tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post3487390386601626402..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Day 21Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-76300259865599398492021-02-01T14:27:49.847-03:302021-02-01T14:27:49.847-03:30WWW! You are far from alone in thinking all this (...WWW! You are far from alone in thinking all this (well, maybe the virus is aliens part, though now that you mention it...). "Nothing us wee peons can do about it except find a safe harbour somewhere and grow potatoes and stockpile dried things." Just so! I am eating off the preserved produce from my summer garden and managing nicely living alone through the pandemic. I made my daughter's family my pod and hers is the only house (or any building for that matter) I go into. I'm hoping to dodge the uglies until I can get vaccinated, then I'll feel slightly less threatened. So good to be back reading your wise words. Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45266593863489860682021-02-01T07:20:14.093-03:302021-02-01T07:20:14.093-03:30I so agree with the idea about aliens possibly bei...I so agree with the idea about aliens possibly being something other than variations of human forms. Why not viruses? <br />Or, I've considered we've become much like the rats I read about years ago who were confined in an area that became over-populated. They turned inward on each other. Is that what humans are doing?<br /> <br />Perhaps we each need to find ways to grow more food in our homes, especially in climes where cold in the winter or too hot in summer -- assuming we're able to remain comfortable in our living quarters during such weather extremes. Space in our home for a small area where we can actually have a variety of a few producing plants with various methods available today could be a consideration. This thought needs expansion as to the possibilities for those no longer able to garden in their yards. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-64515350531762469692021-01-31T00:09:51.516-03:302021-01-31T00:09:51.516-03:30If we all could make our little world better and e...If we all could make our little world better and everyone else also tried it. We would then have a better world, while making the world better for ourselves. Not so selfish sounding now, is it?Gemma's personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740156670047388540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-66474884681964214482021-01-30T21:56:47.932-03:302021-01-30T21:56:47.932-03:30That one word, Greed, is at the root of so many of...That one word, Greed, is at the root of so many of the earth's troubles. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28405069165103272312021-01-30T16:07:55.733-03:302021-01-30T16:07:55.733-03:30I guess you can look at it that way or you can loo...I guess you can look at it that way or you can look at it this way... I am going to enjoy the life that I have ...beauty to be seen in almost everything. <br />Pass on my wealth of knowledge for getting by in life. Living on what I have, enjoying new recipes, passing mine along.<br />Write about the good times I have and have had, the great people , the good about all people.<br />Make my world the world I want to live in.<br />I already know I can't cure the world of all ills, but in my little part of the world I can keep them out.I can make them better. Pass along a smile , pass along good thoughts. <br />Hug a person , instead of a tree...it will make both of you feel better. If it isn't a real hug , then surround a person with caring feelings.<br />Take care of you and bloom where you are planted, find the fertilizer to make you grow, water to sustain you and sunshine for the best health. Gemma's personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740156670047388540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-63971499904963911902021-01-30T14:30:36.937-03:302021-01-30T14:30:36.937-03:30We are all taking a different look at essential wo...We are all taking a different look at essential workers DKZ, they are the ones helping the rest of us to survive. And should be paid accordingly. Even if we have to pay more. Prices haven't reflected reality in a long, long time, with cheap Chinese products and the Walmarts, et al, supporting this outsourcing of goods.<br /><br />We all need to wise up and pay our fair share.<br /><br />And increase that minimum wage to livable wage.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br /> Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-88772622025586851742021-01-30T12:02:03.630-03:302021-01-30T12:02:03.630-03:30I have been concerned about the food distribution ...I have been concerned about the food distribution from the very beginning. Our farmworkers are not being kept safe. Just this past week 3000 of them were vaccinated, but the San Joaquin Valley has somewhere around 70,000 who work in the fields and farms to bring us our great produce and other food items. They are the ones who should be vaccinated, not some old person who wants to travel to Paris. (I actually saw this on Instagram, posted by a woman of great privilege who is my age, and I feel too young to be clamoring for the vaccine.)dkzodyhttps://dkzody.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-90219326622282263482021-01-30T11:31:52.224-03:302021-01-30T11:31:52.224-03:30I totally agree Ramana, it's all we have and w...I totally agree Ramana, it's all we have and we're old. The young though, so sad. <br /><br />These new strains are a huge concern.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-11686089896666550102021-01-30T11:30:45.542-03:302021-01-30T11:30:45.542-03:30I am more resigned than anything, ME, it will be w...I am more resigned than anything, ME, it will be what it will be but I mourn for the young 'uns who won't get a chance to fix the bollox we've made of it.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-88895742029875590832021-01-30T11:29:39.675-03:302021-01-30T11:29:39.675-03:30I've thought about the cockroaches and other s...I've thought about the cockroaches and other species too, CM. We lived in greed on a finite planet. She's exhausted.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7619833651463340382021-01-30T11:28:37.633-03:302021-01-30T11:28:37.633-03:30I know, but we are, aren't we.
