Latest / Two Tools, No Clue / E10 The Three Sisters Planting Method
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- Jey & Anna: Hey everyone! Welcome to the Two Tools No Clue Podcast. Anna. And I'm Jeidan ⁓ today we have no clue about the Three Sisters planting ⁓ What did they grow and how did they grow it? We no clue. We have no clue. but first. What's going on on the homestead, Anna? Well, first and foremost, I just want to shout out my coworker Madison. Madison, love you. She made this amazing shawl throwover for our our listeners. It's a rainbow, crocheted throwover. It's baggy. It's comfy. It's beautiful. ⁓ so thank you, Madison Thank you for giving this to me. She was gonna donate it and she's like, Do you want this? I was like, ⁓ I do. Yeah, it's totally you. Yeah, thanks. It's amazing. And ⁓ on of a homestead note, ⁓ I got almost all of our plants in the garden. Yeah, it's looking good out there. It's June first as we record this. ⁓ them in and in the nick of time. Yep, and you were worried that they were gonna be hurtin' this morning because we did get a lot of rain last night, but they're doing good. Mm-hmm. Everyone's looking happy, so I'm excited. Yeah, we did damn thing We're getting there. We got some peppers, we got some tomatoes, zucchini. Yep. Onions. Basil, peas, strawberries, lettuce. Yep. ⁓ Kale. Kale. Cabbage. Carrots. Turnips. Baby choy. Yeah. A lot of things. Yeah. ⁓ broccoli. It just keeps going. Watermelon. We still need to get dill. Dill is the last thing we need to get. Our garden is complete Should we just trying to sprinkle some dill ⁓ in the middle of that Why not? See what happens if you let it pop up. Yeah. But yeah, I'm excited for all that. That's what's going on around the homestead. Heck yeah, let's get into it. There ⁓ I figured since Independence Day, big quotes around that one, is this weekend, we should talk about the people who called this land home first. First and foremost. So we're obviously talking about the Three Sisters, which was brought to us by the indigenous people of the Americas. Very cool. Do you what you know about the three sisters before we get into it beforehand? I I don't. Did you learn about it in school? Not that I can remember no Really? ⁓ wow. Okay, so I thought had it bad. You had it worse. Probably, yeah. I mean they lied to us about, you know, the Mayflower and all that jazz. Yeah. I was expecting what I learned be ⁓ wicked whitewashed. But was more just ⁓ really dumbed down. is I guess better. But ⁓ I learned about in middle school and get this, my computer class. Make that make sense. For some reason they use that as the structure to help us learn how to like make shapes and ⁓ okay garden plans and excel or whatever. Yeah. That's pretty cool. So that's random. Where I learned about all the things that go together. So do you know the three crops? one of them's corn. Good. Okay. ⁓ So we got corn, beans, and So a good portion of the information I got about the three sisters planting method I got from the National Agricultural Library website ⁓ at NAL.usda.gov. So that's just their generic link, but I'll put the specific link in the show notes for anyone who's interested. But I like this source because they were upfront in saying that the majority of the information we have on Indigenous peoples was gathered by scholars who are not part of the Indigenous community. Interesting. However, they made an effort to elevate Indigenous authors and practitioners where they could. So I wanted to start there. ⁓ Obviously. I appreciate this. Unfortunately, a lot of Native American knowledge has been silenced or, like I said, whitewashed. So it's hard to find it straight from the source. So the companion planting method originates from many indigenous tribes. It's hard to pin down where it truly originates from, but the term three sisters was coined and primarily used by the haudenosaunee also known as the Iroquois people. Okay. Who occupied territories around Lakes Ontario, Huron. ⁓ And Erie, as well as what is now known as New York, Pennsylvania, Southern Ontario, and Quebec. Wow. So they're who I'll be focusing on today. Okay. And I did learn how to say Iroquois just in time to realize they want to be known as Haudenosaunee So ⁓ for mispronouncing it last time. Haudenosaunee it is. Haudenosaunee . Haudenosaunee . Haudenosaunee . Great, there it is. I think. I don't know. I'm just a white person. I'm trying my best. That's what I that's what the internet told me. Okay, if I'm