Recently my family experienced the loss of my father-in-law. He was a spectacular man who cared for his family very deeply. My father-in-...

The news of our conflict with North Korea seems to be inescapable. Every where you go people are discussing rising tensions and asking how...

It was a quiet Tuesday night. My family and I had an early dinner because I was headed off to martial arts. After participating in class...

Having a summer survival party is a great way to get your children involved in learning wilderness survival basics while having some fun...

My husband and I learned an important lesson this winter, burning "green" wood is a no, no! For the past couple of years in California w...

One of my main objectives when I started researching survival information was to relearn the skills that my grandparents took for grant...

Where today's pin of the month comes from is a little bit of a mystery. It links to http://www.notonthehighstreet.com so that is the lin...

Louis L'Amour was a great writer. Although he mostly expressed his talents in western novels, those books were more of his money makers ...

The pin for this month focuses on an issue I have been wanting to discuss for a long time. This image comes from positivemed.com. They di...

I am deeply honored to have received this testimonial from James Talmage Stevens aka, Dr. Prepper: I have interviewed many interesting wr...

It is easy to get bogged down with research when you are interested in learning all there is to know about survival in a wilderness or u...

I was challenged by an author friend of mine to do a blog of my top ten favorite movie stars. Given the theme of my blog I decided to d...

Feeling like you are prepared can be one of your greatest benefits and hindrances. Let me explain: Having thought through scenarios wher...

Expanded thoughts: Personally I enjoy books that have a great story but also teach you valuable information as you journey along with t...

This is a tough question for obvious reasons. What would you really be willing to do? Would you be willing to kill someone just because ...

This discussion topic is important because a lot of the things we prep are not things we use day to day. Yes, it would be a very differe...

Do you have a plan? What do you do if your power goes out? Water? Gas? What if you lost them all at the same time? A household can't sur...

Day After Disaster's Virtual Book Tour is underway! Topics range from details from the book, author interviews, character interviews, s...