Preparedness
CONVERTING CHAOS INTO ORDER Part Three
Monday, March 1st, 2010Author Essie Feldhacher
I love plastic, airtight, snap-lock tubs. And I remember when they were ‘invented’. But then, being born in the 4th year of the Baby Boom Generation, (1946-1964) I recall when a lot of items people take for granted today came into existence. For Yours Truly, among the most appreciated – the vast selection [...]
It’s Always RE-active; Never PRO-active
Monday, March 1st, 2010Author Tex Norton
A story buried on page 16 of the Thursday, February 11, 2010 Financial Times once again confirms that our “regulation” process simply doesn’t work. The article entitled US Safety Watchdog Under Attack reports that the United States car safety watchdog is under attack from Congress and consumer advocates for not being aggressive enough [...]
CONVERTING CHAOS INTO ORDER Part Two
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Author Essie Fedhacher
Before zealously discarding material goods, it is important to preface such heavy-lifting activities, by working to “clear the junk from our own minds” the better to apply sound judgments, rather than emotionally and mentally “doing the same thing and expecting change” – which in 12 Step parlance is the essence of “insanity”.
Sound [...]
TEOT-WAWKI FICTION AND FACT
Monday, February 8th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham
Those of you who keep up with my ramblings over on Whiskey and Gunpowder know that I’ve been reviewing writings on TEOT-WAWKI, and so far I have covered two by James Howard Kunstler, two by James Wesley comma Rawes, and a horrifying one by Forstchen entitled One Second After. A fiendish [...]
CONVERTING CHAOS INTO ORDER Part One
Monday, February 8th, 2010Author Essie Feldhacher
Recently a friend expressed how in society ‘hoarding’ has become a dirty word, one destined, it seemed, to take on a new and negative meaning in what most would have to admit has become a throw-away society caused by an over-abundance and easy replacement of material things.
“In my opinion,” my friend said, “hoarding [...]
Charity Can Be Crippling
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham
I wrote, recently, over on Whiskey and Gunpowder, about why I am so opposed to US government aid to Haiti. It isn’t our country, we have no strategic interest there–not even Kruschev thought it worth putting missile silos on–and we have been flinging billions at those people since the time of [...]
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009By Author Kristen Hall
If ever there was an doubt about the feeling of mainstream America in regard to the shakiness of our economy, one need only to look in the places where the average, middle-class lady may be found. One such place is in the crafts & hobbies market.
Having a bent toward being such [...]
City Slickers on the Farm
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Farm and ranch work does not appear to be obvious to the meanest intelligence. I’m going to regale you with some tales of our experiences based upon hiring men with military backgrounds in need of stable, happy, long-term employment who try very hard. They’re darlings, but some of the mistakes they make would never be duplicated by a six-year-old reared in a bucolic environment.