2011

Well this was the year that was, in many ways the worst of my life. One of the minor issues was a week without power this winter when a windstorm took out a thousnad trees in the san gabriel valley. Because of my disaster ioperattions training at work, and because we are certified to board regional center clients, my wife and I have prepared better than many for loss of services. And as usual in a natural disaster, the ones who weather it best are the older adults. We couldn't stand ourselves in the evening, going to bed at dusk, when dusk is 4:45 just won't work. And we had gas and hot water. How we would ever be able to survive a real total breakdown of the utilities is more than I can imagine. And yet we must imagine it.
I have water, flashlights, food in storage and of course, tiki torches! And although I can't seem to forage a single meal out of our garden, I do think I could get at least one from our hens. Well we planned a nice break from all this roughing it. We're going camping!