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A Loss of Knowledge?
I’ve been somewhat scatter-brained this week, so this may seem a bit disjointed. (…a bit more disjointed than normal?) I read something in the newspaper that got me thinking, though. It’s a similar notion to one I’ve read about, thought … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thought, Food, Planning, Post-Collapse, Skills and Practice
Tagged critical thinking, food, garden, homestead, learning, scenarios
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Exposition!
As mentioned last week, the family and I made the trip to Boonsboro, Maryland over the weekend, to attend the Second Annual Mid-Atlantic Preparedness and Survival Expo. In some respects, it went exactly as expected; in other ways, not so … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Critical Thought, Gear, Make it Stop, Planning, Politics, Post-Collapse, Skills and Practice
Tagged commentary, critical thinking, garden, mainstream, rant, review, right and left, scenarios, Those People
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Taking Score
This week, let’s take a quick look at where the world stands in its long descent… War: In Ukraine, at least a civil war (although decidedly uncivil). There was the shootdown of the airliner, and subsequent blocking of investigators, which … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse, Community, Frugality, Government, Lists, News
Tagged commentary, plans, questions, scenarios
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Very short
This week will be brief, because reasons. We’re trying to keep things from floating away with the recent torrential rains, watching the skies for those horrible twisty-cloud things, and work just took a left-turn into the somewhat surreal. How are … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thought, Gear, Make it Stop, Skills and Practice
Tagged backup plans, critical thinking, practice, scenarios, skills, Those People
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Silver Bells and Cockleshells
At the least, that’s how the garden feels–lots of wonderful imaginary things. Normally, by this time of year, we would have been hardening off the earliest seedlings and finishing getting the garden beds ready. The weather hasn’t been cooperating, and … Continue reading
Posted in Frugality, Gear, Make it Stop, Planning, Skills and Practice
Tagged conspiracies, family, homestead, practice, rant, scenarios, skills
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What will it be like?
I’ve seen a number of posts elsewhere recently that began with, “When the Collapse happens…” or, “After the Collapse…” I thought I should weigh in again on that. As I believe we’ve established, I’m not a believer in Fast Collapse. … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse, Community, Planning, Post-Collapse
Tagged plans, post-collapse, scenarios
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Groupthink – or, rather, Thinking About Groups
As mentioned last week, I recently ran across an article (found here) on why the “typical” survivalist mentality (“Rambo,” or the Lone Prepper Syndrome) is a “recipe for certain death.” The author discusses the reasons he believes this thought process … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Gear, Planning, Post-Collapse, Skills and Practice
Tagged critical thinking, debates, plans, right and left, scenarios, Those People
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It’s a Brand New Year!
Some folks, unfortunately, seem not to have gotten the message. The Congress, back from its holiday break, continues merrily along either doing nothing or else actively harming a large portion of the public. The Religious Right ™ is practically foaming … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse, Community, Critical Thought, Planning, Post-Collapse, Skills and Practice, Survival Questions
Tagged commentary, mainstream, post-collapse, questions, scenarios
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A little bug told me…
A couple of blips in the news lately have me thinking again about one collapse scenario: the “bio-pocalypse,” or collapse by disease. The particular news stories, for the curious, are two negative ones (here and here), and one positive (here). … Continue reading
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Tagged commentary, critical thinking, rant, scenarios
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I Normally Eschew Predictions…
But… Especially in light of the s**t-show that was the Republican Convention last week, and looking where I feel far too many people in this country want things to go… This is probably far more accurate than I really care … Continue reading →