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 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...

"The two most important days in your life were the day you were born and the day you find out why." Mark Twain Gramma Jan here. Make your own won't be a political blog except to say, stuff just got real with this corona nasty. If you live in large city or a blue state, you can actually feel the noose tightening, the limits of your freedom being curtailed.  Several survivors of Nazi occupied countries of WWII have warned us, they saw it coming to America. Doesn't matter who the person in the White House is now or in the future, the hunger games are here. Life as we knew ain't goin' back! When I was growing up there were no free handouts, at least none I was aware of, you had to swim or you sank. Local charities were usually church or religious oriented. Even as late as the 1970's, women needed a signature from her husband or her father to secure a loan from a bank. And listen, Home Economics was a real class ta...