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Good morning, this is Bob Whitten, coming to you from beautiful, sunny Thomson, Illinois. When the weather turns cold like it has in Northwestern Illinois, my thoughts start shifting to fighting through weeds and hanging out under bridges. No, I ...

Hello folks, this is Bob Whitten, coming to you from beautiful, sunny Thomson, Illinois. Today I would like to tell you about a journey I have been on for the last few years. God put a passion in me, as ...

I love my life. At the age of fifty-two, I have figured out enough of the game to make the coin turn heads up more times than not. Most of the time, positive thinking and smiling through life is all ...

Hello from beautiful, sunny Thomson, Illinois. With fall coming on strong, I am brought back to my younger days of hunting with my father. Dad was a “by the rules” guy when it came to hunting. I wasn’t allowed to ...

I am a hillbilly. As I have stated before, I am very proud of that fact. Hillbillies can fix just about anything. We can also take two or three broken things and make them into something else, using duct tape, ...

Hello Off The Grid News! This is Bob Whitten, coming to you from beautiful, sunny Thomson, Illinois. Today I want to tell you about two pioneers, making their way back to self-sufficiency in a most unusual way. They happen to ...

Hello folks. This is Bob Whitten, coming to you from beautiful, sunny Thomson, Illinois. Today I will tell you all how we make lemonade out of lemons around here. For thirteen years now I have been mowing this old lawn ...

Did you ever have an idea that exploded into something much bigger than you intended? Well, folks, it happens to me all the time. A year and a half ago I had my ankle replaced. At that time, my doctor ...

Hello friends. Today I want to tell you about my Uncle Butch. As we honor our war veterans here in beautiful, sunny Thomson, Illinois, next Saturday at the Melon Days Fall Festival, Uncle Butch is on my mind and in my ...

My Grandpa Charlie and Grandma Jewel lived more than a thousand miles from us, and we only saw them once a year, but they were a great influence on me as I struggle to get “off the grid.” Ever since ...