being offensive, it's an Anna's fault So yeah, before we get started, I just wanted to mention that Iroquois is the name that was given to them by their traditional enemies, the ⁓ as a derogatory title. ⁓ rude? Yeah. It means rattlesnakes or black snakes. So going forward I'm gonna use the chosen name. that they want to be known as the Haudenosaunee Hodi no Haudenosaunee. ⁓ Which people love the Longhouse. Interesting. Okay. Better. Better. ⁓ apparently that name was given to them by like French settlers. White people. Yeah. It's just all around these poor people. I don't know. I don't know why, but these poor people being called things that they don't want to be called. I'm glad I learned that. So Back to the three sisters. It's believed that the technique is started in Mesoamerica, aka Mexico, and Central America. Okay. And spread north over many generations where it became widespread across the Western Hemisphere. Here's a quote because I didn't want to splice it up. They said it well enough, and this is also like coming from. allegedly indigenous ⁓ practitioners. So I also just wanted their quotes to just be full and in their own words. Lay it on us. and again these are all from ⁓ the Agricultural Library website. Quote Archaeological evidence dates the adoption of the Three Sisters complex in North America to 1070 AD. The complex was adapted to local conditions over the five hundred years before contact with Europeans, So much so that it was the dominant food plant association of every nation practicing agriculture in the Northeast USA. Wow. As well as in several other parts of North America, including southern regions of Quebec and Ontario, Canada. End quote. So basically the Three Sisters was the mainstream planting technique Across most of North America for five hundred years before the Europeans even showed up. That's really cool. Yeah. They were just everyone was doing it. Yeah. There it may be in their own specific ways, but everyone was using those three crops together. Five hundred years before white people ever stepped foot. That's crazy on that land. So the trio had been grown together for around 500 years before even the Seneca people began cultivating them as a central food system. Wow. The Seneca are the largest and westernmost nation of the haudenosaunee Confederacy. They called the three sisters ⁓ and bear me here. Diohako. I couldn't find a Dayohako? I think so. I couldn't find a pronunciation for that online. Okay. Which means our sustainers ⁓ those who support us. ⁓ cool. I also saw they sustain us, so something along those lines. ⁓ It was more than a planting method to them. It was an important cultural complex. Carnegie Museum of Natural History said: ⁓ the Iroquois people, corn, beans, and squash are the three sisters, the physical and spiritual sustainers of life. These life-supporting plants were given to the people when all three miraculously sprouted from the body of Skywoman's daughter, granting the gift of agriculture to the Iroquois nations. St. ⁓ So I found a brief synopsis of the Seneca legend that tells of how the Three Sisters came to be from shopfoodocracy.com in an article titled Embracing the Three Sisters Legend, which I'm gonna read a small bit from. Okay. didn't know there was a legend, this is cool. Quote. The story begins with the creation of the earth. Skywoman fell from the upper world while peeking down into an endless sea. As she descended, the animals placed soil from the bottom of the sea onto the back of a giant sea turtle. Skywoman's fall created Turtle Island, what we now call North America. With the creation of Turtle Island, Skywoman gave birth to a daughter. Her daughter grew up and became pregnant but died during childbirth. She was buried on Turtle Island by Skywoman, and corn, beans, and squash grew from the grave. These plants provided for her family, and soon after they were the physical and spiritual sustainers of life. End quote. Wow. Isn't that beautiful? That is. This spiritual being literally gave life for her family in this version of the Yeah. I think it's interesting because it even in the other versions that I saw, it's like s someone dying and giving life. ⁓ wow. To those who who keep going. It's really interesting. So the sisters are recurring protagonists in several Senecan myths and legends, as well as in etiquette, customs, and ceremonies. Ooh. Fun fact, women were honored leaders to the Haudenosaunee , as well as the ones who tended to and harvested the farms and