When the Power is Out

"The two most important days in your life were the day you were born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain April 23, 2020--Day 40 of the Great Michigan Lock-Down Now, I am really beginning to get concerned. Our Governor was on the Rachel Madow show the other night and expressed a desire to keep us locked down for an additional week simply because people dared to protest in her state.  If she continues to tighten the noose around Michigans' collective neck, well, I feel it could get ugly! Not to get into too much politics here but I can see where people just might not agree with her motivation or get upset if they saw her spouting off on the Madow show or some of the other broadcasts she frequents. People are getting hungry and frustrated, most of all, they can't pay their bills. Ok, end of rant! I promised not to make this blog about politics. Only to say that Whitmer's father served as head of the state...

"The two most important days in your life were the day you were born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain April 16th, 2020- Still in lock-down. . . Let's just say this shelter-in-place pandemic and a power outage has lasted far longer than anyone expected. You are standing at the kitchen sink when you look out the window. Lethargic, staggering and weak, an ordinary guy is spied at the edge of the woods. You cautiously move out of the back door and slowly head toward him. You call out to the stranger. He motions for you and takes a few more steps but falls a few yards from you.  Mr. X reaches out, he is happy to see someone. You run to him and ask him the usual questions. Are you Ok? What is your name?  He says his name is Bob, no, he wasn't poisoned. Bob explains that he has plenty of clean filtered water and he has not been attacked. No accidents, no wounds, no fever, or visi ble signs of illness. It  has been several...

"The two most important days in your life were the day you were born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain I was forced to venture out of the house yesterday for supplies and hubby's medications. Kind of felt good to drive the back roads the 30 miles into town. It gave me a chance to see the rising water in the streams around the area. I can't remember a time when the water was this high, over spilling banks by acres not just a few feet. A couple of camps along the way were pretty wet, hope they had flood insurance. I had to make three stop before heading home. At each stop I chatted with the cashier that stood on the other side of the Plexiglas barrier. "I disinfected the cash" I explained, as I passed it under the barrier.  "Oh that smells nice." each would say. "What did you use?" "I sprayed it with a diluted Thieves oil." "What? Thieeeeeeeves?  Thieves oil, is that ...

"The two most important days in your life were the day you were born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain Day 25 of Covid crisis    April 8th, 2020 Bouncing off the walls yet? While the lock-down continues, some are living through horrific tornados, flooding, and earthquakes, while some of us are sitting here watching the snow pile up. If we are lucky only 6 inches by Monday in my area.  So far, here at least, the power has not gone out. But you know it is only a matter of time before everyone will feel that pinch. I've posted a video down below that is scary as all hell, if even only half of it comes true. Time to learn some new skills, kids. Looks like all hell is about to descend upon us.  A Look at All that Dirty Water If for whatever reason the power grid in your area goes down there are diseases that can and will emerge very quickly, especially after an episode of flooding. Consider if you will the liquid...

"The two most important days in your life were the day you were born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain                                                                                                                 April 7th, 2020--Day number 24 of the great American Emergency. Who would have guessed that something of this scale could take out the entire world! That *virus that must not be named* has  touched almost every human on this planet.  Time to saddle up the ponies and get on the trail to a new adventure, kids. Life is changing so fast that this ol' gal can't make head nor tails of who's got what and how many. Life as we knew it are now...

"The two most important days in your life were the day you were born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain                                          The media is giving us a constant stream of fear porn, every day, be afraid, be afraid. They are feeding my anxiety beast a new  flavor of the day, with business killing lock-downs, real world death numbers, and voices of grief. I knew for a long time that something would happen to our over processed civilization. It had to. I just didn't know what it was going to be or which way the human destructive wind would blow. Can you feel it too? Fear has a stinky feel and a smell to it. It permeates our collective energy, and media is having a field day with this shit. They have expertly driven this fear on every electronic device known to man. That processed fear meant for your consu...

"The two most important days in your life were the day you were born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain Holy Wow!! Shit's gettin' real! I had originally planned on talking about Sacajawea, the young Indian girl who accompanied Lewis and Clark on the exploration of the Northwest territories, she had some excellent stories to tell. But life in the here and now is getting much more tenuous and this needs to be discussed, pronto! You see, ladies are being attacked for their groceries when leaving the grocery store. These poor women are usually distracted, struggling with a bunch of bags, with her kids in tow. The perfect target. Next up is older women, easy peasy. Those that wish to take from you are looking for those that will not pose much resistance.  I am here to tell you it is only going to get worse from here on out. Every body will be a target! We have been comfortable for a very long time, actually to the poin...