Piranha in a blue state
Chattering of teeth cometh. . .
Michigan can be a scary place depending on which side of the fence your personal political view rests. Spending most of my time in relative wooded isolation gives one a different perspective on that which most call civilization. All the noise and constant commotion of a populated paved jungle, can distract from the sensation of government’s teeth chomping away at your tail feathers. Out beyond the sidewalks, I can hear their chattering teeth coming.
Just this morning my anxieties choked me breathless when I stumbled upon the following video and began watching it. The narrator starts off talking about the outlook for our countries short oil supplies this coming year, then at about 5 minutes into the video he zeros in on the closure of line 5- Enbridge pipeline. It looks hopeless for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, we get 65% of our LPG from that pipeline. “The winter from hell,” for the rest of country, too as he describes it.
Michigan is losing the battle video. I hope you take a minute and look at this thing.
Next up on Michigan blue state piranha playlist is Operation Safe Neighborhoods. Is this a good idea or is it the beginning of “Minority Report?” The precrime police out in full force is creating jobs after all, they explain, and keeping you safe. You don’t think it could lead to something more nefarious, do you? Piranha don’t taste blood in the water or anything with a law like this, right? One would think I was a suspicious woods dweller. Yeah, you’d be right. I have questions, I’ll admit. I simply can’t accept anything at face value without doing a little research of my own. I’ve never trusted piranha in the first place.
Minority report? Operation safe neighborhoods read all about it here.
In 2018 Michigan was 8th on this list for “correctional control.”
If what they say about rolling blackouts becoming more commonplace, well, my hope for you my friend, is that when you opened your Christmas gifts someone was generous enough to get you long johns and wooly socks. No matter, it looks like big change coming for 2023, 2024 is looking reeeealy dark.
So because of the uncertainty of our way of life, I have been looking into what people wore during the middles ages to keep themselves warm in the winter. How did they keep from freezing to death without central heating? There are so many youtube videos on the subject. Lots of history out there to be studied.
The creation of wool garments were a lifesaver for the outdoors and got humans out of stinky animal fur. Most everything wearable was made from wool. Linen/flax was used for under garments and summer wear. It’s why the Military used wool for their blankets and uniforms, it keeps a body warm. Can you just see yourself running around an unheated stone castle in the winter wearing some thin, flimsy shirt you picked up from Walmart? Burrrrrrrr!
Then set your mind to imagine how excited a housewife of the middle-ages would be if she were introduced to a woodstove like mine. Oh, such a magnificent luxury, she would claim as she ewwed and ahhed over my woodstove. I would have been seen as wealthy for processing such an appliance in my home during her day.
Women living in 1600s Europe wore shoulder scarves and kidney wraps along with gloves with the tips of the fingers cut out. I wear this type of fingerless gloves quite often here on the homestead. They allow one to do small tasks but keep most of the hand comfey. Hats or head coverings were a must, always. Of course a wool cap is the best. Linen nightcaps helped keep the body warm while sleeping, along with makeshift hot water bottles and bed warmers. Did you ever watch “Little House on the Prairie?” Laura and Mary always wore their caps to bed up in an unheated loft.
One of the most helpful invention of our age is those little orange packages of hand warmers you find next to the cashier at about every gas station during the winter months. They have saved my hide a few times doing outdoor chores and other outdoor winter activities.
Oh, and one great invention that we ladies have available to us that our ancient sisters did not; A pink silicone pee funnel, for when we have all 24 layers of winter clothes on and suddenly have to pee. Out on the ice, ice fishing surrounded by other fishermen, these little “Gogirl” devices are a lifesaver. Traveling or being stuck in traffic. We can go like the big boys! All you need is a gatorade bottle.
What the hell is a "Gogirl?" You can thank me later. LOL
There is just no predicting what Michigan will look like by the end of the present piranha administrations term. But from here on out she doesn’t have to worry about pleasing anyone because she can’t run again. What kind of legacy will she leave for the history books? My money is on them squeezing us until we turn blue.
Happening as we speak in another blue state Different flavored piranha?