gardens. wow. Some women began to form a society called the Tonwizzas. Tonwizas. Tonwizzas. Couldn't find a pronunciation for that one either. What? Said Tonwizzas, Tonwizas, let us know because we have no clue Mm-hmm. Or Towizas ⁓ no. ⁓ sorry. no. Wiza's ⁓ no to wizas to wizas no I'm not quite sure I'm sorry for butchering this making me want to sing the song from Lion King. Don't do it. Okay. I won't ⁓ is the society that some of the haudenosaunee women formed. And in certain ceremonies, from what I could understand, these women would march around a kettle of corn soup with their leader holding a bundle of corn and a cake of cornbread to appease the spirits of the three sisters. Wow, okay, that's a Serious business. The Haudenosaunee people used the hill planting method, where they would mound soil around the seedlings as they grew until they formed into these long one foot high, two foot wide hills. ⁓ okay. So two to three weeks after planting the corn, haudenosaunee women would return to plant the beans in the hills. And the beans would add nitrogen to the soil while the corn served as trellises for the beans to grow up. ⁓ wow, that's so smart. Right? And then they planted the squash and pumpkins between the rows. Okay. And the large leaves of the squash would shade the soil and act as living mulch, as well as deter foraging animals with their prickers. ⁓ wow, that's so smart. I would have never thought of. Yeah. This companion planting technique is called intercropping and it mimics the way plants grow together in nature. That's really cool. In Senecan culture, when focused on planting a bunch of corn, like even if it was just a corn field, they'd plant beans and squash in every seventh hill because they believed that the spirits of the three crops were inseparable. Yeah. Wow. That's really cool. Isn't it? Yeah. ⁓ I would be remiss if I didn't mention our local tribe, the Abenaki, who span the majority of what is now Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Quebec. Heck yeah. Their stories told of seven sisters. Seven sisters, what are the plants? We got beans, corn and squash, and then also sunflowers, Jerusalem artichokes, ground cherries and tobacco. Okay. Isn't that wild? Yeah. So I like like I said, everything's a little bit different, but it's all kind like there's the same thread running through everything. So The Seven Sisters legends originated from Pleiades. Am I saying that right? A bright star cluster that would signify to the Abenaki people when to plant or harvest crops. ⁓ very cool. So planting began when Pleiades rose with the sun in the spring, and harvesting started when it appeared in the early night sky comes the winter. ⁓ okay. ⁓ Very cool. So I'm gonna read another chunk from the same Embracing the Three Sisters legend article from shopfoodocracy.com that shares a synopsis of two important stories to Abenaki Heritage: The Creation of the Corn Mother and the Three Sisters, told by Chief Roger Longtoe Sheehan. ⁓ cool. So quote. Chief Roger Longtoe explained how the Abenaki descended from the ash tree and the tabulmake? What's that? tabulmak. At least tab I don't know. I ⁓ another word I not find the pronunciation of. Which is the The ⁓ So I'm just gonna say tabulmock and just go with the sentence. So ⁓ Chief Longtoe explained how the Abenaki descended from the ash tree and the tabulmoc or the creator used two fine ash trees to carve the first man and first woman. Wow. The first woman was known as the Corn Mother, with her platinum blonde hair and long stature. Cornmother and First Man created a home near the Connecticut River. Ooh. Local! We're famous. As time went on, food was scarce in the freezing winters. To save their people from starvation, First Man had to sacrifice Corn Mother. Isn't that terrible? Always a man, murdering a woman corn mother reassured First Man that she would come back to him and that the grass would grow long and tall with beautiful hair like hers. First man buried his wife and not long after beautiful corn expanded across the field. She's like, I'll haunt you in these fields forever. Literally Here's your corn. You'll see me every single morning. So that's the story of Corn Mother. Wow, what a New England story. Right? And then the brief synopsis of the three sisters originate from the sisters of the Corn Mother. Okay. They visited her grave each year to take care of it, and each sister was consequently buried with her. When the first sister died, she grew and hugged and