Cupcakes and Stun Guns and Bank Shenanigans

I get an RSS feed from a homesteading site. These people merely collect and distribute articles, as opposed to writing about their own experiences. Nothing wrong with that, but sometimes what they share makes my head spin. Here are two consecutive articles they posted: Christmas Tree Strawberry Brownie Cupcake Mix, and How To Make A… Continue reading Cupcakes and Stun Guns and Bank Shenanigans

Black Friday

A belated Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! What is this thing today, Black Friday! The names says it all to me! A day of dark doings. We will not be saving money by spending money we do not have. Food and shelter and health care are not on sale, so there isn’t anything of… Continue reading Black Friday

Winter Landscape

An important survival skill, when living a life of isolation, is to structure time according to conditions. Winter, bringing dangerous driving conditions, and requiring strategies for domestic heat, alters the daily landscape. Travel becomes a complex challenge, vulnerable to unpredictable circumstance. In the winter our world shrinks, and we are made aware of the forces… Continue reading Winter Landscape