While preparing main dishes for your family is necessary, it’s important to consider food for the non-nursing babies as well. Due to the lack of preservatives in most baby foods, it’s likely that it’s not feasible to have enough “traditional” Read more…
Communication Preparedness is the 10th Principle of Preparedness. I realize that I haven’t addressed this topic as extensively as I have the nine other principles, but the truth is, it’s not my forte. Mind you I’m cognitive of needing secret Read more…
2.4 BILLION of these are purchased every year. They are a critical part of our society, not likely to disappear even in the midst of the most gruesome of disasters. In fact, the more serious the disaster, the more needed Read more…
I’m convinced that the difference between peace and misery is practice—especially when it comes to preparedness. Practice is a very powerful educator, and every time I practice, it is a time when I learn something new: I see the Read more…
Is Martial Law Imminent in the first quarter of 2013? Well there certainly is plenty of such hearsay going around. I can’t even begin to tell you all of the e-mails I get with the same alarming headlines each day Read more…
Having a basement full of freeze-dried goods, candles, and sleeping bags really doesn’t bring us a lasting peace unless we know we have the mental fortitude to ensure that we know how to prepare, put together, and endure a time Read more…
I try not to do much on Sundays. I try to make it stand out as very different from the other days of the week; no work related activities, no activities that require others to work, etc. But that Read more…
This week my inbox has exploded with Google alerts on the keywords for “flu” and “influenza.” Over and over again I see dramatic headlines such as “Flu emergency declared”; “NY Reports 500% Increase in Flu Cases”; “US Grapples With Epidemic Read more…
Paul Potts on Britains Got Talent The Principles of Spiritual and Mental Preparedness (1st and 2nd of the 10 Principles of Preparedness) include the need for skills and knowledge but also demands the strength of the mind and spirit necessary Read more…
It seems to me like a lot of the men roaming the earth seem to possess an innate understanding about the various types of ammo to use for this and that, but a lot of my female friends and any Read more…