Monthly Archives: April 2020

America needs to rethink its food situation. Where it comes from and where and who processes it. I have nothing against big corporations except that when they control your food supply and then the supply chain breaks down and all they say is sorry were shutdown or we can’t supply you because our suppliers areContinue reading “The Old Ways are New Again”

Preparedness and preppers are all about the basics and that’s what you need to survive, food, water, shelter, protection, etc, etc. Once prepared or in addition to the basics you might want to think about comfort or what some call luxury items to add to your preps. I was raised up way out in theContinue reading “Old Fashion Preps and Provisions Outside the Box”

I’m not a smoker but every now and then out on the back porch I’ll smoke my pipe. Mainly because the smell of the tobacco and the wooden matches take me back to when I was a child and my grandfather Weaver McEwin would sit in the porch swing on his front porch and smokeContinue reading “Simple Things”

The polk-salet is growing in East Texas folks ! Polk greens, polk salad, what ever you want to call it. If you ain’t never tried it you need to, its wild and it’s free and fresh, tastes better than spinach and remember to boil it and drain it three times because it’s poisonous. I likeContinue reading “Polk-salet”

Spending Quality Time with my children. Lol.

As the global coronavirus pandemic staggers the financial system, millions are losing their jobs and they suddenly have no means by which to feed their families or put a roof over their heads. Police departments are announcing reduced service for “minor” incidents while at the same time cancelling leave for officers as if trouble is […]Continue reading “Guns for Self-Defense? — A Small Blue Marble”

My nephews would fill another book with stories, but here is a brief introduction to an average day around their place. I was about 17 at the time. I pulled into my brother’s driveway over on North Woods Road. As I pulled up behind his pickup, I noticed little Joey age about 2 ½ withContinue reading “My Nephews”

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