March 2020 Mother Nature Sends All Humans To Time Out
The March Temperatures were above average and we were
entertained by increasing sun and a new activity of squirreling away dry goods
and stocking the freezer to capacity. Covid-19 was becoming a reality and there
were so many unknowns. The Admiral has the instincts of a Labrador and the
combined intuition of at least 20 gifted women. Our pantry was overflowing and
there were bags of can goods and more lining our bedroom wall. The leaders
around the U.S. advised to have a two-week supply of food and necessities. We
were ready to survive for two months or more for sure. Schools were canceled
and we began to limit visits with grandchildren. Within days Seattle became the
epicenter in the United States and the Steakley Family was on high alert. The
text between mother daughter, and son were non-stop and plan A, B, and C’s were in
the pipeline. It was very clear that a large percentage of citizens in the
Greater Seattle-King County area were not heeding the calls for voluntary
sheltering at home. Changes were rapidly increasing. One of the plans was to
move temporarily to a neighboring state to a community that was much less
populated but still had essential services. We began to pack the cars with all
of our stores. By the next day options changed, and by the third day a decision
was made to make the drive to Texas to get close to our Austin family.
I made a run to Whole Foods to
get some sandwiches for the 1st day of driving. The night before my
daughter told me that deploying the National Guard was being discussed as an
option. As I was driving to whole Foods there were three very large National
Guard vehicles in front of me. They seemed to already be preparing for the call
for duty. The atmosphere in the crowded Whole Foods was very serious and tense;
I had not felt that level of concern since I was A 10 year old evacuating
Galveston Texas just in front of Hurricane Carla. The next day Plan D went into
full-blown action, we emptied the cars back to our homes and prepared the
houses for a long absence. The next day, March 16, we boarded a plane and
arrived in Austin that evening. As our Son in Law said "it felt as if we had just taken the last flight
out of Saigon". Our daughters’ family had rented a home till June and our son
had a home waiting for us in his neighborhood that just happened to be
available. Our entire Austin Family is within a 5-10 minute drive from each
other and we circled the wagons with plenty support for the duration of
sheltering at home. My son, daughter and I spent the next three days going to
different stores, HEB, Target, Whole Foods, Randall’s, + ordering deliveries
from Amazon to get our two refugee family’s stocked up all over again.
This is just one tiny example of
billions occurring simultaneously across the globe as the human race adapts in
the cause of survival. However, Mother Nature is not concerned so much with the
survival of the Human Race as much as she is concerned with her own survival.
She has sent so many strong messages to the Humans who have ignored her pleas
for an end to the attacks she has endured for so long. Enough is Enough, Mother
Nature is sending the strongest message to date, let’s hope we all are
listening and responding appropriately. Really do not want to experience what
she has in her pocket next if we do not use our very valuable time out
experience to drastically change our daily living, our livelihoods, and our
global conscience.
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| March weather is warmer and mixed as Spring enters. |
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| The Clear days bring out the PNW Beauty in Full Mountain Bloom |
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| September 16 as we exit Seattle on a Blue Sky day we get the full Cascades Experience, Mt. Rainer. |
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| Blake Island in the center with Elliot Bay and Seattle in the background and Vashon Island in the foreground |
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| We get the full view of the Cascades from Mt. St Helens to Mt. Baker at the Canadian Border. The depth of the range is revealed to us for the first time on this flight. |
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| Rainer up close. |
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| A fine Sunset over the incomprehensible beauty of OUR planet. |
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| Sheltering at our temporary Austin home. The Little Truck that Can on duty. |
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After two months I have recovered enough skills to restart Mickey Baker.
A great thing to do while sheltering in place: restart an old hobby! |
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| Page 4 Lessons, convert the Chord Progressions to Keys of Ab, F, and Bb |
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I want to introduce to you the TWO Sheet Principle.
Pre-Covid 19 we could use 4 or more sheets to manage our business. But know it is more than prudent to follow the TWO Sheet Principle. |
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| It is very important that as we go forward that we apply the very simple, effective, and efficient TWO Sheet Principle to every facet of our daily lives at work, home, and play. Our very existence as care takers of Planet Earth depends on this most simple idea. Mother Nature has given us ALL notice. She can easily use her power of love of the Earth to find new caretakers. |
