I Hosted a Power-Outage Party—10 Things I Learned When the Lights Went Out (and So Did the Cheese Dip)

Let me set the scene: It was a Friday night, and my living room looked like it was auditioning for a Pinterest board titled “Rustic Apocalypse Chic.” I had invited a group of neighbors over for what I lovingly dubbed The Power-Outage Party—a fully planned, partially ridiculous, community-building experiment in Read more…

Survival of the Fittest… Pancake? Cooking with Only 3 Ingredients You Can Actually Pronounce

Let’s be honest—there comes a time in every self-reliant soul’s journey where the pantry looks more like a science lab than a kitchen. Between the “maltodextrin,” “sodium hexawhatchamacallit,” and the “may-contain-traces-of-meteor-dust” additives, you start wondering if you’re prepping for dinner or a high school chemistry final. But here’s a little Read more…

The Preparedness of Pirates: What We Can Learn from 1700s Sea Scallywags

Ah…the pirates of old. Rationing, water purification, navigation, self-governance… and the occasional cannon. They were the O.G. preppers, minus the deodorant. Before there were bug-out bags, freeze-dried chili mac, and YouTube channels explaining 37 ways to purify pond water with a paperclip, there were pirates — briny, bruised, and blissfully unaware Read more…