Here’s a good article on poverty and feeding yourself. I especially liked the list of tips on how to eat when you’re suddenly down on your luck.
I know very well that when you’re being worried like a rat by economic problems (and the health and other problems coming out of that), it can be hard [...]
Take a look at this article right here.
Generations of college freshmen, asked to read Walden, have sputtered with indignation when they learned that Henry David went back to Concord for dinner with his family every week or two. He’s cheating; his grand experiment is a fraud. This outrage is a useful tactic; it prevents them [...]
Swine. Flu?
Okay.
First of all, it’s not the swine flu. It’s the H1N1 strain of Influenza A, a combination of bird, human and swine flu.
So how does this work?
The flu bug is the loose lady of the virus world. It will infect just about anything with a pulse, and changes itself to make it more attractive [...]
Hope everyone is okay with the wildfires today. The news is saying there are nine large ones going and the wind’s not slowing down anytime soon.
If you need a live weather video feed, KOCO.com has a good one; I’m watching it right now.
It’s supposed to snow this weekend, probably starting tomorrow. We’re supposed to get a couple inches; in the panhandle it might be up to eight inches, along with high winds, blowing snow, and all that lovely stuff.It’s blustery and cold outside; I know because I went out and covered up my garden plots again, so [...]
My NOAA radio just went off. The first tornado watch of 2009.
So I put fresh batteries in the radio, in case we lose power. Just need to move a couple things downstairs into the storm room and I’m set.
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Here is the second part of the Plan written by Ms. Mouse – please remember that Ms. Mouse has no time for questions, [...]
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This is the first part of the food storage plan written by Ms. Anon E. [...]
The WaterBOB:
The waterBOB® is a water containment system that holds up to 100 gallons of fresh drinking water in any standard bathtub in the event of an emergency. Constructed of heavy duty food grade plastic, the waterBOB® keeps water fresh and clean for drinking, cooking, washing and flushing. Water stored in an open bathtub, with [...]
Just thinking about how things have been going in the news lately, I’m beginning to think that these Independence Days are more important that ever. Anything that makes us more self-reliant, less tied into the global economy and more tied into our local communities, makes us more able to take care of our own and [...]
Justice Desserts is doing a wonderful series over on her blog: if you had good knowledge that a disaster was coming in 21 days that would last for 6 months, what would you/should you do?
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