Over the years my tomato patch has produced respectable results. But one of the problems I consistently encountered was called Blossom End Rot. It happened first some ten years ago and grew
More
By now, perceptive readers have probably concluded I’m not a big fan of bugging out.* That said, I’m not so clueless that I don’t realize it’s the only option for a very
More
Captain Cathar attempts to make the case: Because of these challenges along any crowded coastline, I’d like to suggest that your readers consider a small sailing vessel as your bug out retreat.
More
Joel Skousen on the Western Relocation Zone: The area I have outlined is what is generally referred to as the Intermountain West and includes the Great Basin—that high desert plain between the
More
Continued from Part III Dawen was waiting in the warehouse when Fossick arrived. The Rats were still gone. “Did you get it?” she asked. “I think so,” he replied. His expression betrayed
More
Continued from Part II Dawen flinched as she awoke and held her eyes closed. The bed she was in was not her own. It was hard, spartan, and narrow. It smelled like
More
Continued from Part I Dawen was alone in the kitchen of Daggers Drawn when the strumplet came in to get more mead. Wiping her hands on a dirty apron, she motioned the
More
The girl lay in the road, clothed only in dirt. Her tongue, caked with dust, pushed out of her mouth and her limbs lay twisted. The soles of her small feet were
More
One thing odd you might notice about the above income map from Visualizing Economics is the extent to which it corresponds to the map of US population density. The DC to NY
More
The recent ebola virus breakout reminded me that location is good for more than just keeping zombies at bay: UNITED NATIONS – Health ministers from 11 West African countries began a two-day
More
Hear the plaintive cry of the Ozark Prepper: Missouriwannabe: Ozark soil gardening? Yeah, right. How in the world do I garden in this soil? I’m from central Illinois. Throw seeds on the
More