Be forewarned; this book is short, blunt, and sobering.

In typical eBook spoiled brat fashion, one Amazon reviewer gives the book two stars for this reason: “Although the basic idea is a good wake up call, it really should not have the selling price it does by any means. $1.99 would have been the fair price for the Kindle version of this book.” If you share the attitude that the value of the words of a book is solely determined by its length and format, I would suggest you not waste your time reading any further.

Nothing quite matches the aroma of fresh, homemade bread baking in the oven. Enjoying the hot, crusty goodness straight from your own kitchen with a smear of sweet cream butter is about as close to heaven as it gets. Like so many other skills, baking your own bread has become a lost art. However, in
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There is a popular aphorism that says, “Be careful what you wish for.” This could apply quite well to the relationship between the off-the-grid lifestyle and how it has been portrayed by big media and popular culture. On the one hand, it is our duty to try and warn everyone who is capable of listening
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If you didn’t watch the highest-rated cable television series in the summer of 2011, it is probably because you ditched TV a long time ago, you consider anything labeled science fiction unwelcomed, or you gave it a shot but it took longer than two hours for mankind to redeem itself so you pulled out your
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What kind of book do you think a woman named Lisa Renee Sorbo Walsh Felsh Heidenstecker Mikitarian would write? If you said an eclectic mix of short stories featuring women in various seasons of their life, you would have a beginning understanding of this wonderful author’s debut book, Her Safari. I know… you’re thinking “This
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Imagine a world, our world, where every person on the planet is dead and doesn’t know it. Not zombies according to the current literary fad, but rather a planet populated by people who are but shells of what they were created to be. A people devoid of all emotion with the exception of one –
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The Conspirator, directed by Robert Redford, is the kind of movie that is probably destined to do better over time than at the box office. Less than two minutes at the beginning of the film contain anything close to the usual wide-screen fair of exploding objects or dismembered bodies. Instead, it deals with the less
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School necessity…. airline carry on…. overnight bag…. equipment carrier…. diaper bag…. hiking must… emergency preparation…. A good backpack is all of these and more. These versatile bags have been around for ages, and it seems like new uses are discovered for them every day. As the new school year starts, odds are you can find
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I do not usually suggest anyone buy very expensive items—especially books. In a way it almost defeats the purpose of living a life less extravagant. However, in this case, I feel compelled to review a book for you that is worth the hefty price tag. Deliberate Life, by Nicole Faires, is as hefty in content
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If you have access to fresh milk, whether you own your own animals or have a share in a local farmer’s stock, you are eventually going to want to try your hand at cheese. Making cheese is a ton of fun, and amazingly easy once you get the hang of it. One thing you’re going
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