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Homemade mouthwash by JVSwild12
In my quest to become self-reliant and non-dependent on grocery stores and mass-marketed, over-processed goods and services, I have looked into recipes for everything from homemade laundry detergen...
In my quest to become self-reliant and non-dependent on grocery stores and mass-marketed, over-processed goods and services, I have looked into recipes for everything from homemade laundry detergen...
Back in the saddle by JVSwild12Well, it has been a couple of months since my last post...I was away at a school for a bit and it has taken a while for me to get back into the swing of things. BUt here I am, back in the saddle, a...
Remove the head or destroy the brain: Good advice for killing zombies and snakes by JVSwild12Country living is wonderful but there are things you must be aware of –– like snakes. Snakes can be anywhere on the property, and you don’t get to chose where or when you find them. Luckily,...
A Game of Thrones by MBRrr808
Blogs can be mindless, right? Mindless in that I can write in a way I cannot write in articles. Without thinking. Just starting up, creeping out like a seedling, testing the air — too hot? too dry...
Blogs can be mindless, right? Mindless in that I can write in a way I cannot write in articles. Without thinking. Just starting up, creeping out like a seedling, testing the air — too hot? too dry...
Golf balls revisited by CFOD2020For those of you who found my addiction to seeking miss hit and orphaned golf balls humorous — and judging from the comments I received, there were a vast number of you — I would like to take this...
Planting by the signs, courtesy of Foxfire by JVSwild12
Over the weekend the weather was sunny, the recent downpours made the soil quite manageable and the “planting signs” were right –– it was time to plant the garden! What do I mean by “planting s...
Over the weekend the weather was sunny, the recent downpours made the soil quite manageable and the “planting signs” were right –– it was time to plant the garden! What do I mean by “planting s...
Visiting the Alzheimer's Ward by MBRrr808
The old woman in the Alzheimer's ward wore a wide-brimmed straw hat, affixed to her head by a tie that wrapped around her mottled chin. Her hair was thin but long. She wore a pair of khaki capr...
The old woman in the Alzheimer's ward wore a wide-brimmed straw hat, affixed to her head by a tie that wrapped around her mottled chin. Her hair was thin but long. She wore a pair of khaki capr...
Fitness: A tool for self-sufficiency and survival by JVSwild12
You don’t have to be a physically fit person to be self-sufficient – but it sure would help. I had many, many leaves on the ground that had to be raked away to make room for the new garden, the...
You don’t have to be a physically fit person to be self-sufficient – but it sure would help. I had many, many leaves on the ground that had to be raked away to make room for the new garden, the...
A Lesson in Driving by MBRrr808
Yesterday, during a heavy rainstorm, I ran over a piece of flotsam tire in the road and in the blink of an eye, my tire was completely flat and I was driving on the rim. What makes matters worse i...
Yesterday, during a heavy rainstorm, I ran over a piece of flotsam tire in the road and in the blink of an eye, my tire was completely flat and I was driving on the rim. What makes matters worse i...
Someone always has it worse by CFOD2020Regardless of how difficult your day is, you can usually find someone whose day is worse. This morning (March 9) I woke up at my normal time, stumbled to the bathroom (as I normally do), then f...
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