climbed her older sister as beans. The third sister was the last to be buried and created a defense barrier with prickly leaves. The three sisters protected and helped each other to sustain generations of their people. End quote. Very cool. So the next thing I want to talk to you about is a podcast that I listened to. ⁓ cool. So I just typed in like three sisters on Spotify to see what happens. ⁓ I found this podcast called Food Home Cooking Made Easy. ⁓ cool. And the episode was episode 43 ⁓ The Three Sisters, Indigenous Wisdom for Growing, and Home Cooking, Squash, Beans, and Corn. So their episode was about growing it to eat it and recipes and how to consume it, which I thought was really interesting. So definitely go check that out if that's something you're interested. If you're a foodie and you want to learn how to cook these foods, that's the podcast for you. Anyway, they interviewed Javier Lara, ⁓ a Nahau from Mexico and program manager of Anaha. Hawk Farm. Like I said, I highly recommend going and listening to that episode because he had so much wisdom that didn't even make it into my notes. That is so important for people to hear. ⁓ cool. Like how he continues to jump through hoops just to purchase his native seeds his ancestors used. ⁓ my god. Heartbreaking, yeah, terrible criminal. Go listen to it. But I'll put a link in the show notes for that podcast episode. Thank you for doing that. Heck yeah. So one of the first things he said about the trio was that the nutrients and minerals in the Three Sisters vegetables make up a perfect diet. ⁓ So fun fact. When eaten together, they provide all the essential amino acids to create a complete protein, essentially eliminating the body's need for meat. Which is what I was talking to about earlier, when I was like I learned some things which make me feel better about wanting to be a vegetarian. Because I've never been able to stick with being a vegetarian because I'm a terrible eater. Yeah. So I'm always afraid that too. I'm just gonna wither away if I don't if I'm not super strict about everything that I'm eating. Yeah. Which I'm I know I'm not gonna be. So this makes me feel better if I eat these three things together. It's a perfect protein. At this amount one meal. Yeah. ⁓ So preparation was another way that indigenous people boosted the nutrients from the veggies that they ate. ⁓ okay. For example, fermentation was a popular method to help their bodies absorb even more nutrients, as we learned in our fermentation episode. Interesting, interesting how it all ties together. Right? Go listen to it if you haven't listened to it yet. It was a good one. Honestly one good one. One of my favorites. Such a good one. I also mentioned a fermented cornbread the Cherokee people would ⁓ make us fermented cornbread. Using ash. You remember that? Yeah, that's so in it's they would like wrap it in the leaves. ⁓ my gosh, I forgot about it. And let it sit for like two weeks or so. What a weird And I was like, how the hell do did these people know to do this and not die? Yeah. They did it by accident. They left it for too long. And then they were like, ⁓ I'm I'm fine. Yeah, I know, it's a good diary. Eat it. you might be thinking, I don't know if I could eat the same three veggies every day for my entire life. ⁓ think you would be right. ⁓ Javier said the Nahau can make around 2,400 dishes with just the corn. So there's that. Yeah you aren't being creative enough is what Javier has to say. 2400 recipes with corn. There's more variety than you think. Okay. He talked about a unique corn dish called chilotille that his grandmother taught him. It was a traditional harvest meal to offer to the corn and mother earth during the corn's harvest season. It was cooked with corn and given back to the cornfield, but also eaten and enjoyed by the people as a festivity within the cornfield. Interesting. Just corn on corn on corn and celebration. Sounds like cannibalism. Gratefulness. Excuse me? You're gonna cook the corn to give it back to the corn. ⁓ yeah. The corn's like please. It's like, what did you do to my kin? You don't know what we did to get those kernels. Sorry, go ahead. But we do, thanks to your commentary. We do. We do know what corn is. It's a lot. A lot goes into it. Maybe it's thankful that it gets some of the meal at the end of the day. Maybe. Anyway. His grandmother told him just to bring the few things you can't find in the field like the pot and the utensils and everything else for the meal can