I’m sure most of us have woken up the ‘next morning’ not quite knowing where we are or how we got there or what the heck happened to us. But imagine waking up, not knowing where you are, trapped in a body bag, and realizing you were put out to ‘pasture’ and marked as dead. […]
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Book Review: It’s the “New World” and I feel .. Conflicted!
What happens when… …you’ve got a great Bug Out Plan worked out for your family…..and it doesn’t work? …the community you thought you could survive with turns on you? …you just want the world to be normal after a devastating EMP? …you are a serviceman stationed far far away from home and your world goes […]
For the Kids: A Kid Reviews Jake & Miller’s Big Adventure
Sometimes, children have a hard time understanding the meaning of preparedness, or get scared at the thought of venturing out into the great unknown and the dangers they perceive there. Having a book that helps reinforce what we, as parents, are teaching them is a great asset. Jake & Miller’s Big Adventure by Bernie Carr […]
Food Storage for Self-Sufficiency & Survival: Book Review
Food Storage for Self-Sufficiency: The best food storage book to get you started! Food Storage is the number one priority for most families. Not only are we trying to store water and food stuffs for short term emergencies, but we’re trying to ensure that we have what it will take to keep us going in […]
The Pantry Primer: Create a Year’s Supply of Food in Three Months – a Review
If you’ve just started on the road to preparedness and look at your pantry thinking that you could NEVER survive on what’s in it or that it is completely bare or filled with mac’n’cheese in a pouch and pasta in a can, look to The Organic Prepper’s new book, “The Pantry Primer” on a way […]
Creating Self-Reliant Kids: Prepper Pete Prepares – a Child’s Book about Being Prepared
We all know the story about the ant and the grasshopper, right? In this new book series, geared towards children (5-10), Kermit Jones, Jr. brings the ant right to our bedside story time with Prepper Pete! A resourceful ant who knows the importance of being prepared for all kinds of scenarios and wants to teach […]
The Prepper’s Guide to Food Storage: A Book Review
So you’ve begun to think about putting some stuff away – just in case. But where to start? Gaye Levy of BackdoorSurvival.com has put together an e-book that might be just the thing for you! Don’t let the word Prepper fool you. The Prepper’s Guide to Food Storage is a basic, how to get it […]
I Saw It For You: The Wall Movie Review
One day, while rummaging through Netflix for something to occupy some downtime for me after a crazy week, I ran into a little film called, The Wall. Lest you think that it’s Pink Floyd, don’t be mistaken. This piece of introspective, dystopian movie making is small, quiet, but oh so grand to look at, film […]
A Kinder, Gentler Side of Prepper Fiction
Can you really imagine that there could be a kinder, gentler side to any storyline that starts off that the world, as we know it, has just ended and that thousands if not millions are about to die horrible deaths, and that there is never going to be any more toilet paper, ever? Historically, PAW […]
My Prepper Library
I added a new page to my blog, My Prepper Library. It’s an ongoing list of books I’ve found helpful or are standards in the movement that are on my immediate to-be-read list. I’ll be adding to it as I finish a book with a mini-review and adding more as I go, so check back […]