survival

  • Cozy Survival: Making a Home in the Wilds

    Cozy Survival: Making a Home in the Wilds

    Lately, I’ve been running across books that instruct by example how to eke out survival while making a comfortable home. Cozy survival, if you will. In January, my apartment had a gas leak that caused a lapse in hot water and heating. Winter suddenly became very wintry. Luckily, I felt more prepared to weather the… Continue reading

  • What do we do after the world ends? Part II: Farm

    Feeling paranoid about survival yet? Or maybe just have more time than money on your hands and want control over your food? The farm memoir just might be the thing for you. I myself am a dedicated armchair farmer: the hard work these farmers are writing about is alternatively repellant and massively inspiring. It’s also… Continue reading

  • AND I ALONE SURVIVED!

    Do you like to take a walk on the wild side?  Or would you rather read about it when you know everything turns out okay?  Check out this list of daring adventure stories by some who lived to tell the tale. Walking the Gobi: A 1,600-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair by… Continue reading

  • High adventure and inspiration

     Do you like a touch of inspiration with your real-life adventure? Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Tby Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin errorism and Build Nations — One School at a Time OK, I’ll admit I picked up this book because “everyone’s reading it.” It was featured in The Seattle Public… Continue reading