By The Circle It is with sadness that The Circle remembers our longtime columnist Kristine “Kris” Shotley, who wrote under the byline “Ricey Wild” for more than 25 years, and whose sharp wit, honesty and heart earned her loyal readers across Indian Country. Shotley, 63, of Cloquet, Minn., died Oct. 8 after a brief illness, […]
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By Ricey Wild “Happy” New Year? One hopes it will be. But the impressions I am getting, it may be more like “Hunker Down Year” with all the dark shenanigans and political corruption being brought in by a former so-called Orange Leader (who is a convicted criminal just to name one of his acts). I […]
By Ricey Wild There is a lot I could write about, like the farce of the U.S. presidential election, which in my opinion was stolen. It sickens me so I won’t do that except to say it ain’t over. Oh! And Ima stop watching so much news and start watching more kitten videos. Instead, I […]
By Ricey Wild Oh no! It’s NOOOOOO…vember. This is not my favorite month for many reasons, one of which is that my seasonal affective disorder (SAD) goes into high gear down an icy slope on top of everything else I deal with. The days are shorter and most are gray, and I feel sad. I […]
By Ricey Wild Pay no attention to the woman behind the curtain. *ahem* I am a great and utter being!!! I also boogited myself awake with a loud and thunderous ripple of a gaseous roar. I shuffled to the bathroom and upon inspecting my undergarment there was no residue, only air that escaped my nether […]
By Ricey Wild My crime spree continues unabated thus far. It was prid’ner the end of August when two of the Rezberry Riders showed up in my innocent driveway. My dear niece and I had been visiting and making plans for the field mice so they could have warm places to nest this upcoming winter. […]
By Ricey Wild Life can turn on a dime and nothing is ever the same again. Such happened to me recently and I’m a total mess. I’m so very sad and mad that it all went down and now I’m left alone with my own miserable self with the ‘woulda coulda shouda’ swirling in my […]
By Ricey Wild “Can you believe it’s almost July,”said my nurse to me while shaking her head in frustrated confusion. I replied no, I could not and said so, pretty much because I rarely leave my home. But I do look out the window and see glorious trees that surround my house. I love dandelions […]
By Ricey Wild Well, the wood frogs have finally shown up and are busy snagging, plus my favorite dandelions are having a powwow in my yard. I’m gonna search for some recipes and smash on some. I know for a fact that I like butter because I’ve been tested. If anyone of yooz know what […]
By Ricey Wild When I write that I’ve been through a lot recently, believe me. I don’t want to share just now what happened because of humiliation, embarrassment and because most of you may say, “Oh, that happens to everyone, don’t sweat it.” But there are others who would have a good laugh and I […]
By Ricey Wild As I sat in my chair (throne, actually)I heard periodic thumps like a car door being shut. I looked outside but nothing! Turns out it is snow clumps falling off my home’s roof in the sunshine. That made me happy. Up here in Rezberry we had a terrible winter in that there […]
