Thoughts and stories, by Pal

  I've just realized I haven't written a blog since May 12th!  It has been a rather hard time for me.  I am 88 years old, 89 in October, and I have had health problems that have kept me in my comfortable recliner quite awhile!  From June 26th to July 9th I was in a care center temporarily while my son that I live with, and his wife, went on a trip to Europe -- 3 days in Salzburg, Austria, and 7 days around places in Switzerland! They wanted to be sure that I would be taken care of.  I do have children who live rather close, but they all work, or have children who need care, and it wouldn't have been wise to leave me home alone!       I had some interesting times in the care center, and I'll write about them perhaps another day!  I know that I will go to a larger care center, after my widow's benefit starts, from when my husband Wayne was in the army during the Korean War.  He was in Europe because he knew a European language - Swedish - ...

  I saved this over a month ago.  But it is timeless, and may help someone! Creating a Culture of Self-Reliance: Week Two By  Carolyn Nicolaysen  · September 7, 2021 Author’s Note: As I write this, I cannot access the internet and I have no way to watch TV. We are completely in the dark, so to speak, when it comes to communicating, except our HAM radio. This is a problem in our county and beyond and so far, no one can find the cause. The 911 system is not working. In 2015 this happened in California at least 11 times and the FBI feared it was terrorists testing our capability to repair the problem and get everything back up. Too many think these types of disruptions cannot happen, they can, and worse. I was criticized for writing about a pandemic in October of 2019. After all, medical science has advanced beyond that right? It happened. UPDATE: We learned through our HAM radio net the fiberoptic cables were cut near us and at least three counties are experiencing out...