Author: Allyson

  • Prepping – Travel

    Prepping – Travel

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    There are two main options, should the shit actually ever hit the fan: bugging in, or bugging out. Yes, there are variations to both of those, but that’s essentially your two choices in their most basic form. I’ve talked about bugging in a bit, and about hiding in forests and building shelters and such. But…

  • Weekly Recap on TikTok

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    https://www.tiktok.com/@vine.of…/video/7431761584763964714 I’ve started disseminating this on some of the prepper groups I belong to, and of course it’s starting to get a *little* traction on TikTok. We’ll see what happens. I’m posting it here because if you go watch the video, you’ll get a glimpse of one of our firearms. 😉

  • Confusion, Caution, Concern

    Confusion, Caution, Concern

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    So here I am. The waters have retreated and I’m standing on dry beach, and all these new people are standing around and near me. I’m being welcomed, and it all seems very friendly. I want to let my guard down. I really do. But damn, folks, it’s HARD. Recently, I had a conversation with…

  • The Weekly Feast – Turkey a la King

    The Weekly Feast – Turkey a la King

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    Last week I cooked up a turkey breast that had been lurking in the freezer for a while. It was a lovely treat, and we really enjoyed it. However, with just a few of us here at the house these days, even cooking up just a breast is a bit much. I decided I would…

  • Prepping – Storage Thoughts

    Prepping – Storage Thoughts

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    When people begin to prep, there’s this mental thing that happens… they begin to store things in buckets. For some, it’s cat litter buckets. For others, it’s the big white buckets you can often get for free at grocery stores. They’re usually five gallon size, and they have a hard plastic exterior which is difficult…

  • Helene, Milton, and the Response

    Helene, Milton, and the Response

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    I watched the devastation of Helene as it tore through the Carolinas region. Entire towns are gone, and when I say gone, I mean they no longer exist. They are buried beneath rubble and mud in a level of destruction not seen (IMO) since the Galveston hurricane of 1900. I have heard reports of over…

  • The Weekly Feast – Hubbard Squash Soup

    The Weekly Feast – Hubbard Squash Soup

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    Squash soups are a favorite of mine. Because dairy and I don’t get along, I can’t indulge in my favorite chowders anymore (I don’t care what anyone says, chowder made with oatmilk is just not the same). Squash soups can be blended to give an impression of being creamy, when there’s not even a drizzle…

  • 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…