Author Archives: leftwingsurvivalist

This post is going to be a short one; the last week has taken it out of me, somewhat. The bright sides: Youngest Child graduated High School, and turned 18. The not-so-bright side: we had to make the painful decision … Continue reading →

I found a nice description of “the conservative/right-wing mentality and how they think,” illustrating a major difference in mindset between the far right, and the left. I mostly don’t care for “us-and-them” type things, but I’m not certain it’s possible … Continue reading →

As I write this, we’re just beginning to come out of (another) “mini-collapse”: that of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown/hack. Roughly half of the gas supplied to the Southeast (from at least New Jersey, down to Florida, and into the Gulf … Continue reading →

I’ve got two ideas for what to write about this time around, but since they’re maybe not as fully fleshed out as they might be, I figured we could talk about both. The first bit was inspired by a Reddit … Continue reading →

The thought has been rolling about in my head for a while, and I’ve spent quite some time thinking about it. Now, I’ll try to put some words to it. I absolutely don’t want to imply that I don’t love … Continue reading →

I’m a few hours late getting this post up, but it’s been a gray, dreary week or so here in the mid-Atlantic, and its been hard to get the motivation to do much of anything at all. That being said, … Continue reading →

Because there’s just too much to keep up with, news-wise, in the real world… I’ll caveat that I’m absolutely not an expert on preserving meats; there are oodles of books and websites and YouTube channels out there by people with … Continue reading →

Okay, so, I’m working on a post about preserving meat. I really, really am… but I want to do more than just a cursory run past the topic, and give you a couple of pointers. As such, it’s going to … Continue reading →

Let’s all take a moment to relax, and contemplate that we once again have a President and Vice President with honor, ethics, and vocabularies. They’ve already started on their share of the important work; having got them there, we can … Continue reading →