the clouds looked imposing and I was returning from the garage. This is looking east toward Chama, I thought the clouds were awesome. I am a cloud enthusiast and like to photograph imposing cloud shapes. People have been telling me I need to build a website so that's what I'm doing but I don't really know if I'm doing it right, that's okay, I can always edit and change it, I needed to start working on it. I should have started years ago but I was too scared and too lazy so I have to thank those people who encouraged me.

We're getting close to our traditional holiday or the Harvest festival, it's called Gogiiya and happens on September fifteenth of every year. The ceremony is a race between the red and white clan, the White Clan (Ollero) represents the Sun and the Red Side represents the Moon. Whomever wins decides the fate of our nation. If the white side wins then we will have abundant crops and less winter, and if the Red Side wins then we will have more deer and elk and a harsh winter. The race is called the Race around the world. The site of Gogiiya is located seventeen miles south of the town of Dulce and north of Stone Lake. There is another entrance to the west on Highway 537. As you drive from Cuba or Albuquerque you will see a sign that says Stone Lake, you turn right at the sign and continue eastward about ten miles and then you will camps and campfire and then you know you are there. No non-Indians are allowed to photograph the race only tribal members. So come and enjoy our harvest festival, this years Gogiiya will include a thirty miles Pony Express type race after the initial foot race.