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My mom used to make jelly from the "fruit" of the prickly pear. It was really good.

I bought my son a wii for Christmas...he doesn't use it. He likes real bowling better. Or real miniature golf. He didn't ask for it, we just thought he would like it.

Hurricane Celia blew through south Texas 39 year ago today. My family evacuated because we knew she was going to be a bad storm. We were lucky because we had a house to come home to. Just a few...

It was pure fear. I was 49 at the time. I work at an elementary school and to get the student I was assigned to motivated in gym I ran laps with him. Darn near died.

I know I could run for 2 blocks. I did it last summer when my son was lost.

Are all pine trees ok to make tea from? I have a huge one by my front door and want to try the tea this winter. The pine cones are tiny, but the tree is over 2 stories tall.


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I accidentally sent my son to school in one of my t-shirts. He was in 5th grade at the time. I work at the school and noticed when he was walking in the hall but couldn't do a thing about it then.

My father was the last WWI veteran in our town. He died in 1990 at the age of 92.

Today I cleaned out my hall closet and put 5 cases of water in it. I also put food in plastic tubs in the closet. I separated the food by expiration date, putting the stuff that would expire in...

Thank you for the responses. I think I will wrap them in several layers of foil, then put them in a plastic container in the refrigerator.

Is it safe to store seeds in the freezer if you wrap them in several layers of heavy duty aluminum foil? I would leave them in their packets too.

I started out walking at the junior high track this summer but soon realized that walking on flat land was not getting me anywhere. Now I walk in our local park. It is hilly and I think this makes me...

Now I am reading A Year in the Maine Woods by Bernd Heinrich.

Just one finger!

People who know they will have to merge because of construction, but still rush up and cut everyone off. Some guy in a Mini Cooper did that. I drive a van, but he kept pulling in. I finally had to...

I am a 50 year old married female who lives near Chicago. My husband and I got into survival about a year ago when we noticed how things were heading down hill fast. We have a 15 year old son with...

How about one of those silver survival blankets?

Woodswoman by Anne LaBastille

This is an interesting question. It got me to thinking....my husband works in Chicago and we live in the suburbs, about 30 miles away. He takes the train to and from work. Ihave no idea how he...

I bought more canned food, seeds, water, and I did a lot of reading.