62 years in time
2 hours ago
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Don’t Let a Pandemic Go to Waste
The Sixbears extended family continues to do well. The last thing that someone should do is to wait around for a vaccine before moving on with life. The second to the last thing someone should do is to ignore the virus and pretend it went away.
We are taking all necessary precautions. For example, Tuesday we got up super early to drive 50 miles to do groceries. Our local stores have sloppy disease protocols. The store we went to has a time slot for those over 60 first thing in the morning. We also have a good supply of locally raised meats from a nearby farmer. Fish we can get right out of the lake we live on -can get much more local than that.
This year we’ve improved our garden and are taking advantage of wild plants for food and medicine.
It’s been a time for improving our homestead. We will be putting off extended travel for at least another year. Our relief check has gone into preparing for the coming winter.
Plenty of people I’ve communicated with do not want things to go back to the way they were. Some want to continue to spend more time with their families. Some who work for home want to keep doing that.
While my immediate family is doing well, there are those around us not all that well at all. If you have an essential job, especially in health care, you are under a lot of extra stress. Some friends have lost people to this virus. Others are still suffering from the after effects of this disease. Even younger people have dealt with long term lingering ill health. Personally, I don’t feel the need to take risks to get my hair done. They’ll do that for you at the funeral home.
-Sixbears
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Glad to hear things are going well for you and the Bear clan. Stay home if you can - plenty of excitement building up. As Remus used to often say - STAY AWAY FROM CROWDS.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from you - hope your good luck continues.
This works for me as I'm not a fan of crowds or bars in the first place.
DeleteThe smartest action to take is like you said, avoid crowds, shop early and stay home. Put off home projects that need materials from Home Depot etc until the virus blows over.
ReplyDeleteMy local building supply store will deliver right to the house. Can't beat that.
DeleteSpeaking of Remus...does anyone know what happened to him ?
ReplyDeleteActually got an honest to God snail mail letter from Bison the other day.
He is doing fine, still no access to the internet.
Dayum...does that mean y'all ain't coming down this winter ?
Have heard nothing about Remus. Good to hear Bison is still kicking.
DeleteMy plans for this winter will involve snowshoes. Staying close to home. Hopefully things will open up by later winter or spring.
Remus died three weeks after cancer diagnosis. On July eighth
DeleteGot the info from barbacat
Yeh, bunker down and let your hair grow long. Stay away from the stupids is as best as you can do. I'm halfway through building new drawers for the kitchen - thank you hardware delivery.
ReplyDeleteThanks dweeze! I'll have a pony tail before this is over. :)
DeleteI'm putting together a big list for the building supply store. Still in the clean up and prep phase of our projects.
It varies by area - I finally last week heard of someone I know of who tested positive. Pretty sparce in our region. We are essential (though not healthcare) and even the simplest task has become cumbersome.
ReplyDeleteBe careful. Areas can go from virus free to being a hotspot in a short period of time. Glad you are still healthy.
DeleteSaw YouTube interview of Doctor zack bush explaining link between deaths and presence of glyphosate in the systems of those with this type of corona virus
ReplyDeleteDo not know validity of video nor do I have the address