Survival 49 Days

On Mon­day, I read this incred­i­ble sto­ry of a woman sur­viv­ing in the Neva­da wilder­ness:  For 49 days, Rita Chre­tien wait­ed for a mir­a­cle. Her hus­band had ven­tured off to get help three days after their mini­van got strand­ed off-road in the cold,... Read more

Black Swans, Why We Prepare

A few years ago I read a book called The Black Swan, by Nas­sim Taleb.  While the book is pri­mar­i­ly applic­a­ble to the finan­cial cri­sis (it came out before the cred­it cri­sis hit and accu­rate­ly pre­dict­ed the issues), it also applies to low... Read more
A Friend Has Lost Everything, Checked Into a Men’s Shelter…

A Friend Has Lost Everything, Checked Into a Men’s Shelter…

This post is very close to my heart…  It pains me to write it, as it affects a friend of mine direct­ly, that refus­es help, as I will illus­trate. I have a friend I got a call from this week.  He has lost his job, his apart­ment, much of his cloth­ing,... Read more

PDF on Obtaining, Storing, and Keeping Water Clean

Green-Trust.org has a post today on obtain­ing, stor­ing, and keep­ing water clean, and there is a free PDF for down­load.  I want­ed to share with my read­ers.  Check out the post here: http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/2010/08/29/water-for-life/ It is... Read more