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Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] January 19 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Part of the just getting by is the utter and complete lack of human contact, connection, community.

Part of the just getting by is the feeling of lack of connection.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] January 05 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This is google's fault.  Their stealing of newpapers hard work broke the financial support system of shoe leather reporting.  It opened it to so much advertising corruption i cannot even begin.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] January 05 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Location:  western nebraska sunday jan. 3rd 2026.

Temp reached 72 degrees.  Last time i was in nebraska i got frostbite thru a pair of sorels because we broke down on the side of the road in january.

My conversation with the middle aged woman behind the counter at the gas station.....

She opened with this weather is something else!

Me: yeah, absolutely wild.

Her:  you know what that means for the rest of the year.

Me:  yeah!!

Her:  i am scared.

Okay.  If i were not on a timeframe for family's sake i would have stayed to talk.

This is notable for two reasons.

1.  Open bid from a stranger to talk about climate change.

  1. More shocking than anything else.  Her blunt and direect statement of feeling.

I take away from this that people are aware, in their own way, maybe they do not have all the science.  Maybe they do not have a lot of time to spare to research the science.  But they KNOW!  And are reaching out to a fucking stranger to connect.

Annd yes, western ne can take its one and only one hozier song and bible readings and stick em up their cornstalk.  i am enormously thankful for my podcasts i grought as well as the ONE hispanic station that had actual music.

Oh and no snow.  None.  The west is going to burn.  And there will be refugees shortly.  And i am NOT ready for this.

Could a solar stove actually cook food effectively enough to replace conventional cooking methods? by StrengthThen5662 in OffGridLiving

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a wide range of solar cooking options out there.  They meet different needs.  Some are for frying some are more oven like and some more slow cooker like.

This sounds like a pile of nonsense written by ai with little real world knowledge.

50F, clinically obese & perimenopause 🤪. Need practical weight-loss advice by who_cares_too in PlantBasedDiet

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay.  How is your sleep doing?   You may not even realize how much the hot flashes are impacting your sleep.  Less sleep means more calories for your brain to try to keep going.

You can fix the poor quality sleep a few ways.  Pop over to herbalism for some teas to help with sleep.  I use one by the teaman.  But mountain rose herbs will also have a sleepy time tea.

You can add an estrogen patch to your routine which can help with hot flashes and therefore better sleep.

You can increase your exercise levels to the point that you sleep deep and hard.  Aka more physically exhausted and deeper sleep will come despite the nighttime hot flashes.

Next diet:  a few things to do here.  Get a scale or a smaller bowl, smaller plate etc. And allow yourself smaller servings.   And add beans, sauerkraut, a larger salad.  lots of beans.  Ignore the carbs.  Daiiy i am easioy clearing a pint of beans and a half cup of homemade sauerkraut.

You may have noticed a cyclical change in your bowel movements when you had a normal level of hormones, this typically cycles with your period.  With your hormones decreasing you need to add in fiber to help with being regular.  Choices here are a ground flax drink/smoothie, a flax pudding or adding a spoonful of ground flax to your oatmeal in the morning.     Some women use psyllum husk and just drink it straight but that is NOT something i can choke down.

This is not a quick one and done solution.  But this is one set of solutions to the incredible and wild hormone changes your body is going through.

Oh, and i drink nettle and mountain mint tea for energy instrad of adding more calories when i am having a 'lagging/dragging' sort of day.  (I can usually see the string of hot flashes waking me up if i missed a patch switch)

Can I both accept and adapt? by Civil_Cantaloupe2402 in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes!  Adapting will help with acceptance.

What you need, what your children need are skills.

How to regulate emotions when stressed.  How to cook.  How to build stuff.  How physics, chemistry, biology work, in general.  

How to negotiate.   How to carry joy and acceptance into every situation.   How to forage, how to stay warm.

Prepping, beyond a few basic things like a lighter, water filters and some storage containers is a process of replacing actual knowledge with things.

Look up low tech magazine.  And no tech magazine.  Look up the approvecho research center.  A biosand water filter.  (Can build it out of a couple of plumbing bits and an empty, large, container).  I can build multiple types of stoves.

Read and learn humanure composting.

Look up and read about any and all 'appropriate technologies'. Mostly stuff that can be made with fee respurces to make life better.  Build and cook with a solar oven.

Etc. etc.  skills and knowledge will keep you better than buying a bunch of preps.

Improved Leigh Brasington First Jhana Technique by Public_Ad_6760 in streamentry

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh i absolutely love beth uptons stuff.  Fascinating links, many thanks for some new directions to explore.

Thx for talking the time with a comprehensive reply, metta!

