What to write about...?

There are many days that I tend to get so tangled up in the daily life of small town daily life, that I tend to forget about myself and what it means to be self sufficient. The more I sit and look at the ever expanding piles of paper on my desk, the more I tend to procrastinate on things. A most curious personality trait. Ultimately, what ends up happening is multiple piles of small scraps of paper that finally take over the entire portion of my desk surrounding the monitor and then slowly creeping towards the calculator and across the printer in a rather plague-like fashion.

I do tend to get rather hung up on the details. However...Ancient Dragon made an excellent point in one of his posts recently. What would you do with the bodies?

That line brought all of my fussing over little scraps of paper to a screaming halt. In the great scheme of life, the little bits of paper are irrelevant. AD makes a number of highly valid points. What if the parties in question passed away from cholera? Would you offer the same respect to raiders that you had been forced to kill?

In all of my chattering about gardens, woks, biscuits and the dog I really had to stop and think about this topic. How would I (personally) deal with the issue of having to prepare and dispose of remains. Death comes to us all - in one way or another. Before I leave this world, I hope to make a measurable impact. We all do, I suppose. But it still leaves the question...what to do with the leftovers?

My particular version of faith (non-Christian) would certainly lean towards a pyre cremation. Purification by fire - so to speak. However, this could potentially give away the location of our camp. A risk one would have to take.

During our famous winters in this area - I suppose that a structure (or room in a larger building) could be designated as "deep freeze" thereby avoiding the issue until later (February, March, etc. depending on the weather). Burial in frozen ground would be impossible. Setting a pyre would use up a large amount of precious firewood. During the long winters in this area, that wood could be put to a use far better served than hiding the body.

Another item to consider in this situation. WHO is tough enough to deal with it? Not all of us will have to survive alone. I would like to think that most prepper's (since we seem to have more than a fair helping of COMMON sense) would have a network in place so that should it be required, a banding together of community would occur instantly.

This will result in a variety of personality types being fed, housed and cared for in a relatively small area. Not everyone is possessed of the strength or fortitude to deal with remains. There would need to be an order to such things. Who will handle the bodies? Could this be the same person that oversees the funeral rites? Where would the remains be laid to rest should burial be a preferred option.

These are all things that need to be considered. Unfortunately.

I am going to have put some serious thought into this topic. Having been blessed in this life with a fabulous business partner and an assortment of adult children that came to help build up the farm. We have options.

Not everyone does. Think about it. Also think about who will be near you when the time comes to have to make the hard decisions.

Rational, positive, creative...even in death.
Tabby