Amen To The Praying Mantis
By Allen Easterly
Over the teeth and past the gums, look out stomach here it comes. I don’t know if that’s the prayer being said...
Low-cost living: Frugality as a way of life
By Patrice Lewis
Back in 1990, as newlyweds, my husband and I were normal. We lived in a rental house in Sacramento. We had two...
Are There Holes In Your Preparedness Plan?
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson
Providing for your family is a basic self-reliance tenet. I don’t look at myself as a “prepper” (a word referring to folks...
The circle of homesteading
By Patrice Lewis
It all started one day about 20 years ago when I was cleaning the barn.
My task involved shoveling manure into a compost...
