It's amazing what you find out there, when you really "aren't looking" for things. I tend to hold a less then optimistic view of where our world is going, and have found that, for the time being, frequenting those types of sites just helps to keep my own mind at ease. I've tried to introduce online friends to a couple of web sites with less then successful results, thus, I just keep that side of my brain on lock down.
In my Internet roaming, I came across this blog article titled "The Day The Dollar Died" and that got my mind racing again:
http://johngaltfla.com/blog3/2009/11/18/the-day-the-dollar-died/
No, not a happy read, but I've often wondered, what would Joe Six-Pack think when he read this article? "Not in the U.S of A!" "Damn people with their doom and gloom!" "Woman, get me a beer so I can watch NASCAR!" I guess I don't give people enough credit where credit is due, but I just don't see people viewing our current state of affairs as "relevant" in their techo-gadget world. This does NOT take into account what's going to happen when oil prices spike, and they will sooner then we all care to imagine. When that happens, we get to go through this mess again, but without the benifit of breathing room.
I'm scared for my family, my friends, and my country. Because of that, I frequent those "gloom and doom" sites, because there, I can relax, see what I need to do to help my family prepare. Am I ahead of the curve, far from it. But I feel good in what I've done so far to make sure my family can take care of themselves. There's much do to yet, and hopefully, I can get more done before that blog story becomes reality.
Not the happy blog for the week, and that's ok. Somedays, life just isn't happy.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Joys of Fall
Well, as I write this, I'm in school during in-service (boooo), but it gives me some time to reflect a little bit about how this fall has been.
We've managed to shut down the the garden fairly well, emtpying out the raised beds, and getting a good sized load of cow manure for future use. My dad has a guy who's got a gazillion rabbit, who I might call to get some more fertilizer too. Our plants are all gone with some pretty hard frosts last month, but I'm all ready starting to get some ideas on what to do for next year. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but I want to expand out more, and use the extra space to try some grains. Maybe wheat or flax, but just to see what it's like to do something like that.
On the animal front, we are thinking of killing our one rooster because he's just a pain in the butt. He chases the girls around, scaring them. He chases my wife around, but not once has he made a move around me. It will be interesting to see what happens as I figured I'd give him another couple of weeks to see if the'd come around as our other rooster just vanished a couple of weeks ago.
Finally, I've bought a couple of heavy duty sets of shelives for our basement. One set has camping supplies on it, the other will move into our fruit room, and there, I feel like I have the makings of a true pantry.
Exciting time!! :)
We've managed to shut down the the garden fairly well, emtpying out the raised beds, and getting a good sized load of cow manure for future use. My dad has a guy who's got a gazillion rabbit, who I might call to get some more fertilizer too. Our plants are all gone with some pretty hard frosts last month, but I'm all ready starting to get some ideas on what to do for next year. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but I want to expand out more, and use the extra space to try some grains. Maybe wheat or flax, but just to see what it's like to do something like that.
On the animal front, we are thinking of killing our one rooster because he's just a pain in the butt. He chases the girls around, scaring them. He chases my wife around, but not once has he made a move around me. It will be interesting to see what happens as I figured I'd give him another couple of weeks to see if the'd come around as our other rooster just vanished a couple of weeks ago.
Finally, I've bought a couple of heavy duty sets of shelives for our basement. One set has camping supplies on it, the other will move into our fruit room, and there, I feel like I have the makings of a true pantry.
Exciting time!! :)
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