Even though it was 49 years ago, I still remember the WW2-era can of dried eggs sitting on the shelf in my extended family’s shared vacation cabin in the Arkansas Ozarks. I was five and remember my mother fussing as Read more…
For years we have talked about stocking up on food and water. And for years we did nothing about it. I think busy life and not really worrying was the culprit. Then I lost my job. At first I figured Read more…
As a child, we didn’t call what my wife and I do now “prepping”. I don’t know what it was called, it was just what my family did. As I got older, I somehow lost those skills and the desire Read more…
All of us at one time or another think about “what ifs.” The fact is that because of our planning for some of the “what ifs” in life we have things that we purchase or do to prepare for them. Read more…
When I was growing up, I was raised by two grandmother’s. One a farmer’s wife who grew up thru the depression; farming didn’t make a lot of money but it did make food. The other grandmother escaped Nazi Germany before Read more…
My “prepper syndrome” started a long time ago when I was a little girl. I can remember my mother canning and canning and canning…and she said was for “just in case something happens” . I never asked or understood what Read more…
Hiya! My name is Sandy, and I don’t have a bunker full of foodstuffs or the super-cool armory of doom. What I do have is freckles. *smile* One day, as I was sitting at my desk in my nice Read more…
Yes, you can be a prepper too! You probably already have some of the items you need right in you own home. Look around and see what items you already have that will help you to be more self-reliant. Read more…
Having been born and raised in the Deep South (Montgomery, Al to be exact) and not from an independently wealthy family, it turns out I have been a prepper all of my life without realizing it. I cannot remember a Read more…
Growing up I was raised to have a self-reliant and “Can Do” attitude. But I did not truly understand or comprehend what preparedness was and what it meant to me until the first years of my marriage. In fact there was Read more…