This is the last chapter in Mary's memoirs, and she gives us a quick history of how her family fared through the Civil War. Needless to say, it's eerily similar to our own time.

Where are we in the current 4th Turning? The headlines from 1938 sure sound similar today!

There's no link for this one, but you can find them on eBay.

The news has been hard this week. It's not always easy to know what to do.

This is the next-to-last chapter of Mary's diary. She covers a lot of time in this chapter, but there is still many things we can use to help us learn to live in hard times.

The playlist linked below is a collaborative playlist produced by multiple prepper channels on YouTube. There is some really good information in these videos.

30 Days of Preparedness

My favorite feature of this ladder is the narrow profile when it is folded. It's only 1.5" wide!

I haven't had a major social event at my house since COVID. That's about to change. Are prepping and exhibiting hospitality in conflict with one another?

How have people in the past made do in hard times?

Mary and her family move back to San Antonio, but tragedy follows them there.