I live in Montana. Here, we are able to live off the land and have disasters that might require just that. Right now, there are some gawdawful fires and what is everyone doing? Helping each other as very best they can. The assisted living facility on the Northern Cheyenne rez has no power. So, a fancy upscale assisted living facility a hundred miles away in a ski town brought the elders from the rez to Red Lodge and set them up for as long as necessary.

We have been running everything from generators to eye drops in regular patrols to the fire zone.

We can survive on own. We know that we need each other.

My husband would have the entire Penzey's spice catalog minus the salty stuff in our kitchen if I let him. Sometime I should describe our brilliant spice cabinet.