Sunday Reading
Reading time has been in short supply this week. I have not picked up a book the entire week. “Working” at Republican Part HQ, a…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 27: How did I get in this basket, and why is the breeze picking up?
Every time I write a “Life in the time of Wuflu” post, I feel like it can’t get any worse. And every time, I’m wrong.…
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…
Making electricity while the sun shines
I have been considering just how to convince Mrs. Freeholder that we need some solar power in our life. This is not solely for what…
Fine Art Tuesday
Landscape with Rainbow, Robert S. Duncanson, 1859 Born in 1821 in New York, Robert S. Duncanson was a descendant of freed slaves who practiced in…
Happy Columbus Day
(Link via Rantingly) I’ve never been one to celebrate Columbus Day, but since it seems to piss off all the right people, I’m going…
Sunday Reading
Not my copy. Mine is rather more worn. Time for reading has been short, so I went with a book I’ve read a number…
It’s a sickness, I’m tellin’ ya!
Zenith Transoceanic, Model B600 Yes, I should be putting the money into something useful, like ammo. If there were any. I justify it as an(other)…
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…
Fine Art Tuesday
Sunset, Odilon Redon Odilon Redon was born in 1840 in Bordeaux, France to a prosperous family. He showed an early talent for drawing, but at…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 26: About that supply chain thing-and a warning
Mrs. Freeholder and I went grocery shopping yesterday. This is unusual. Normally, one or the other goes. However, Mrs. Freeholder has passed some non-verbal…
Sunday Reading
This time it’s not so much reading as browsing. My recent purchase moved me to pick this book up. I’ve had it for a…
A Saturday quickie
You know, ya’ll got some dirty minds… Not that kind of quickie. *sigh* Normally, when the weather is good and there is no migraine, Saturday…
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…
Acqusitions
Zenith 9-S-262, manufactured in 1938 Remember the old Lays potato chip commercial-“You can’t eat just one!” I’m not much on chips but old .22 rifles…
Know your enemy
I’ve often noted that I don’t read my own blogroll enough, so it’s no surprise that Eaton Rapids Joe has a link to a post…
Fine Art Tuesday
Martines Legs, Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1968 (As suggested by Jed. Thanks for bailing me out, man.) Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), was a French photographer, son of…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 25: Supply chain distress
The supply chain is hurting. Over the last two weeks, I’ve seen example after example of supply chain issues. If I’d seen just one or…
Sunday Reading
I have what may be an odd mental quirk. When things are “bad”, most people want happy, sunshine and puppies, entertainment. Not me. I…
Good reading, but…
No, not my first time. I remember in college reading the book “Who Rules America” in an anthropology class. The 20-something year old me…
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…
Fine Art Tuesday-a digression
We could also subtitle this one “Learning my craft”. As I pursue the topic of Fine Art Tuesday, I find myself learning more and…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 24: A gunshow miraculously appears
Well…yeah. The Notorious RBG kicks off and there is finally a gun show-how much better can my weekend get during a pandemic, I ask you.…
Sunday Reading
The Library of the Palais Bourbon in Paris The weather has went from hot an humid to cool, dry and fantastic, so it’s been a…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 23: Normalcy Bias
I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts and doing a lot of reading of late. There is a thread that has been going through…
Farnam’s Code
You’ve seen me refer to Farnam’s Law: “Don’t go stupid places with stupid people and do stupid things.” I use that to reality check…
Fine Art Tuesday
Mountainous Landscape, Will Henry Stevens Will Henry Stevens was born in Indiana in 1881. Educated in art in Cincinnati and New York City, in 1920…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 22: The things you see
An actual peaceful protest in small town NC, 2020. I don’t expect this to last much longer. Mrs. Freeholder and I have…
Sunday Reading
“Have you ever felt out of place living in the modern world?” asks William S. Lind, author of Retroculture: Taking America Back. My answer…
Odd
I stopped donning the 9/11 sackcloth and ashes some time back. I still pause on this day, but generally not in any public manner. The…