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  Carrying a backup gun isn’t exactly common practice. I don’t do it as much as I probably should, but I do takea backup weapon occasionally. My threat analysis usually drives my decision making. When I’m going to a place, ...

  Bus becomes home and business for family of three. “Be Bold and Seek Adventure” is the motto of Finny Hill Photography, Liz and Mike Byrd’s traveling wedding photography business. They also use the phrase to represent the lifestyle choice ...

I don’t know about you, but when I sprinkle chives on my baked potato or omelet, I do it for the flavor and the punch of color. I don’t make an effort to eat chives for their health benefits — and ...

The lives and property of many Americas are in grave peril from new threats of historic fire danger this summer. In fact, drought is turning large areas of the country into a tinderbox. The historic fire danger led to blazes ...

Breath in deep. Now let the breath fall out. Again. Complete this exercise 30 times and a growing number of people will tell you to expect everything from changing the chemistry of your body to being able to survive insanely ...

  There are many foods that store well, and many foods that are super-nutritious or have high caloric value, but the number of foods that store well and are especially nutrient- and calorie-rich are much fewer. Calories without nutrients won’t ...

I am constantly thinking through and rethinking survival scenarios. Of all of these, the loss of our electric grid, either due to a solar event or an EMP attack, is probably the most challenging, as well as being the most ...

As strange as it may sound, at times I almost look back nostalgically towards the years President Obama was in office. Back then it was easy to convince conservatives of the need to prepare for a disaster. We could always ...

A bug-out plan is something that every seasoned prepper has, but developing a good bug-out plan is another thing entirely. For most of us, the hardest part of that is coming up with a place to go, in the case ...

  Editor’s note: This is the second story in a two-part series about what the federal government says should be stockpiled. Read part 1 here. Perhaps surprisingly, the federal government has been part of what has driven the prepping movement. ...