Welcome to my online notebook.

I'll be using this blog to post thoughts, information and details about various issues and topics regarding things such as survival, self-sustaining (self-reliance and self-independence) concepts and experiments, projects, etc. I may also include news information and perspective that I feel is important.

In general, I have an interest in creating enough personal wisdom to know I could live a comfortable and productive life on my terms and without undue dependence on corporate entities and government services. To these aims I have, for the past year, been gardening vegetables (imcluding some unconventional crops), building and using small solar power systems, creating home-made solar cookers/water pasteurizers, planning for low power use living, building "bug-out" packs, camping and more.

I welcome and hope for discussions in reader comments.

Again, welcome!