Category Archives: Thomas

The woods shine in their full autumn glory – a mix of glowing red, yellow and green. Mashkodens is a rather quiet place right now, since us two-leggeds are mostly off on our jouneys elsewhere. I´m frequently go there though … Continue reading →

It’s been a little while since the last update. With the start of Ricing Moon, our clan of four grew much larger. For the first quarter Moon we stayed at Mashkodens for everyone to settle in and get comfortable with … Continue reading →

Life has been busy at Mashkodens, and we´re only a few days away from the start of the Ricing Moon. After repairing and improving the main group shelters in Mashkodens, I took some time for several canoe trips to explore … Continue reading →

A few days ago some visitors came into our camp, admiring all the different shelters and crafts. We reminded them that while those are an important aspect of our life here, there is a lot of “invisible” work going on. … Continue reading →

It was spring – the maple sap was just beginning to flow and the white blanket of snow had disappeared from the ground. I had done some research about the styles of skin boats used by various Native peoples in … Continue reading →

Hot & long days, occasional thunderstorms and a booming moskito population: We´re in the middle of the Green Season. During this Moon phase, the major berries of our area – blueberries and raspberries are ripening, and the local Natives oftentimes … Continue reading →

Prior to the fire, I was just getting ready to head out on a canoe trip the skin boat was finished and ready to be tested, and I was working on some finetuning of other travel equipment. (I´ll cover the … Continue reading →

This past Moon cycle marked the beginning of the berry season, with the tiny yet delicious strawberry being the first to ripen – a sweet taste of the abundance to come… Much has happened during that time. The fire at … Continue reading →

My campmates have been busy with some other crafts too, and since I´ve been taking a few pictures every once in a while I wanted to share them here too. Some of the older posts have been updated with pictures … Continue reading →

Today is the New Moon – or Dead Moon, as we call it here. We decided as a clan that once every Moon cycle around the Dead Moon, we have the opportunity to go to Nad´mad´ewining (the support center) for … Continue reading →