"Tales from the Stone Age"

[Mark Reich]

Just a few months ago, a brought about 30 lbs of Gorgeous volcanic glass home from the west coast. One big chunk in each suitcase, and another in each of our carry on bags. I already have a ton of clean flint from the Flint River area. I haven't done much knapping yet, but I know I'll get around to it. I am certain that I'll Never run out of ammunition, but I've wanted make Folsom points. They're more intricate than all the commonly knapped arrowheads and such around here.

I wonder if the Mandan Sioux lodge builders are kin to the ones near you, Ken. We lived a bit west of there until I was 11. Mandan is where Louis and Clark wintered with the Sioux, and picked up Sacajawea, and probably a few other adventurous souls. I reckon L&C wouldn't have made it much further on their own. They had the difficult half of the continent in front of them at that point.

I can't imagine that the night sky wouldn't totally fascinate anyone who ever took their eye off the ground. Seems like the most natural thing in the world would be keeping track of the moon, stars and counting days to keep track of seasons and years... Time. There was always only one star that didn't move like the rest. The sky orbs always came up and went down predictably. There wasn't a heck of a lot else to ponder all night...

Thanks for allowing "Relevant" discussion to cover a wide spectrum of relevancy, Mike.