Confessions of a Woman Who Stores Pinto Beans in Her Ottoman(And Other Tales of Functional Furniture and Food Security) Look, I didn’t mean to become the kind of woman who stores pinto beans in her ottoman. It just sort of… happened. One minute I was flipping through a home décor Read more…
If minimalism is all about “less is more,” then I humbly submit that preparedness is about “more is less stressful.” Less frantic store runs. Less panic buying. Less drama when your kid wakes up at 2 a.m. with a fever and the roads look like the opening scene of Frozen. Read more…
You know what’s more terrifying than a natural disaster?A grown man who can’t sit still for five minutes without a screen, snack, or sarcastic comment. (And yes, Steve, I’m looking at you.) We live in a world where “stillness” is practically a four-letter word. If you’re not multitasking, doomscrolling, or Read more…
Let me start by saying: if my bug-out bag ever spilled open in the middle of a crisis, bystanders wouldn’t be inspired—they’d be deeply confused. Picture it now: a half-used tube of glittery unicorn toothpaste, a Ziploc of baking soda, a solitary Twinkie in a vacuum-sealed pouch labeled “DO NOT Read more…
Let’s be honest: if Diatomaceous Earth were a person, it’d be that unassuming friend who shows up in hiking boots, knows five languages, brews their own kombucha, and can field-dress a deer and a wound. It’s got range. You’ve probably heard that it kills bugs by dehydrating them to the Read more…
The survival scriptures, duct-taped directly to your bug-out bag. If Ron Swanson and a HAM radio had a baby—raised exclusively on SPAM, conspiracy documentaries, and YouTube canning videos—it’d be Steve. Steve is your friendly neighborhood prepper with a slight overbite, a deep mistrust of weather apps, and a storage tote Read more…
Independence Day. The one day of the year when Americans proudly drape their houses (and sometimes their pets) in flags, fire up the grill like it’s an Olympic sport, and legally blow things up in celebration of liberty. And while every nation has a July 4th, only America has Independence Read more…
How to Stay Sane (and Married) When Your Spouse Thinks “Grid-Down” Is a Netflix Genre Let’s be honest: prepping with your spouse can be either a beautiful symphony of shared values… or a full-blown duet where one person’s singing “Food Storage Forever” while the other’s yelling “This is why we Read more…
Battery Operated Bliss: The Forgotten World of Non-Internet EntertainmentBecause sometimes, the most powerful Wi-Fi signal in the house is “Sit down and deal the cards.” Bear with me, folks—yes, we’re talking Uno, board games, and radios that need muscles to work—but I promise there’s a deeper point here. One that Read more…
Because Grandma didn’t need a bug-out bag—she was the bug-out plan. Let’s face it—our great-grandparents could probably out-prep us with one hand tied behind their back and the other holding a wooden spoon. They lived without smart fridges, solar panels, or off-grid YouTube tutorials. Yet somehow, they managed to survive Read more…