Let us sit down and have a chat. Just you all and me. This is a conversation long in coming but needs to be had. Grab your beverage of choice, sit back, and relax.How has life been lately? Crazy? Busy? Too much to do, not enough time? Can’t keep up with the kids, the house, the job, and all the eleventy billion other commitments too?I get it. I totally get it. I have been there too.How is your prepping coming?…
Many people think prepping can be easy and it can be easy. It really can. Getting together the supplies, practicing and learning skills, and reading prepping material is easy and also very necessary to do. Many of us preparedness-minded bloggers and writers advocate how easy prepping is so that we can get everyone to prepare. We want everyone to be prepared for the crises that can happen in our lives whether it is a job loss or a natural disaster. However,…
The phrase “There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy” was stated by Alfred Henry Lewis in 1906. He was an investigative journalist, editor, and lawyer who wrote for the Chicago Times-Herald. In 1906, the supply lines for food distribution were different than today, but the sentiment is the same. Until yesterday, I had not thought about this phrase until I met a guy who is also a prepper and has woken up to the lies we have been…
The day after Black Friday is Small Business Saturday. Why do corporate businesses come before small businesses? Because they have the money for advertising and mind control. They have bigger budgets, more staff, and more time to infiltrate your consciousness and convince you to spend your hard-earned money on them. However, small businesses should be taking precedence this holiday season and all year round. Why? Because small businesses are the backbone of this country. We couldn’t live without them. All…
Update 5/18/2025 Books are among my favorite gifts to give and receive for any holiday or birthday! Almost everyone reads books. Beyond that, reading increases knowledge, brings pleasure, and is generally a good way to relax. These are my favorite prepping fiction and nonfiction books to read and to give. You can give most of them as e-books, but I recommend a hard copy to keep in the home library. If you can give the e-books as downloadable books, this…
Learning how to maintain and perform simple repairs is a critical skill. Most people at this time do not know how to do this. Unless you take a high school shop class geared towards vehicle care and repair, it is not a skill that is taught. Fathers used to teach it to their sons and daughters so they would know what to do, but that is becoming a lost skill, too.