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If you have made the decision that you would like to try your hand at keeping some chickens in your backyard, there are a few considerations that you might want to make first, and although you have probably thought of some of these, there just might be a few that might come as a surprise.

The Gross Domestic Product, the Consumer Price Index, the National Debt, and even the Annual Deficit. What do all of these economic indicators really mean? Or does it really matter? Wouldn’t those in Washington tell us if things were really bad? Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in the specifics of how we are […]

As tax time approaches, many of us are getting our financial documents in order for the April 15th deadline, just two months from now. We’re collecting our receipts and organizing our deductions, making sure that we have all of the necessary information to paint a complete picture for our annual returns. This got me to […]

It seems that at some point, just about everyone suffers from a soft tissue injury from either repetitive motion or maybe an accidental twist.  The first time I sprained an ankle was when I was five.  My younger sister had run off across a grocery store and I tore off after her (to tell her […]

There have been fads in cooking and diet for decades.  There was the cabbage soup diet, the oat bran craze of the late 80’s, carbophobia from the Atkins Diet, and so on.  But the element of the American diet that seems to have had the most swings in it over time is the question of […]

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Sam Winston’s novel What Came After is a different type of post-collapse story.  It is set around 2050 and only the old-timers remember the world the way it was “before.”  The United States has devolved into only 3 categories of people- Ownership, Management, and the “generics.” Ownership is made up of the ultra-rich, mostly those […]

In the last installment of the First Aid Refreshers, I covered minor burns.  This time, I want to look at the more serious ones that will require very careful attention. Types of Burns, continued 3.  Deep (3rd degree) These go beyond the top layer of skin and destroy tissue.  They may leave exposed raw areas […]

In this installment of the cloth diapers and prevent diaper rashes series, I have some recommendations for methods to treat and cure it as well as some products you may want to consider purchasing. Treating Diaper Rash So you’ve tried all those preventative things and still baby has a rash.  Don’t feel too badly-  it […]

At 10:15am CST, 2.2 million people across 9 states will seek refuge from a major earthquake along the New Madrid fault. People will drop to the ground before the shaking topples them, they will take cover under a sturdy object like a table or beside a bed, and they will hold on until the shaking […]