What the preppers are saying now? “I told you so!”

Schools have closed, people who can are working from home, and grocery store shelves are emptying. As the less prepared scrounge through empty grocery shelves looking for the supplies they need to weather the storm, preppers are comfortably hunkering down in their well-fortified homes ready for whatever may come in this national emergency. How vindicated preppers must feel as they watch the ravages of a pandemic sweeping the globe. This new coronavirus will force many Americans to self-quarantine for weeks in their homes. Preppers are ready. They have been prepping for years, if not decades, for this and other kinds of calamities. Food? Preppers have enough food stored away to last them well into the future. How much food should you have stored away? Optimally, a one-year supply of…

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Limpy and the Greater Good

I saw Limpy the other day. You know, Limpy, the deer in our neighborhood that we see hobbling by from time to time. I have noticed that other deer in our neighborhood tend to travel in groups, but not Limpy. Limpy is always alone, perhaps shunned by the deer community who see her as weak. What happened to poor Limpy? How did Limpy become maimed? Most likely Limpy received her injuries in a collision with a car. And then there was poor Barn Kitty who was run down by a passing car on Pasturegate Lane. Wasn’t there a Barn Kitty2? Squirrels don’t seem to fare well on our roads either. When we start noticing animals in our community being killed and maimed on our roads by our cars, then…

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