XO
WWWI know, but we are, aren't we.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-65748012056327493062021-01-30T11:27:57.235-03:302021-01-30T11:27:57.235-03:30Root vegetables River, cabbage preserved for the w...Root vegetables River, cabbage preserved for the winter. 15 different kinds of berries, moose meat, rabbit meat, chickens, beef, lamb, wild partridges, and turrs and ducks and seal. All kinds of shellfish. And with climate change, we're finally growing wheat and quinoa.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-38420874829988852332021-01-30T11:25:04.147-03:302021-01-30T11:25:04.147-03:30I am so glad I am not alone in this.
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WWWI am so glad I am not alone in this.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-57348595664042237872021-01-30T11:24:35.658-03:302021-01-30T11:24:35.658-03:30Sue all taken seriously by the bible thumpers i.e....Sue all taken seriously by the bible thumpers i.e. the patriarchy) and look where it got us. Plunder, pillage and rape to your hearts' content, boyz.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-80967713080061516022021-01-30T11:23:14.451-03:302021-01-30T11:23:14.451-03:30Carolyn I have often thought that. The principal o...Carolyn I have often thought that. The principal of Gaia, a self healing organism that is our planet.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-72876474487795268922021-01-30T11:22:05.280-03:302021-01-30T11:22:05.280-03:30And we have the greatest cod fishing grounds in th...And we have the greatest cod fishing grounds in the world and guess where we get our cod, Tom?<br /><br />China.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-1416470473763840552021-01-30T10:55:38.960-03:302021-01-30T10:55:38.960-03:30"And God blessed them, and God said unto them..."And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it : and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."<br />Genesis 1:28Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009191540139452049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-51593665377219506442021-01-30T08:41:29.665-03:302021-01-30T08:41:29.665-03:30The food stock situation is a cause for worry but,...The food stock situation is a cause for worry but, I am sure that proper logistics would be in place with minimum stock levels which perhaps is not known to the public. The pandemic however is another story altogether. The uncertainties there are mind blowing and only way to tackle that is to live to the best of one's ability one day at a time.Ramana Rajgopaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595611334904650281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-57532078834352576262021-01-30T01:49:38.020-03:302021-01-30T01:49:38.020-03:30I. too, sometimes think this pandemic will eventua...I. too, sometimes think this pandemic will eventually be the end of us. You cannot ignore the sorry state our world is in and people seem to be acting totally crazy - Aliens? Why not? It doesn't sound any crazier than out last President (maybe HE is an alien). I really don't feel very hopeful at this point. Mary Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-87248941196674541992021-01-30T01:49:11.422-03:302021-01-30T01:49:11.422-03:30The world will go on, but maybe not in a form fit ...The world will go on, but maybe not in a form fit for human habitation. We've been too successful as a species. The dinosaurs lived for over 160 million years before they were wiped out. Do you think humans will survive that long? Will our lives have been in vain if humans don't? Cockroaches have been on earth over 300 million years. Does it bother you that they may outlast us?CheerfulMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934008738777906970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-57823116146095972872021-01-30T00:39:32.031-03:302021-01-30T00:39:32.031-03:30P.S. sad to see the world in chains.P.S. sad to see the world in chains.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-5968589335902116502021-01-30T00:39:08.513-03:302021-01-30T00:39:08.513-03:30Tomatoes from California, grapes from Chile. If yo...Tomatoes from California, grapes from Chile. If you had to live on only what your island could produce, what would that be? Fish from the sea, but what else? What grows there? What did people live on 300 years ago? Besides fish.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83335788480641243812021-01-29T21:34:30.722-03:302021-01-29T21:34:30.722-03:30That entered my mind yesterday. That entered my mind yesterday. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-80912398941837972542021-01-29T18:59:37.850-03:302021-01-29T18:59:37.850-03:30I often think that the virus is mother nature'...I often think that the virus is mother nature's way of trying to shake off the human parasites intent on destryoing her world. Grim, but a thought.carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00235999523036122356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-85565670886433301972021-01-29T18:59:35.841-03:302021-01-29T18:59:35.841-03:30There's no doubt that Covid is putting a strai...There's no doubt that Covid is putting a strain on our great enormous international supply chain. We try to shop and eat local and in season ... but still we get our grapes from Chili and our tomatoes from Cali.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.com