Whether you call this fruit serviceberry, saskatoon, juneberry or gozigwaakomin, it is delicious - and the flowers blooming now are a promise of the sweetness to come. Depending on where you live, gozigwaakominagaawanzh is probably done blooming . . . but you can still enjoy photos of it here: #gozigwaakominagaawanzh and check out the fruit here #gozigwaakomin

It might be hard to catch their names, when I mention my teachers, so I will include their names in the notes: Misko-anang & Amikogaabawiban (who went by his 'nickname' he said, Amik).

This episode was recorded outside, because it was too beautiful out not to - and this was so much nicer than recording in my cold car during the winter. I may continue recording outside, unless traffic past my house gets too busy during tourist season. And uh yeah, about that weekly podcast every Tuesday? I guess I'm not sure what my posting schedule will be. I tend to do everything in short bursts of energy with long breaks in between. I'll find a rhythm and try to be consistent, while also not committing to something I can't keep up with.

I would love to hear from you! You can use the contact form on my website or record me a voice message at anchor.fm/marisa-lee

Check out more ojibwemowin (including audio) at the Ojibwe People's Dictionary.

The intro/outro music in this episode is royalty-free music called "In the Forest" shared on Pixabay by username Lesfm.