I love learning survival skills. I can’t help it—it’s just who I am. Our ancestors were in tune with their surroundings and knew how to use what nature offered up. I find that knowledge fascinating. Just as the Native Americans strive to keep their culture alive...
THE GOOD Yesterday was blog writing day. The day I pick a topic and do my first draft for my weekly blog post. I usually breeze right through this task and it’s fun creative writing time. THE BAD And yet, yesterday the hours ticked by…vague ideas came and...
“Wherever mankind has left a patch of earth, even a tiny crack in the sidewalk, nature will try to fill that niche. The wonders of nature can be found wherever we look—anyplace, city or suburb, countryside or wilderness—nature is everywhere.” ~ Tom Brown, Jr. Growing...
Food storage can be as extensive as canning a year’s worth of garden produce (to last until the next harvest), to having enough food on hand to feed your family for a couple of weeks. Everyone has different needs and views on the topic, as well as space for storage....
No matter where you live, whether your part of the country experiences earthquakes, wildfires, seasonal floods or hurricanes, we all have our own set of natural disasters and dangerous conditions that might mean evacuation… We used to live in Southern...
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.
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. 