be found in the field. They would make a small fire right there in the field, cook the dish, and then celebrate of course. Okay. Javier said, and I agree, it's sad that most people now know very few things about corn and just vegetables in general. Yeah. ⁓ he said, we can't let the food industry make the lesser known foods and herb varieties disappear. He was talking about how unfortunately white corn has taken over, and most people can't name more than a few other varieties, if any at all. I know one corn. Yeah, literally. There's red corn too. What's white corn? That's like the what we eat. That's yellow. Yeah, but it's called white corn. ⁓ okay. I didn't know that. See? I feel like compared to what it used to be, it does look very white. In comparison. 'Cause like I said two seconds ago, red corn, that's the only other one I know. Yeah. Like in comparison to that, that does look pretty white. Yeah. You're not wrong. He also mentioned that there are plants that we dub weeds, quote quote quote, that are packed with nutrients. Like far more nutrients than you could even find in the veggies from the supermarket or even at the farmers markets. Wow. They're just growing for free in our backyard. Yeah. But we don't know about ⁓ So we're not spraying them with pesticides. Exactly. If we're the devil. Sorry. ⁓ Who you calling out? People who use pesticides. ⁓ Thought I made that clear. ⁓ Sorry. Javier also said people in the adventure of growing food should understand that every mountain has an owner. Every lake, river, and hill has an owner. And my white girl and inner child said. You think that there are people are people? Sorry, what is it? ⁓ don't know. You think the only people who are people are ⁓ people who look and think like you. ⁓ if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'd know things you never knew you never knew. ⁓ How hiiiiigh ⁓ But he said that and I was like that I'm sorry. Yeah. I'm white as can be. I understand that these movies are problematic, but that is my favorite Disney movie. Pocahontas. She was my favorite princess. And everyone make would make fun of me and tell me she wasn't a princess. And I'd be like, bitch, she's the chief's daughter. She's a princess. She's a fucking princess. Put her on the posters. Where is she? She's a badass bitch. That's pretty That would piss me off. Anyway, back to Javier and Telling us rightfully so that everything has an owner. And by owner, he means a spiritual force or higher power. ⁓ okay. I was wondering where he was going with that. He said the owner is the protector of the land, but also the teacher. And it will show you what is edible and good for you as well as how to respect the land. And by that he means like watch the animals. Like that's how they learned back in the day. Yeah. They would watch what the deer were eating, and they'd like, okay. that's edible and they would follow the deer around. They would watch the monkeys. Mm. The roots. ⁓ yeah. You said that. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. So look for the owners of the land and they'll teach you what you need to know about it. We had our eyes open. point long ago. When it comes to cooking, he highly recommended incorporating different kinds of peppers with the Three Sisters veggies. I love peppers. I do too. Peppers are the best. You can put them in anything. Yeah. He also recommended making a dish called Ayamole if you're curious about trying a traditional indigenous Mexican meal. Because it has a very unique flavor you're probably not used to, he said. Interesting. Basically, it's a recipe involving the guts and seeds of the squash. None of the meat. Literally, just the parts that you would usually just scoop up and put in your compost. Or the seeds that you would save it, or maybe roast if you're feeling spicy. So, fun fact: the seeds and guts are way more nutritious than the meat of the squash. Like I said, I'm gonna put a link to the podcast episode in the show notes because for one, it was an awesome listen. I'm just gonna say that again. But Javier also walks you through making the Ayamole and his recipe is in their show notes. So if that's something you're interested in, okay definitely go check ⁓ it out. you check it out? Are there pictures of it? it's literally they typed out his recipe. ⁓ it's not even like a link. But you're not gonna like this. I'm sorry. He said ⁓ said that a traditional Ayamole dish is eaten with an insect called shumaleenies Schumellini? Yeah. You eat