Ella, like Louvenia, married a Texas Ranger and lived in the Ranger camps. However, she and her husband went on to other adventures, including buffalo hunting!

Tuesday morning our low was 25° F! That's chilly for us in Winter, much less Spring! The ability to cover and protect new plants in the garden is important. Here's a link to the garden clips I use:

Garden Clips

This is the time to learn gardening. It can be as cheap or as expensive as you choose. There is loads of free information on gardening online and available from your county extension office. Take advantage of it! Plus, a Scottish study found that gardening decreases our risk of developing dementia by 35%!

Get outside and grow something!

We finish up Lou's adventures with the Texas Rangers.

Today is the 52nd anniversary of a day that fundamentally changed my life. I was 17 years old. "New normal" wasn't a thing then, but that's exactly what happened.

We will finish up talking about various textile skills that were handy during wartime. 

Tool of the Week:

Needle Puller
Aunt Becky

How did our ancestors produce textile during times when supply chains were interrupted by war?

Developing a can-do attitude and mindset is free, but is invaluable in challenging circumstances.

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The Rangers go to Laredo and Louvenia goes to San Antonio. 

The soldiers at Fort McKavett were paid less than $15 per month which would be less than $500 in today's dollar. The Rangers were making about $1300.

Prep School Daily

This episode is all over the place, but mostly it's about how we are more likely to experience a personal SHTF than a societal one.