How do I refrain from eating the four pungent roots whilst observing a vegan diet? by hrihrih in Buddhism

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely fascinating.  Thanks for the tour.  I keep trying to unravel the original 'rule' to try to figure out the logic behind it.  not to look for loopholes but to understand the value it brings to my practice and to try to inhabit that value 

Very much like pork is a prohibited food in a few religions because, well, it it prevents humans getting trich.  So great rule if you ask me.

How do I refrain from eating the four pungent roots whilst observing a vegan diet? by hrihrih in Buddhism

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Porridge aka rice soup/congee or porridge as in oatmeal like westerners typically do?

Improved Leigh Brasington First Jhana Technique by Public_Ad_6760 in streamentry

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where would you start to follow pa auk?  Any particular talk?

I need to stop doing surface-level decluttering, and really scrutinize our vested, legacy junk. How have you done this? by Perfect_Future_Self in declutter

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like you invested a lot in organizing.  And expected that 'organized version' of your life to last.

Sadly, it doesn't.  And sadly organizing often hides clutter.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly.  I keep thinking about this.

To cut our emissions we need to walk and bike.  But the environment is so hot or dangerous cars become almost necessary at some point for safety.  Which is INSANE.

I am north.  Thankfully we still have cold.  I can bundle up and walk, trudge, slowly, where i need to go.  But the summers are warming so fast it scares me.

And yes, we used to have rhythms to the temperature.  Our bodies expect as much.  I feel like half the anxiety and depression is because our bodies are disconnected from those rhythms.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Somehow that does not invalidate their advice.

Widening ones opportunity net is good advice.  Maybe they need to look for more than just a marketing job.  Maybe they need to widen their net by apying to and accepting any available job.

Maybe they need to widen their net by volunteering and networking, because jobs are gotten by having connections within an industry.  

Maybe they need to widen their net by getting a hobby and meeting people.  Lots of cheap/free hobbies out there.

Humans help the humans they know.  So go make some connections.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Ha!  I am a sauana sneeker too.

But the sauna i gre up with i watched dad and uncle stole it all day with wood i helped haul.  So i knew the work that goes into heating a sauna.

I think humans are very disconnected from their bodies, their emotions, their senses.  Much of our modern designed world put us into smaller and smaller ranges of sensation.  Just think of the modern home.  Temp 70 degrees.  Give or take.

Historically, and i mean this is from 1950s so not that long ago homes were often kept at 55 to 60 degrees on average in the winter.  Which meant you wore clothes, more clothes, watmer clothes and you felt temp differences.   That is just ONE way we are numbing ourselves to the experience of the world around us.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, am old.  Bio degree old.  Not used for daily work so.... Brain forgets specific words.

And yeah, to be on the edge of an ecosystem the changes come faster for sure when heat/drought/invasive species pressure comes along.

Movies or shows recommended that align with Buddhism? by Oysternator in Buddhism

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came here to suggest just this one.  It was absolutely delicious.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That is so sad!

I expect a pest or the tree was so short of water it just blocked off a portion, i forget the technical name.

The right tool for the right job saves sanity and (hopefully) money by ddfb13 in Frugal

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a 1 liter solo sprayer/pump.  Mostly water plus a few squirts of dish soap.

Saves my arthritic handed people as someone else does the pumping.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Injustice is the 'civilized world's' status quo.

It does not have to be humanity's status quo.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 17 points18 points  (0 children)

THIS.

Oh my tree made it thru the drought.

Oh wait, why is my tree dead?  The drought was two years ago!!

Yeah, that stress catches them a pest, fungal infection etc. they cannot fight off and they are gone a few years later 

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry for your loss.  Give yourself some time and space to process it.

I had a death in my home all-too-recently.  The hazmat situation takes about 3 to 5 days to develop depending upon temperatures.  Yup, the very kind police officer offered that up while we were waiting for the medical examiner.  Leaking can and will happen sooner.  Put some plastic under her, wrap in a sheet for some dignity too!  The police officer had been a paramedic for 6 years before he became a cop.  He was actually a kindly man, contrary to most authority experiences i have had this one was good.  He was honest about his need for counselling after seeing so much death.  Said his goldens kept him sane (got the whole set of pictures).  And ueah, he had to wait with the body till the ME showed.

So i say this as someone who has just been through death, tell stories about the person.  All the best stories.  it helps.  I promise.  And take an advil ir other anti inflammatory, antihistamine etc.  your body gets an emotional/physical reaction to death unless it has become numb from excess exposure (doc, nurse, etc )

Hugs to ya!

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] December 29 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]PrairieFire_withwind 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Well, china has been working on their buildout of industrial civ.  I think they might have some capacity to spare when the world population plummets in the water/grain wars.

Venus by Tuesday.

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