Author: Allyson

  • Cooking in Clay

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    My newest cookbook is now available! The Clay Table From the back cover: Clay pots are probably the oldest cookware known to humans. Since not long after we harnessed fire, we’ve been learning new and improved ways to make cooking vessels, and clay was an obvious early choice. When fired, it’s hard, heat resistant, and…

  • Prepping – Shelter

    Prepping – Shelter

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    There are lots of different types of shelter that we have access to. As with most things “prepper” related, everyone has a couple of opinions, and many of them clash. Basically, the idea is that you should have access to some kind of shelter in the first three hours of an emergency. It’s a good…

  • How did I get here?

    How did I get here?

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    So there I was, happily standing slightly left of middle, when people around me started doing weird stuff. First, it was making statements that bothered me. Stuff like calling me a TERF (trans exclusionary radical feminist), which is so far from the mark as to be almost funny. I was told that I don’t understand…

  • New Media – TikTok

    New Media – TikTok

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    I know not everyone on here does TikTok, for a variety of reasons, and I respect that. However, I’m trying to widen the readership of our blog, and TikTok is fairly “happening” these days. Also, I like it. So… if you want to see me talking, and get a feel for who I actually am,…

  • The Weekly Feast – Yom Kippur Knishes

    The Weekly Feast – Yom Kippur Knishes

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    I preface this by saying that I’m not Jewish. However, having dated several Jews over the years, I can tell you that the food is INCREDIBLE. Since Yom Kippur began on Friday at sundown, I thought this delicious parve (meaning it can be eaten any time by Jews, provided they aren’t fasting) dish would be…

  • What a great ad!

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    It’s good to know that Harris has everything under control. Her advertising team is on the job, let me tell you. Enjoy! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFmVuDq3/

  • Prepping – Starting a Fire

    Prepping – Starting a Fire

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    I’ve talked about having access to fire in the past, but I haven’t really gotten in depth about how to start one. I figured that was a decent place to go, this Friday, what with all the storm disaster stuff going on. This is a really complex topic, and I’m going to include some videos…

  • Friday Feedback

    Friday Feedback

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    Hey folks! Chris is exhausted after a long, hard day of work at the Fort at No. 4, and asked me to put up a Friday Feedback for y’all. First and foremost, we went up to the Fort today because we want to warp our new loom. In order to do that, we have to…

  • The VP Debate – Ally’s Takeaway

    The VP Debate – Ally’s Takeaway

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    Well, the VP debate was interesting. I thought it was MUCH better than the presidential one, for what that’s worth. I was pleasantly surprised that the moderators weren’t horrid (they had moments, but they weren’t horrid). I was very surprised at how well Walz did, as I’ve not seen him do much public speaking outside…

  • The 500 Year Flood

    The 500 Year Flood

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    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFUyS4At/   @adampopemusic “Five Hundred Year Flood” 🙏 #hurricanehelene #flood #blueridgemountains #appalachia #smokymountainstennessee #folkmusic #folksong #flood ♬ original sound – Adam Pope Music Go and listen. It’s not available anywhere but TikTok right now because the guy (Adam Pope) wrote it and recorded it there. He had no idea it would take off. It’s *good*.…