On Search for My Husband's Cherokee and Blackfoot heritage

By: Kara Shalee  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  27 Comments  •  9 years ago

Starting with the name of my mother in law, her name was Levada. She was one of three sisters, the others were named Marie and Juanita. Their mother was 100 percent Cherokee, off the reservation. But where? We don't know that. The last tracing to Mr Kara's Grandma Pearl Mae was to Grandfield, OK....

What in Life is Truly Free?

By: Kara Shalee  •  Kilted Korner  •  41 Comments  •  9 years ago

There's a song which comes to mind, perhaps from another era. It's title is: The Best Things In Life Are Free. I happen to agree with that. What a great philosophy, given the amount of tragedies that will happen to each and every one of us, be it the past, the present, or the future to come. The...

What Do You Think About Having An "Expiration Date?"

By: Kara Shalee  •  Kilted Korner  •  64 Comments  •  9 years ago

See, the thing is that I have a birthday. So do you, if I'm not mistaken. But I think about death a lot too. It's a Scorpio trait. I'm always thinkin' about it. It may seem morbid to some, but to me it's quite natural, and anyway, here's the thing:I get to wondering why we don't know our date of...