If you’ve already read my blog Preparedness: Not Paranoia, you know that I talk a lot about the fact that being prepared used to simply be a way of life. No one thought of it as being paranoid. Today it’s sometimes referred to as Prepping or ‘Modern Homesteading’. The...
September 2011, a blackout swept across parts of the U.S. Southwest and Mexico leaving roughly 6 million people without power. There was no warning, no stormy weather, no earthquake. One minute we had electricity—the next—nothing. We lived in Southern California at...
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.