by indy | Mar 25, 2020 | Preparedness
Trials and Tribulations Offer Us Life Lessons, if We Look for Them. My hope is that when things become closer to normal from our current crisis, most people will do some soul searching about the topic of being prepared – or being more self-reliant. Too often...
by indy | Mar 1, 2016 | DIY Projects, Foods Made From Scratch, Preparedness
When I was a youngster, I read a folktale called Stone Soup. I was so impressed with the cleverness of this story I never forgot it. It’s the tale of a tired and hungry traveler, who enters a small village with nothing but an empty cooking pot and a stone. He sits up...
by indy | Feb 9, 2016 | Preparedness
Getting started with preparedness can look daunting – that’s a fact. I’ve talked about Why We Should Prepare – the fact that we need to be ready to deal with natural disasters and man-made disasters, including personal emergencies, such as loss of income due to...
by indy | Jan 26, 2016 | Camping, Preparedness, Survival
Primitive camping means a lot of different things to different people. For my demonstration today I’m referring to what my husband and I call primitive camping. This means backpacking into the wilderness and setting up a camp with what we’ve carried in, including...
by indy | Jan 5, 2016 | Encouragement, Preparedness, Survival
What Threatens Your Self-Reliance? Too many times when we think about being prepared for disasters (natural or man-made) we tend not to consider an economic downturn. Most people will not even discuss the topic. But it doesn’t even have to be a nationwide event. It...
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter. 
