GENDER AND THE PREHISTORIC SKILLS TODAY

 Reading about the ancient skills one might get the idea that only men are involved but this is far from the truth , many ladies are practitioners of the aboriginal skills . I have an article about one of the outstanding women, Robin  Blankenship ( http://www.earthknack.com/) is a primitive practitioner who has written a few books on the skills and has been an instructor for many years . 

The classes that Christopher Nyerges holds always has many ladies in attendance . So it  is not an exclusive domain of the men to practice the aboriginal skills . If one attends Winter count or Rabbit Stick or any number of such events in the states you will find a lot of ladies many who are very good at the skills, i'm not going to try and name them because if i fail to mention someone i will feel like a jerk .

My goal here is to get the message across that this is not an exclusive activity for men oh no not at all. As a matter of fact i would put many of the ladies up side most men in this primitive skills thing. Now guys don't get all bent out of shape about this, don't go all macho on me because truth is the truth .  

 So part of my plan is to motivate some of you lady people to get involved learning the skills from Id'ing the wild edible plants to all the other skills, you can do it.This also a fine thing for couples to do together. 

 Alright if you have any questions post them in the comments and i will try and have an answer that makes sense. 

 So ladies see ya in the bushes ...

By Dude McLean

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

Ancient whispers in nature most of us never hear, mostly we are not listening or we don't know how .

I think its a skill many have lost or in our our lifetimes never had and were not ever aware of in the first place.

Our DNA  knows the ancient whispers, sometimes peeking through for a short time but does anyone have a clue.

Aboriginal peoples are very aware of the ancient whispers that come out of the shadows.

As many readers here know, i'm always exploring how modern humans can reach back and wake-up their wild side .

Lurking in the shadows the ancient whispers are trying to wake us up . I feel its a shame that at some point of our lives we fail to discover the wild us ,even if its just a sliver or a glimpse of what our DNA  has stored in some hidden place in our primitive brain. The richness that waits for us to discover cant wait to deliver the wildness

factor into our lives, creating the human who lives aware of what they really are, a true wild critter attuned to the natural world as we were meant to be. A fairy tale, maybe but I know way too many who have found themselves living just as close to being a natural human as is possible in a modern world without going feral, well maybe feral on weekends and for most that is a wondrous goal just knowing they have awakened the deep DNA we all have buried inside. And I don't mean some wildeyed nutjob we already have enough of those in politics. 

Freedom, yes it is true freedom we have and it makes for a better life, a completeness that many of us were lacking, I feel I'm slipping into a lecture attitude and that is far from what I'm trying to convey, so i'm going to end this article now, with I hope I didn't scare you away ....  

By Dude McLean

THE SCARE

 Today i was on the phone with an old friend and she mentioned she does not watch the news anymore because it seems all they want to do is scare us and no one knows what to believe anymore anyway. I  have to agree with her , which is why for years I  called the lie witless news the "SCARE". Makes no difference what channel you like.

       

THE CORONA has taken over our lives it seems ,at the time of this writing anyway, Im amazed at the numbers of people who were in no way prepared for an event like this , although I  should not be surprised at all. Another old friend  who is a well known survival prepper told me now he feels vindicated because for years he has asked people to prepare  now they are coming to him in droves

ordering items in droves. In my own case a few old friends made fun of me for stocking up on items and Id love to tell a few of them see I told ya but they have passed , Not from the corona but because of other issues due to old guy problems like age etc. Ya have to live long enough to be able to survive the SHTF times .Seems like a bad joke but its true.

My lady friend is not a survivalist type but is a very respected business professional who just used common sense.

I also wanted to show you that I know normal people. If you care to go back to an article I wrote on this blog in Oct 4th of 2015 , I wrote about the" real dangers in a crisis " now I  didnt mention a pandemic but the general idea was there . 

I hope you are all safe as well as your familes while the country muddles its way through this crap  My hope is that we get through this in record time and find a way to stop this ugly beast that was set upon us . 

I sure hope it was not on purpose and if it was an ACCIDENT  it sure points out why no one country should fool with any bio shit at all . 

STAY WELL   STAY SAFE

By Dude McLean

WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN GOOGLE CRASHES

   When the day comes that Google crashes and the internet goes dark. The computers don't have anything and the cell phones won't and can't work do you have a plan and or the skills and wherewithall to get by . Will you be able to communicate with loved ones and friends or will you just sit in the dark helpless and cry. Might not be as far fetched as one might think. My feeling is it will happen in whats left of my lifetime and I'm pretty old so that means sooner than later. Oh I know some will be ready and some think they are ready but the reality of such an event is very daunting even for those who are ready much less for some who will have no clue. The no clue side is in for a rough time .

  Some will think ham radios might help but not if the repeater towers  are down. oh yes most have solar and batteries as a backup but how long will the batteries last . By the way how many of you have a ham radio or even know of anyone who has one and do you think they will let you send a message for free and just who are they

sending the message to and who will deliver said message. Most alternative forms of  communication will be by drums and runners if they are not attacked along the way  The beat of drums is a sad joke not much better than smoke signals. Im being a bit flip here but this wont be very funny . 

  If one has studied some primitive skills and owns some of those skills you will be at the least in the I might have a chance margin but even hard core practitioners will have a hard time of it. Older codgers like me really wont last all that long without help oh I own the skills but the energy level is limited. Most older folks take  meds and many without those meds will die . A harsh but a true statement. I just hope that I would have the time to pass on some of the knowledge to my loved ones so that they might maybe stand a chance in a new low tech world. 

  Well ya know I  might be wrong been wrong many times but my studies point to the down side rather than the up or positive side. hope luck is with you. Perhaps you have stocked up on some food items and other gear  that will help for a while but not for all that long. Gee isn't this fun.  

by Dude  McLean

WHY DO I DO THIS BLOG

WHY DO I DO THIS BLOG

   Over the years I have been asked why do I write the blog you don't make any money and who reads it and who are they anyway. For me it comes down to just a few things. My hope is that at least one or two will be motivated to learn some of the skills I write about. I hope a few of my writings will leave some lifetime imprint on a few folks . I hope my grandchildren will read my thoughts and at this point in my life I have one great grandson. Maybe I'm

just an old fogey who has been hit in the head a few too many times and I'm just mumbling in my beard, but I do know my kids read this thing who knows how long this internet thing will be around a year 50 years who knows I do know that in the last 20 years a lot of info has already been lost to the great internet in the sky. How to retrieve it is an unknown.

  I know it sounds all pollyanna and gee whiz but I really do hope the info found here becomes of some use to some and help them thrive. Most of what I write is not time sensitive the primitive remains pretty much the same the basics are just that the foundation and it is strong as it was 500 years ago as it is now. Okay no need to beat this to death .

 by  Dude McLean