Living off-grid has only in recent times become a “trend.” Up until about 100 or so years ago, it was just called living! Everyone—from the…
Eating in season. Eating locally. They’re not just foodie buzzwords, that’s how our ancestors ate. They had to. There was no running to the store…
Panning for gold is fun, relaxing, and a great way to strike it rich! Ok, so you may not become rich, but it is fun…
We spend our lives trying to get back to our Earthly roots, living simpler and off the land, recycling when we can, and doing as…
We didn’t invent recycling. Our ancestors did it by necessity. On the original homesteads across North America people re-jigged hard to obtain parts and materials…
I subscribe to a number of homesteading blogs. One in particular chronicles the adventures of a single person running a small homestead. While I certainly…
We haven’t set the mountain on fire… yet. But it is always a possibility, of which we are acutely aware, every time we practice our…
It was 9:00 on a frigid Saturday night in mid-January. The sun had long since passed across the horizon and it was pitch dark outside.…
The holidays should be a time of great joy and peace. It is a time to reconnect with friends and family. It is too easy…
Let’s face it, many of us do a lot of driving. Kids that are back in school need to be dropped off and picked up.…
It got me thinking after I had been to one of the “Retire Wealthy” meetings, and had listened to speaker after speaker telling us we…
When I was younger, I worked as a new car salesman for about 2 years. I worked at an AutoNation dealership. Currently, AutoNation owns over…