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July 13, 2015
Prep Monday—Upcoming Event(s)
Recently, I’ve been reading a few articles about “something big” coming, this fall, to a location near you. What big “event?” No one knows, but there are a lot of theories, the usual suspects. Some are expecting civil unrest, or economic collapse, or war, or an EMP event. I don’t even pretend to understand the […]
July 10, 2015
Fan Friday—Being Offended
I posted on Facebook that I wasn’t “offended” by a damn thing. Some of my friends commented to “give me time,” figuring they could come up with something…some of them posted things that they thought I SHOULD be offended by… So here’s the deal: You know when you say, “No offense,” to someone you may […]
July 8, 2015
Work Wednesday—Freakin’ Tired!
Last week, the top of my shoulder was tender to the touch. Nothing else, particularly, that I could recall, but apparently I was having a fibro flare-up. It doesn’t do it often, in fact, so seldom that I rarely connect the dots. But, as occasionally happens, I read an article on fibromyalgia just yesterday. And […]
July 6, 2015
Prep Monday—Are You Doing Enough?
I read an article the other day about “normalcy bias.” This can happen when something traumatic occurs, and people (in general) justify their reaction—things like “oh, it won’t happen” or “well, it’s really not that bad.” The author suggested that, in spite of what you may believe about SHTF, you prep to your comfort level […]
July 1, 2015
Work Wednesday—What We Do/Did
This week, because of a charity festival we plan for all year and work (a lot!) on the last weekend in June, we didn’t get down to the farm until Monday. I figured we’d leave the STL area around 7:00 a.m., but thanks to working 40 hours over four days at the festival, I didn’t […]
June 29, 2015
Prep Monday—Prepping for Pets
This is one of the rare weekends that we take our dogs with us to the farm. They get all excited, especially the little one, about going “bye-bye truck.” Yes, I’m the one who NEVER used baby talk with my kids, but sure do with the little dog. Keep calling her a puppy too, even […]
June 24, 2015
Work Wednesday—Making Progress
When we first began looking for property out in the boonies, we’d planned on buying vacant land and building up our homestead exactly the way we wanted it: As many acres as we could afford to buy with cash; Water, preferably live; Mostly trees, with or without a clearing in the middle; And access to […]
June 22, 2015
Prep Monday—Dealing with Illness
The worst part of this little experiment of mine was the fact that I was the only test subject. That’s two whammies: I was, what seemed at the time, deathly ill, and I had no one to practice on besides myself. Quite frankly, I was too sick to even give two tiny whoops. It started […]
June 13, 2015
Fan Friday—Identity
Let’s talk about identity, only because I want to and am feeling contrary today. Yes, I know I it’s Saturday. Again, contrary. A person can “identify” however he or she chooses, but that doesn’t change facts. Just because you “feel” something, doesn’t make it true. Feelings are subjective. Refer to the first paragraph if you […]
June 10, 2015
Work Wednesday–Down on the Farm
Down on the Farm I’ve decided it’s too hot to day anything but sit on the porch, fan running, and drink beer. Seriously. And it’s only 84 degrees. I must be old. Remember the summer of 1980? One hundred twenty degrees in the shade in the corral at camp. And I survived, even wearing jeans […]
