Has your vehicle ever broken down, leaving you stranded for hours? Have you ever been caught in a sudden snowstorm, or ice storm, making roads impassable, or worse yet, end up with your car stuck in a ditch? Ever run out of gasoline in a remote location – or have your...
Being Prepared = Redundancy You can ask my husband how I feel about redundancy when it comes to be prepared for any kind an emergency. He lovingly teases me about the myriad ways we can start a fire. Beyond having waterproof & stormproof matches, we have an...
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 pandemic crisis, most people will do some soul searching about the topic of being prepared – or being more self-reliant. Too...
Keeping Your Hands & Feet Warm can be a Challenge in Emergencies. A power outage, leaving you without heat in your home … long-term exposure to extreme cold conditions while your vehicle is stranded in bad weather … an unexpected cold front moves in...
Taking Shelter in Our Homes Most of us are blessed to be living in a house or apartment—a safe place to keep warm and dry during inclement weather. But even with today’s technologies, Mother Nature routinely reminds us that we are at her mercy, such as when power...
The Great Depression Wasn’t the First and Only One… Our country has survived more than a few recessions and depressions in its history. As early as 1797 our country suffered the first land speculation bubble and burst. Sound familiar? And there were other disastrous...
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. 
