Things to teach your son
I was going through some things on my ever-filling hard drive. I’m not sure where I picked this up, but I’m pleased to find that…
Category: Ancient Wisdom
Grandma knew things
Your parents, grandparents or maybe great-grandparents probably lived a lot closer to the land than most of us do. My great-grandparents on both sides were…
I’m here
Somewhat barely, anyway. Eight migraines in the last 10 days. One right now. I am attempting to embrace the suck. Oddly enough, while searching for…
20 years
I wasn’t going to post anything about today. I’ve made my thoughts on 9/11 and subsequent events known on this blog, and I’ve got little…
Report from the OP, the Southeast Old Threshers Reunion, July 1-5, 2021
I both visited and worked at the Southeast Old Threshers Reunion in Denton, NC. On Day 1 I visited with friends and neighbors, prowled the…
Happy Father’s Day, Pop.
Your grandson, several years later. We carry on. It’s what men do.
Moscow Rules
From Ol’ Remus. These were on his site for a long time, and they’re becoming more and more applicable as we move forward. Moscow Rules(via…
1911 Boy Scout Handbook
1911 saw two big things happen. John Moses Browning’s iconic semi-automatic pistol was accepted by the US military, and the Boy Scouts released the first…
Building a Home Distillation Apparatus
It may not be legal to do it now, but some time in the future you might want to have this manual on the…
Prudent Food Storage FAQ
Reaching back into my archives, I find a copy of A.T.Hagan’s “Prudent Food Storage FAQ v4.0“, Running up on two decades old, it’s still…
Feeling listless?
Over the course of years, I’ve collected a lot of files from the Intertubz that can be categorized as survival or prepping information. I’m…