Feb 08
All warfare is based on deception ~ Sun Tzu Lots of articles on the gray man concept, in the 8 years I’ve been blogging here I’m quite sure I’ve written an article on the topic but am too lazy to go back and search and quite honestly over the last decade my views have probably …
Jan 29
It’s safe to say I have over a year’s worth of storage food for my family should anything go sideways (tiered storage, various types etc). I also have a pretty robust water storage supply in addition to a well I just had checked and in a worst case, a river about 3/4 of a mile …
Jan 25
Recently I was able to assist a higher profile gentleman who believed he had a stalker, and with good reason (there was substantial evidence and threats). Once I had discussed the details with him my immediate reaction was to ask him to get the local authorities involved, based on my assessment of the situation there …
Jan 22
A few days ago I strolled into the local bank, overdraft slip in hand looking for a manager. I did the same thing last year and will probably do it again next year. I opened an account at this particular institution for one reason: Safe Deposit box. Every year the charge for the box comes …
Jan 21
What’s up guys! Been traveling over the last week and quite honestly couldn’t find the time to sit down and blog, my latest article covers some of it so check it out. I must say that I flew Southwest for most of the journey but also had a 3 hour flight on United where I …
Jan 20
I’m sure you’ve noticed the gap in posting over the last week and that’s because I was traveling. The fact that I was away from the homestead was bad enough, couple that with I was gone for 7 days with a small roller bag / backpack and not a single traditional self defense weapon on …
Jan 11
I have often stated that when it comes to preparedness the localized natural disasters which one might face should be prioritized far above any of the low probability, high impact events usually seen on Doomsday Preppers. Here where I live that equates to wildfire mitigation and planning, it could be flooding or tornadoes in your …
Jan 10
It’s coming up on 4 years ago when I walked into my home in suburbia, a vinyl sided 4 bedroom standard home with a patio that you could see 37 other homes from (with 2 community pools and an HOA), and told my wife that we were moving out west. I had just come back …
Jan 07
Two is one and one is none – a phrase many live by but that can eat into other capabilities if one isn’t careful. Redundancy is critical but must be balanced against mobility, especially related to EveryDay Carry (EDC). Let’s take a real hard look at this from an EDC perspective, given a sample list: …
Jan 06
Raise your hand if you have a box somewhere full of holsters that you’ll probably never use again, I know I do. Remember when drop legs were the thing to have, how about one of those 1970’s leather TV Detective types that fit over the shoulders. *Shudder* I suppose we all have purchases that we …
Jan 06
I wanted to bring back something that I used to do frequently when I first started this blog back in 2012, headline updates. Back then I did it on a daily basis and I truly don’t think that is necessary here, I think a weekly consolidation of some headlines and a few comments below each …
Jan 05
Here I sit in the mountains typing away with a fire crackling in the wood burning stove, just the sound of the keys getting pecked at and the occasional log popping inside the fire box. We’ve lived up here over 3 years now and have previously never had a home with a wood burning stove, …
Jan 04
How many of you have seen checklists for bugging out, vehicle packing lists, how to make an amazing casserole just like Grandma used to. Maybe not the casserole but checklists abound and it’s been a few years so I can’t remember but I’ve probably published some checklists here on this blog. This evening I wanted …
Jan 01
Greetings to all those who might be reading this, as we move into 2020 the realization that I’ve been working this blog on and off for 8 years comes to mind. I’ve always been relatively obscure (intentionally) with respect to actual details of my life but I suppose a few tidbits of reflection couldn’t hurt. …
Aug 18
Hello everyone! It’s been a long time but thought to check in. Living in the mountains has kept me busy but this time of year it’s all about prep for winter (read: wood storage). Last winter we burned through 3 cord in our wood stove but I knew I had a few improvements to make. …
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