Review: Aftermath by LeAnn Edmondson

LeAnn sure got my attention with this book.  There have only been two other authors that I need to pre-plan when I will read their books and that is Cathy Bryant and Robert Vera, but LeAnn has joined them with her 1st book Aftermath.  I was hooked from the first page...

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Review: Crossroads by Cathy Bryant

I would like to introduce you to my FAVORITE #1 Best Selling Christian fiction author, Cathy Bryant.   I had never found an author that has caused me to be so extremely cautious as to when I pick up their books until I read Cathy Bryant's first book about two years...

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Solar Cooking 101

Can you really use the sun to cook your food?  Absolutely!! There are SO many incredible benefits to harnessing the sun to cook your food.  Being that our home is 100% solar powered,...

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Essential Homesteading Tools From Kitchen To Field

As most of you know, we live 100% off-grid with solar power.  Our mindset may be a bit more frugal than the average Joe, BUT we feel there are definitely essentials necessary for homesteading and off-grid living. We live very traditionally by choice and feel that...

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Why YOU Should Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone!

Do you realize how beneficial it is to step out of your comfort zone? Our comfort zone is a place that makes you feel comfortable, it may be a place for some of us to re-energize, but it is also a place that we stay in just because of the comfort it provides.  Without...

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Inflammation In Our Bodies

I am feeling so very blessed to finally be feeling like myself again!  It was a slow process, but I also did not get where I was overnight.  So many people are experiencing so many unfortunate health issues these days and it saddens me. I feel that so many of our...

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Podcast #90: Interview with Austin of Mountain Boy Journals

March 11th, 2015: In today’s show I do a couple shout outs to our audience members, answer some questions and for the 2nd half of my show I have the extreme privilege to interview our Mountain Boy, Austin of MountainBoyJournals.com.  For more information on the...

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Last Issue of Self Reliance Illustrated

In many ways it saddens me to share this news with you.   I have been blessed to write for Self Reliance Illustrated with two of my articles being featured in each of these issues - Issue 19, Issue 20, Issue 21 and Issue 22.  We have been subscribers to SRI since they...

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Review: Homesteading Necessity – Clothespins

When you are homesteading, washing may take on a whole new meaning than to those utilizing a lot of the modern day conveniences.  Many may wash their clothes by hand, in old ringer washers or maybe even in a piece of equipment they created themselves such as a new...

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Quality Entertainment For The Winter Months

Our weather is so crazy across the country these days and our winter months provide us with a bit more downtime than the rest of the year.  We would still much rather be outside vs inside if possible, but we have been getting constant ran this year again!  UGH!!  I...

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