Charles A. Sanders, author of The Self-Reliant Homestead: A Book of Country Skills, has made a career as a Conservation Officer with the Indiana State…
Clearly, it was not the best day in Daniel Freeman's life. He'd been on the trail for over three weeks, and the weather had been…
They came from the city. They were prepared. They were prepared for the complete collapse of world civilization, and with it, the demise of the…
It’s a common occurrence this time of year. You’re walking through the woods enjoying the cool dry air as the autumn colors are just beginning…
Like most Americans, I find it very relaxing on occasion to take time away from my regular work to do something at which I’m not…
I've been pretty busy lately doing whatever it is that I do. Besides all that, I've personally spent the week preparing for the Olympics. Not…
This morning, I was thinking about when I was a kid, about the farm across the river from ours, and about the folks who lived…
Here at Exclamation Pointe, autumn is a tranquil time when the subtle shift in the winds and the gradual drop in the temperatures, foretell…
The adze is among the very oldest of stone-age tools. It was invented about the first time someone tied a rock to a stick, which…
Sometimes we Americans can have some pretty lame attitudes toward food. We insist that tomatoes are a fruit, but nobody ever puts one in a…
"It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating." ~ Oscar Wilde ~~~~~~~~ So you’re out of work; maybe you have been…
The illustration above is from a 1949 Studebaker advertisement... that Never-never Land where everyone drove a Studebaker. ~~~~~~~~ I grew up on a cattle ranch…
