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Laura had been having contractions for weeks; it seems to be her body’s way of telling her that the day is drawing nigh. But the contractions are only an uncomfortable precursor. With each of our pregnancies, it’s not until her water breaks that we know that the birth of the newest member of our family […]

I got up this morning, made a cup of hot, black tea and turned to my computer. I distracted myself for a while by reading blog posts and scanning the news. But atlas, I couldn’t avoid my real chore of the morning any longer. I heated up another cup of tea and started paying bills. […]

Laura baked homemade bread again last night. When she bakes, it’s a twofer. The wonderful aroma wafts through the house and I get to eat fresh baked bread. The smell is better than any candle and the bread is better than from the store. This morning, I poured honey from my aunt’s beehive over a couple […]

Coming off of the holiday weekend, I had a pretty lazy start to the day despite waking up early. Since today is effectively a Monday, I didn’t want to jump into things too quickly. After the kids awoke, I made breakfast. We had fried eggs sandwiches. They were delicious, if I do say so myself. […]

I was catching up on reading blogs earlier today and found this one from Ryan over at Total Survivalist Libertarian Rant. It’s a simple picture that shows how just how bad the US Economy is by comparing it to a household budget. It’s hard to argue with it. What do you think?  Can we recover? […]

Had a wonderful time over the weekend. Camped Friday night, got up and day-hiked 10 miles through some pretty hilly terrain, and returned to my base camp on Saturday afternoon. Came home on Sunday. It was a bit chilly at night, but I had good gear and slept well. Made sure to carry the necessities […]

Those you of you subscribe may have realized that we had a “publishing glitch” today and the usual installment was delayed.  That also meant that it went out without quite all it was supposed to have. I had taken a number of pictures of the persimmon trees and fruit to include with the post, but […]

While I was connecting the bush hog to the back of the tractor, I was greeted by 4 or 5 wasps that were rather annoyed with my jostling of the farm implement. Another trip back up to the house to get the wasp spray.

I got up this morning and checked the survival blogs that I regularly read. I try to participate by submitting comments to let the authors know that I appreciate their thoughts and efforts. There are a number that I particularly enjoy. I’ve already mentioned the Bear Ridge Trading Post. I also like SHTF Blog a […]

This morning as I headed into work, I took a reminder of my life in the country with me. Most reminders, I enjoy. This one, not so much. I had accidentally stepped in pretty fresh pile created by our most recent security addition. I noticed it immediately upon entering my truck; it would have been […]