Ok. I know it has only been a bit over a year…but SO much can happen in the amount of time….it FEELS like its been 25 years. I was told by a good friend that if I didn’t slow down, I would burn out. I laughed at him, telling him I’ll ALWAYS be full of BS…and […]
Posts in the state of mind category:
Front Porch Memories
As a kid spending time at my grandparents house, much time was spent sitting on the front porch. It was where we would sit while shucking corn, shelling peas, and stringing beans. We would play tag, run, laugh, jump, climb, and cause general low-grade mayhem as kids. It was the social gathering point whenever folks […]
animals, Community, food preservation, foraging, gardening, Planning, rabbits, self sufficiency, state of mind
What Makes You a Prepper?
I recently went back to my roots in West Virginia, visiting there for the first time since I started FloridaHillbilly.com. I stayed with friends from high school, folks that have consistently proven themselves to be worthy of that short list of folks that you know you can call at 3am when you need bailed out, […]
The Ultimate Secret to Preparedness
A while back, my family and I were at a cookout at a friends house. Also attending were several couples that I’d never met before. After the festivities started to wind down, one of the new acquaintances mentioned my website, catching me off guard. I was well aware that my friends that were hosting knew […]
attitude, chickens, equipment, foraging, gardening, how-to, Muscovy ducks, Planning, plants, prep list, Quail, rabbits, Reading Material, self sufficiency, Sites I frequent, skills, state of mind, survival
Rule Of Threes
In survival training, many instructors refer to the “Rule of Threes”. Here they are, as taught to me by Hank, of Green Earth Survival School:
Struggle and Strife, But Life Goes On
We live on an amazing planet. Life is a tenacious, self motivated entity that struggles and strives to not only exist, but to thrive, grow, and reproduce. Just walk down a city street, and find a plant growing in a crack, straining upwards for every bit of sunlight it can reach, and pushing its roots […]
Fear as a Training Tool
I am a compulsive trickster. Much to my wife’s annoyance, she is on the receiving end on a regular basis. From hiding her personal belongings to jumping out to scare her at the perfect moment, I always tend to keep my immediate family on their toes. After 16 years of marriage, plus several years of […]
Review (and the Official Launch of ) Conflicted Deck 2
Earlier this week, I received my affiliate deck of Conflicted Deck II for review. I’m going to be completely candid here – I’ve not yet gone all the way through Deck I yet. (Read more about my thoughts on Conflicted Deck I here.) I can’t. Seriously, every time I read a card or two, and discuss […]
attitude, camping, Community, cooking, equipment, On the Water, self sufficiency, skills, state of mind
Frozen Moments in Time – Campfire Breakfast While Primitive Camping on an Island
From time to time, you will have a moment in time that is frozen forever in your mind as a good memory. Odds are as the years pass, that frozen moment becomes better….you forget the bad parts, leaving only the good parts of that memory. A great example of this is
A Preppper Game / Tool Review: Conflicted: The Survival Game
I have mentioned before how Prepper Fiction gets me all amped up, and usually makes me have knee-jerk reactions to the story. It was that way when I read the three books by A. American involving a guy stranded 200 miles away from home after an EMP. It also happened after I watch every episode […]