Grocery Shopping

Quarantine Day 20: Curb-Side Grocery Pick-up

We did curbside pick-up for our groceries today, and despite the three day wait, it was worth well worth it. We received more than $100 worth of groceries without entering the store or touching a cart. We only saw one person, our shopper, and she kept her distance while being very friendly and personable.
Products purchased at Sam's Club

A Sam’s Club Report as Panic Buying Begins Again

With five more days until Election Day and a potential coronavirus-inspired lockdown in the future, we visit Sam’s Club to see what is in stock.
Skyscrapers in the city

Survival Diary February 24: We Make a Trip to the City

We made our first big shopping trip to the city in two months and it drove home the difference between living in big cities, small cities and rural areas.
Baking with raisins

Quarantine Day 38: The Great Raisin Search

Today, we hosted the Great Raisin Search and I ended up getting quite a workout in the process.
This is the jacket cover of the first edition of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

A Report on Life from John Galt’s Gulch

We can stop socialism in its tracks by not sharing our money, our ideas, and our labor with them. Make little or no money, and they can’t tax you. Don’t work for the man, and the system will collapse.
Stover thermometer reading too high

Prepper Diary December 23: Adventures in Heating with Wood and Christmas...

We continue to learn while heating our house with wood, We also do some exploring of local general stores and other resources.
Week old chicks

Another Busy Week on the Homestead

With spring giving way to summer and summer storms rolling through, we have to plan our work around the weather. There always seems to be more to be done.
An old Chevy pickup truck

Prepper Diary October 21: Sometimes the Old Stuff is the Good...

Automobiles, tools and devices that are considered antiques to some are used by preppers to be prepared for a future without utilities and modern conveniences.

Our First Day of Self-Imposed Quarantine

When I woke up this morning, 2,219 Americans were reported to have tested positive for COVID-19. That represents close to 600 more than the day before.
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Day 27 of Quarantine and Counting

It’s official: In a few hours, my wife and I will have been in quarantine for four weeks. About the best I can say is that it doesn’t suck.