the insect? Yeah. Disgusting. He said you like nip off the head and like squeeze the the guts inside and he said ⁓ my god. They they're spicy like horseradish. No thanks So it like adds it's to the ayamole dish. But this bug is apparently really abundant in Mexico on the Three Sisters plants, so that's why it's usually incorporated. By accident once. That's why that's why they don't need to bring any salt or pepper to the field because they're putting bugs in it. And maple sugar. I'm catching up to them now. So Javier's closing words were beautiful. So I just quoted them directly. It's it's kind of a long quote. Not really, actually, compared to the other ones. So here it is. He said, quote. If you remove the economical aspect of the interest of the individual, the ego of wanting something, if you pay attention to what makes us move as a culture and establish our relationship with another culture, was that specific trade related to food and basic needs. But food, it was fundamental. And I feel not just in one continent like America, but every Asian continent, the European continent, food and condoments. Are just that intertribal, intercultural relationship if you take it to the humanistic approach, and I think that's what it should be about. That was really good. Right? Yeah. So just a paraphrase: food is fundamental. Food is an intercultural relationship we need to learn to and continue to foster. Yeah. And I also think that that's what it should be about. I agree. We've gotten way too greedy about how food is made and then now it's being wasted because of that. And, you know, even in our own country, the farmers that are making the majority of the crops in our nation are in poverty. Like don't get it twisted. They're in poverty because of big cop corporations. So I definitely agree with that concept. It's beautiful. I wish we could get to it. I wish it could be a reality. Mm-hmm. ⁓ thank you. This was a really good episode. I'm not even done. ⁓ sorry Ann but wait, there's more. Woohoo So now I'm gonna tell you how to plant your own three sisters. Cool. So, step-by-step instructions. First, I'm gonna list some of the best varieties to grow together. Okay. Sweet corn. Here's some varieties of corn that you should put in your brain so that Javier will be proud of you. Sweet corn, dent corn or duh popcorn. Pop corn. Are the best varieties of corn. Yeah, right. I don't either. Until just just just now. Okay. Native Americans planted hardier varieties like pale yellow tarahumara corn. Hoppy white hopi. ⁓ H-O-P-I. ⁓ Hopi, hoppy white corn and heritage black Aztec corn. ⁓ You're gonna want pole beans like Ohio pole beans, Scarlet Runners, and Italian snaps are best. ⁓ traditional varieties include four corners gold beans and hoppy or hopi white yellow. Okay. Bush beans will not work. whole point is for the beans to climb the corn stalks. Yeah, that wouldn't that wouldn't not do. You want them to take up that vertical space. Yeah. and To leave the ground open for the squash. Yeah. So pole beans. And then you you're gonna want a small leaf squash, speaking of squash, such as a zucchini or hubbard squash. The squash Native Americans grew back in the day were slightly different than the varieties that we have today. ⁓ interesting. Okay. I don't even think they don't exist. Yeah. Yeah. So, like I said in the beginning, Javier and other indigenous gardeners now have to jump through hoops and pay exorbitant prices to acquire their ancestral seeds from seed banks in like Germany. Yeah, that's insane. So listen to that podcast episode. Listen to him t talk about it. I'm gonna plug it again. But for a variety of squash that we have today that's similar to something they grew, ⁓ yellow summer crookneck is probably your best bet. ⁓ And just an FYI, they grew pumpkins in their trio, but the pumpkins grown today are too large and heavy for the companions. ⁓ okay. And if growing with traditional native varieties is something you're interested in, nativeseeds.org seemed like a good place to start. I just stumbled upon it on my travels on the interweb. So ⁓ not sponsored.org. Nativeseeds.org. Not sponsored, but I'll put a link in the show notes. Send us seeds So ⁓ to the how to. ⁓ can either plant in traditionally long rows or you can use multiple mounds. Okay. It really depends on your garden space and how you want to go about it. I think we would probably do the mound method. Yeah. So you want to pick a spot that gets at least six to eight hours of sunlight