Author: Allyson

  • Burning the Country

    Burning the Country

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    I’ve been spending the last couple of weeks thinking a lot about voting, and who I’m supporting, and what I’m learning about politics along the way. I’ve never been a fan of Biden, and Harris wasn’t even a speed bump on my highway to hell until Biden fell down the plane stairs that time. I…

  • Colonial Show & Tell

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    Come one, come all! The Fort at No. 4 is hosting a Colonial Show and Tell over the Labor Day weekend! If you are an 18th century reenactor and would like to show off your skills, please contact me at m.allyson.szabo@gmail.com or reach out directly to the Fort at info@fortat4.com and we’ll get all the…

  • The Weekly Feast – Stewed Chicken with Vegetables

    The Weekly Feast – Stewed Chicken with Vegetables

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    This is what I served up to our volunteer historical interpreters this weekend. On Saturday, it was served up as a stew, and on Sunday I turned it into a lovely chicken soup. This is one of those early fall recipes that sticks to your ribs, is simple enough to throw together anytime, and delicious…

  • Prepping – Honey

    Prepping – Honey

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    Honey is one of those items that many people have laying around the house, but not too many of them know its amazing properties. Used for sweetening, bug traps, wound repair, topical antibacterial, fighter of disease, and dozens of other things, honey is worth its weight in gold. From a prepping standpoint, honey is something…

  • Voting

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    I was looking at voting trends over the past few years, and I find it interesting that so many people are choosing not to vote. Pew Research has a lot of information about voter turnout and flip flop on their site, and while they aren’t perfect, they do tend to do a pretty good job…

  • The Weekly Feast – Baked Cabbage Burgers

    The Weekly Feast – Baked Cabbage Burgers

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    Wait, don’t leave! They are REALLY good! And not as odd as they sound. I really love burgers, but I also am trying to lose weight. Those buns are not great for me, but a plain hamburger patty on a plate is boring. I went looking for something new, and found this recipe, and we…

  • Prepping – Medications

    Prepping – Medications

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    We talk a lot about SHTF and how we’ll bug out or in, what foods we have, how to make fire. All these things are important, definitely. But I want to talk medications. There are categories of medications that need attention. First, we have “first aid” meds, things taken to help with an emergent medical…

  • Livestock

    Livestock

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    Right now, there are literally hundreds of women on FaceBook and other social media that are telling “all women” that we are being treated like livestock. I can’t make this shit up, folks. Yes, absolutely. As a female human being in America, I am currently: being held in a cage restricted from movement bred against…

  • Who is KH’s VP pick?

    Who is KH’s VP pick?

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    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNgJrsMe/ I hadn’t heard much about Tim Walz before this, but apparently he’s quite the character. He’s 60, probably to give Harris’s youth a wisdom boost. Per the Left:  he’s a veteran, having served in the Army Governor of Minnesota, defeated the Republican nominee codified abortion rights into the State Constitution staunch union supporter free…

  • No Means No

    No Means No

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    Last week, a friend of mine who lives in London, England, posted the above image. The friend is someone I’ve known for some 30 years, maybe longer, though we’ve never met face to face. She works as a “lay therapist,” which is someone who tries to help when medical help is lacking due to there…