I don’t think that Wilie has a go-bag. He’s going back to sleep for a few weeks until '“early Spring” pops up. Phil, on the other hand, says winter is staying longer.
I saw the phrase go-bag this morning in the New York Times and had to look it up. That would be because the effects of 911 in the U.S. were profound and there was a rush to get disaster preparedness kits for the next terrorist attack. The U.S. remains traumatized 25 years later and a go-bag became normalized and part of everyday life.
The survival kit originated as the “grab bag” and “bug-out bag” used in U.S. military and survivalist contexts. FEMA, the American Red Cross and local fire departments promoted the phrase to get individuals to prepare for disasters and terrorist attacks. So it is 25 years later - it isn’t terrorists invading the U.S. but floods, snowstorms and fires that will cause the terror. Who would guess the terror lies “within.” Go-bags have been around so long now that there are quite a few jokes:
-My go-bag is so organized, it has a separate compartment for my existential dread.
I finally created a “go-bag.” It’s just a bag with a big bag of chips and a note that says “good luck.”
And here’s the AI-inspired introduction to the jokes:
Packing for the apocalypse (or just a really bad Tuesday) is stressful, so here are a few jokes to carry along with your dehydrated beef jerky.
This picture is the result from yesterday’s Monday morning watercolour class. The background is created with salt on watercolour. I am sure you will see a few more of these pictures - salt on coloured water is magic.
I then scanned the picture so I could complete the black floral foreground in Photoshop. Photoshop is very forgiving - you can erase things with the stroke of a “control x”. You can imagine that watercolours don’t work that way. Next week, I take up the challenge of completing the actual watercolour picture - this time with watercolour paint.
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