a day. ⁓ The soil should be at least a foot deep in the center of your row or mound. And don't start planting until the threat of frost has passed and nighttime temperatures stay above 55 degrees, but no later than June 1st in most areas. Okay. Plant the corn first. If you're doing rows, want them around inches apart. ⁓ And want to wait to plant the beans and squash until the corn is around six inches to a foot tall. Just to make sure that the corn can support the climbing beans. The beans, yeah. That makes sense. When it's time, you want to plant four bean seeds around the base of each corn stalk. And then one week later plant the squash, usually around eighteen inches apart around the perimeter or sides, depending on whether you're doing mounds or rows. ⁓ okay. Occasionally a fourth sister is added. Flowers as sunflowers or marigolds can be used to attract pollinators. okay. And last but not least, you do not need to heavily fertilize or really fertilize the three sisters at all. Just a little compost at planting time will do the trick. ⁓ yeah, you told me they make the a perfect kind of fertilizer as well. Yeah. Because the beans fix in the the nitrogen in the soil and all that. Best for the soil and best for us. Look at that. Yeah. So. That's all I got for ya. Well, thank you. That was really a really good episode. Thanks. Farmer's almanac time? Yes indeed. heck yeah So today ⁓ 2nd. My mom's birthday. Shout out mom. There is a conjunction of Pluto and the moon today. Corpse flower blooms. San Diego Botanic Garden. ⁓ California. Does that sound like a place? Sure. Encinitas. Anyway, in 2023 that's when it bloomed. Wow. ⁓ And is the best day to ⁓ perm hair and castrate animals. I love it when that happens. When it's just like those two errands to do that today. So yeah, that's that. Castrate your animals and perm your hair. Do you want me to read my Fourth of July poem? Yeah. That sounds great. Celebration for the Fourth of July this weekend. Yeah, that sounds great. So just a little shameless plug on my behalf. I did write a poetry book. If anyone is interested, you can find it on Amazon. It's called All American Waste by A.M. Watson. That is me. That is you. And this poem is titled Independence Day. Here we go. Yet another American holiday that. Has been boiled down until the alcohol is evaporated, Leaving nothing in the pot but white residue. We don't have a clue how it affects the indigenous as we cram the porcelain slop down their throats in an attempt to bleach them and uproot them. Red, white, and blue scream into whitish blue faces, Filling them up like noxious balloons, set to pop off on anyone who doesn't agree with you. We celebrate freedom from a country we have easily become the mirror image of, giving us nothing to celebrate but hypocrisy and honestly, a massively corpulent American lie. Yep. Amen. Amen. You know Just a heavy reminder that we keep ourselves independent and free. They can take it away from us. They are trying right now and succeeding in some places. Succeeding. We will always be the people. We will always be the majority. And so I really hope that in all of our state elections this year we are taking it seriously. Yes. ⁓ I don't care what aisle you sit on, I don't care who you pray to, what you believe in, we have to make this right because it's not just about us anymore. The world is watching and yeah. That's it. Yep. Beautiful poetry, Anna. Thank you. Very proud of you for you ⁓ making that poetry book. It's really cool. It's a little spicy. It's very spicy. I say it's hardy, not heavy. ⁓ Well yeah, thanks for tuning in everybody. Hope you guys have a safe, safe, safe holiday if you are. ⁓ Be easy on those fireworks. It's super bad for the environment. Hang out with the families. Do what you need to do, but just drive safe. Think of everybody else. Think of you. Think of the poor little wildlife creatures who are gonna be afraid and running away from their little babies because of all the fireworks being set off Because that's what I'm gonna be thinking about. In our neighborhood, it's the horses, it's you know, even our animals, our dogs. The birds. ⁓ In their nests. The veterans scared off. The veterans that in our neighborhoods that have fought and now have PTSD because of keeping us free and safe. So yeah, anyway. Thanks for listening, guys. We keep ending these with PSAs, but you know what? It's necessary. Fuck it. Platform. You listen this long. 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