It is one second after an electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States, and America is changed forever. William Forstchen gives us a glimpse into a future that is too frighteningly real and possible, leading us through the breakdown in ...
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Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens
Have you ever picked up a book, skimmed through it and thought, “Yes, this is exactly what I’m looking for!” only to get home and find out you’ve bought something with a bunch of fluff and not much substance? That ...
Read More »A Life Remembered
Today is Veteran’s Day. It’s a day to remember the incredible sacrifices that our men and women in uniform have to make on a daily basis to serve and defend our nation. Most of the time they’re on the periphery ...
Read More »Seed to Seed
If you’re looking for a resource book to add to your paper library, then Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth is well worth the price. With over 150 vegetables listed, Seed to ...
Read More »When the World Turned Upside Down
And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world. The Talmud This survival story isn’t about the skills and abilities of the people involved that helped them overcome the disaster that hit them that ...
Read More »For Now We See Through A Glass Darkly…
This is a reprint of a blog post I wrote back in February for my blog “Treasure in Clay Jars”. While some of the events are well past, the sentiment is still the same. Where does our hope lie? As ...
Read More »Surviving Hurricane Wilma
My husband and I were in Cancun when Hurricane Wilma hit. I had never been in a hurricane and was just there to relax after hand surgery the day before. We were in the tourist part of Cancun at an ...
Read More »10 Steps to Off Grid Living…Today
My name is Warren, I am known as “Offgridman” on the Internet. My story is about surviving without commercial electricity, natural gas or any of the on-grid services. In 1997 I was told I had 6 months to live. They ...
Read More »Hurricane Survivor Tips
Dear Editor, I have lived stateside for 22 years now but I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean Sea, so it is exposed to a lot of hurricane activity every year. Like most islands, ...
Read More »Saved by a Franklin Stove
When my dad retired from the post office in the early 70s, he bought a Franklin wood stove from Sears and installed it in the living room. “Northwest Ohio winters can be pretty cold,” dad would say. It seemed kind ...
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