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Personal Messages from Me to You…
Personal reflections, thoughts, views, and opinions worth sharing.
Many of these articles began as simple notes, observations, or messages written from personal experience. Some reflect lessons learned over a lifetime, while others explore challenges, decisions, and current events that shape my thinking. They are not presented as expert advice, but as thoughts and experiences shared in the hope that they may encourage, inform, or simply give you something worthwhile to consider.
Sometimes there is something I simply want to share or for you to know about. These personal messages come from life, experience, faith, family, and my journey along the way.
He is Risen ! Come Unto Him ! In today’s world burning all around us, it is more important than ever to trust in Him. We don’t know all the details, but we can trust…
Caution: Sarcasm Alert ! I looked over our small emergency fund that is about 60% in stock based mutual funds. I wrote a little bit about it here < click here > By the time…
I had the opportunity to get to know some elderly folks lately who are in their 70’s and how their life is financially right now. It was sad for them…but encouraging for preppers in a…
I started writing this articled last Wednesday, it was mostly done by Friday. But, events were changing rapidly and several pieces of the puzzle I couldn’t verify at the time. I decided to allow events…
There has been a huge dust-up as of late between right-wing media personalities…and it is exposing yet another serious problem…the further fracturing of America. Well, technically Tucker Carlson is not right-wing media…he is squarely an…
This morning, for obvious reasons, I kinda looked back over the last year…informally. And I realized that the USA is now bombing, attacking, overthrowing, invading, or forcing regime change every couple of months. Hummmmm…….Kinda like…
Garden – Here it is mid-February and I am pumped! Last week I planted my first seeds; a bunch sprouted within 4 days, even more now 8 days later. I have every variety of tomatoes…
This might be the most important article concerning humanity in our lifetime. Well, at least one written by me…IMHO. Bear with me for a few minutes. Interstate I-90 runs from Boston, MA to Seattle, WA…it’s…
I have several articles, including a series, that are written and scheduled to post on the site in the coming weeks. Pretty decent material if I say so myself. But, I am postponing all of…
…but will it? Maybe. But it’s up to us, the American people. The situation in Minnesota has escalated to a new and very dangerous place in the last couple of days. A place whose path…
Alex Pretti…another US citizen dead…killed by I.C.E. That is a fact, the circumstances surrounding his killing remains in question. What is not questionable it the US is tearing itself apart. There are two completely different…
I’m not a big one on doing predictions and I’m certainly no prophet. Heck, I’m a just a small website keyboard warrior…and I occasionally share some homestead information. For 2026…yeah, I’ve changed that up a…
I absolutely love this song! It is amazing in sound and text. The message(s) are heartfelt and to the point. We occasionally sing it at church and I consider it a hymn. But, it can…
A question I get from time-to-time is “If you are so down on the stock market and economy where do you put your money?” Well, that’s assuming we have any money! Truth be told…we have…