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...
Take a Look around Your Kitchen. How many fancy electrical appliances and gadgets do you have sitting around? If you were without power for days (or weeks), what simple tools would you need to have on hand as a back-up plan? Or maybe you’re setting up a...
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...
How often do you think about the water you use everyday? Most people in America are spared the worry of finding water for the day. We turn on a faucet and out pours the life-saving liquid. But that’s not the case in other parts of the world. While it’s a blessing to...
Writers are a self-reliant lot. We have to be. We think, plan, craft and write in isolation. And even when we get guidance from an editor or read ‘n critique group it’s still our final decision, made in isolation, as how (or if) we will follow that advice. And writers...
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. 
