AN OVERDUE WORD FOR OUR SPONSOR

No, not from our sponsor, for our sponsor – Backwoods Home magazine.

I’m kinda slow to pick up on some things. I realize now I’ve been blogging here since 2008, and don’t recall ever offering a thank you to our hosts, the Duffy family.  Jackie Clay has been doing her wonderful, wide-ranging blog on homesteading here even longer.  I’ve been the firearms editor for the magazine for going on twenty years. Time flies.

Dave Duffy’s long ago vision of a publication geared not only for the self-reliant, but for independent thinkers, has blossomed over the decades. The company offers a great collection of digests of the best writing that has appeared in Backwoods Home over the last couple dozen years.  A broad selection of other books, too.  I look forward to reading Backwoods Home every month, and now, to its sister magazine Self-Reliance as well.

Going back to the beginning, Dave and the family have taken a big financial hit because they stood up for the right thing.  They’ve lost advertising from a lot of “green” companies that were aghast that BHM would publish pro-gun, pro-self-defense articles by me and others. (Yes, in the time of “political identity” there are some out there who seem to think “green=’progressive’=anti-gun.”) Yet the Duffys stuck to their principles on these matters, as they did on so many more. They know that self-reliance and freedom are two sides of the same coin, and make it clear in every issue.

That’s something to be rewarded. Most every year, there’s someone on my Christmas or birthday list who is an ideal recipient for this or that book Backwoods Home sells.

And, I hope all y’all are subscribing. The Duffys make the digital version of Backwoods Home available free, with many of the articles to be found on the newsstand edition (but not all). They deserve some quid pro quo.

To Dave and all the rest of the Backwoods Home team – thanks for all you do!

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