Totems

Alright, let’s talk about them garden thingies, you know, the ceramic garden totems. I saw some pictures, and they look kinda neat, I guess. Folks are makin’ ’em outta clay, the kind they use for pots and plates and such. Only these ain’t for eatin’ or plantin’, they’re just for lookin’ at, I reckon. Now, some folks, they call ’em beads, I heard. Like, they stack ’em up on top of each other, make ’em real tall. Sounds like a lotta work to me. They gotta fire that clay stuff,…

Alright, let’s talk about them garden totem thingamajigs, you know, the ones people stick in their yards. I saw some pictures online, them fancy folks got all sorts of pretty ones, but you don’t need to spend a fortune, ya hear? We can make our own, country style! First off, what are these totem poles anyway? Well, from what I gather, them Native folks way back when used to carve big ol’ poles with all sorts of pictures and whatnot. It was like tellin’ a story, or rememberin’ folks who…

Alright, let’s gab a bit about this here… uh… garden totem thing, yeah? Sounds fancy, but it ain’t nothin’ too complicated, ya hear? First off, what the heck is a totem anyway? Well, from what I gather, it’s like… a picture thing. Like, y’know, you draw a bird or a frog or somethin’, and that becomes your family’s… uh… symbol. Like, back in the old days, before all this TV and internet stuff, folks used to have these things to show who they were and where they came from. Kinda…

Alright, let’s talk about this duck thing, you know, like the bird. I heard some folks callin’ it a “totem,” sounds fancy, but I just think it’s a sign, like when a black cat crosses your path, only maybe not so bad, ha! So, this duck, it ain’t just some bird you see waddlin’ around. It’s supposed to mean somethin’, somethin’ special. Like, it’s a messenger, they say. Comin’ from…well, from somewhere you can’t see, ya know? Like a whisper in the wind, but it’s a duck instead. This “Isis”…

Alright, let’s gab about them ceramic yard totems, you know, the things folks stick in their yards to make ’em look fancy. I seen some real pretty ones and some that look like a dog’s breakfast, but hey, to each their own, I always say. First off, what the heck are these things anyway? Well, they’re like big, tall piles of ceramic stuff, stacked up like a kid’s blocks but way prettier. You got your balls, your squares, your…thingamajigs, all stuck together and baked hard like a good pie crust….

Alright, let’s talk about this… uh… cardinal totem thing. Sounds fancy, but I’ll tell ya, it ain’t that complicated. It’s like this, see? Some folks, they say if you got the cardinal as your… what they call it? Totem? Yeah, totem. Well, it means you listen to that little voice inside your head. You know, the one that tells you if somethin’ feels right or wrong. Like when you’re about to eat that extra piece of pie and somethin’ says, “Hold on now, Bessie, you had enough!” That kinda thing….

Well now, let me tell ya somethin’ ’bout the butterfly totem animal. If a butterfly ever starts showin’ up in yer life, ya best believe somethin’ good’s comin’ your way! They ain’t just pretty to look at; they got a whole lotta meaning behind ’em. A butterfly’s here to tell ya it’s time for some change, like a fresh start, a rebirth. Y’know, kinda like how we grow from little babies into grown folks. That’s what the butterfly’s all about — transformation. Transformation and Freedom See, butterflies, they go through…

Well, let me tell ya somethin’ ’bout this buffalo thing, alright? Folks say it’s a totem, a spirit animal or somethin’ like that. Now, I ain’t no fancy scholar or nothin’, but I heard things, ya know? Seen things too, back in the day. Them buffalos, they were a big deal for the Injuns, the Native Americans, they called ’em. Way I heard it, them buffalos weren’t just animals to them folks. They were like family. Can ya believe that? Family! Guess it makes sense though, seein’ as how much…

Well now, you wanna know about them Brother Bear totems, huh? I ain’t no fancy teacher or nothin’, but I seen that movie with my grandkids, and I can tell ya a thing or two. It’s all about them spirit animals, see? Like, what kind of critter you are on the inside. What’s a Totem Anyways? Don’t go gettin’ all confused now. A totem, it’s just a symbol, like a picture, that tells ya somethin’ ’bout yourself. In that Brother Bear movie, them brothers get these totems – fancy little…

Well now, let me tell ya somethin’ ’bout this here bobcat, the bobcat animal totem, ya know? It ain’t just some fancy critter you see in the woods. It’s got a meanin’, a powerful one, like them old folks used to say. What’s this bobcat thing all about, anyway? See, some folks, they believe animals got spirits, and them spirits can teach us things. This bobcat, it’s one of them teacher spirits. They call it a totem, like a sign or a guide. This bobcat, it ain’t no loudmouth like…