Fish 3, Fishermen 0
Son and I spent 3 days trout fishing in West Virginia and got skunked. No…
The Freeholder
Probably nothing the remainder of the week
I’m on a trip with Son to West By Gawd Virginia in search of the…
Report from the OP, September 14, 2021
I’m taking something more of a view from 35,000′ this time around. No links because…
20 years
I wasn’t going to post anything about today. I’ve made my thoughts on 9/11 and…
Slowly I turn…step by step…inch by inch
A while back, all talk was about Civil War II (CWII), which many believed was…
The food weapon
Don’t think that those who hate us and want us to die won’t use food…
2+2=4
Can someone give me a good explanation why you would spend the money to develop…
10 Weeks to Preparedness
I’ve had this sitting in a tab long enough that I’ve forgotten where I found…
Fine Art Tuesday
Fortifications have a long history. The first was probably a rock shelter or a cave…
Report from the OP, September 5, 2021
What a week. Seriously. Let’s start off with Hurricane Ida. Here in the Piedmont region…
A dark prediction
Hurricane Ida and the leftovers have done a number on my migraines yesterday and so…
Fine Art Tuesday
I don’t watch movies as much as I once did. I think our cultural ADHD…
Report from the OP, August 29, 2021
I’ve said before that our situation, which you may or may not choose to think…
Has the “S” Hit The “F”?
Michael Bane has been talking about this subject or quite a while. How do you…
In which we get the message
I knew that something like this would happen. I may not be a gardener (yet),…
Fine Art Tuesday
Working is a musical, based on the 1974 Studs Terkel book of the same name….
In which I learn that dirt isn’t cheap
In response to this post on Wednesday, a couple of folks urged me to go…
We’re standing on the precipice
To some extent, I’m going to echo other bloggers, such as Bayou Renaissance Man, who…
Meanwhile, in North Carolina
Own it, Joe.
Didn’t we used to talk about guns here?
Blue Collar Prepping has a nice article on chamber casting. It’s a pleasant read after…
Fine Art Tuesday
Clogging is the national dance of Appalachia, and has its roots in England and Wales…
Report from the OP, August 16, 2021
It’s amazing how 2 days can change so much. We went on a long-scheduled group…
Bailing out for the weekend
We’re off to somewhere more elevated in search of a couple of days respite from…
A warning from Victor Davis Hanson
Via Rantingly. Another voice crying into the whirlwind for it to stop. Maybe it will…
Fine Art Tuesday
Should a literature entry for Fine Art Tuesday be what is considered “great” literature? If…
I think this is important
The migraines have been co-operating lately, so I’ve been much more physically active. And then…
Report from the OP, August 7, 2021
As I’ve said before, collapse is a process, not an event. We’ve went for weeks…