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What’s in your survival library?

What is in your library of books pertaining to preparedness and survival?  I am not talking the stuff we download as we find it online, but the ones that you went out and purchased to read and put on the shelf to reference every once in a while to keep up on skills or to […]

Home made fire sticks

UPDATE 2021: I have not made these fire starters in years.  This is not to say they were not effective, they certainly were.  They were an amazing aid when we went camping and practiced fire-starting skills.  They acted as a great accelerant, especially if all you had was a bic lighter with you. I have […]

In the beginning; my first look at being a Prepper. I am clearly a neophyte…

Interestingly, while working in Midtown Manhattan for an Internet company in early 2009 I began to have the overwhelming feeling that I was too connected.  Too in touch with technology, and that I was missing something in my life.  It wasn’t spiritual (more on this later), it wasn’t necessarily religious, and I just couldn’t put […]