Published in Brace Yourself·4 days agoMember-onlyHow To Dehydrate Fruits & Vegetables To Save MoneyAnd be healthier! Vegetables can keep for years if dehydrated and stored properly. Among the best vegetables for dehydrating are tomatoes, carrots, beets, beans, squash, onions, peas, celery, corn, pumpkin, and broccoli. …Food5 min readFood5 min read
Published in Brace Yourself·Jan 26Member-onlyIntroduction To DehydratingAre older models safe? My introduction to dehydrating came when I was gifted an older model dehydrator that had been in someone’s closet for years. They had lost the manual, couldn’t remember when they’d bought it but did remember that it had always worked well for them. …Food3 min readFood3 min read
Dec 16, 2022Member-only10 Story Ideas To Help You WriteIf writing fantasy is your jam… You’ve been invited to the home of a retired Warrior-for-hire for lunch. Before you sit down to eat, your host takes you on a tour of their home. Describe some of their trophies and spoils from their glory days. How did they get those? …Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published in Brace Yourself·Nov 7, 2022Member-onlyOur Daily Bread Needs An OverhaulThere’s more to bread than fluffy white The History of Bread According to history, the earliest bread was made in or around 8000 BC in the Middle East, specifically Egypt. It’s believed their brewing expertise combined with the warm climate, produced the world’s first sourdough by adding wild yeast to the bread mixture. Romans…Food7 min readFood7 min read
Published in Brace Yourself·Oct 31, 2022Member-onlyHow To Increase Your Resilience In A Changing WorldIt’s all in the planning… When was the last time you had a power outage that lasted for more than three hours? Has your neighborhood ever flooded or come through a landslide? Have you ever been laid off and unsure where grocery money was going to come from? Has wildfire…Preparedness5 min readPreparedness5 min read
Oct 28, 2022Member-onlyA Fantastical, Limitless MenuThe importance of food to fantasy fiction “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) One of the parts of worldbuilding I enjoy is the creation of food for my story characters. It’s…Food4 min readFood4 min read
Oct 26, 2022Member-onlyNimlip & Waelyn, Part 2Friend or snack? Part 1 And now, the continuation… Nimlip slept on and off, heating the stone across the cavern a few times before finding Waelyn in front of him again, with a lantern on the floor at his side. The dragon blinked slowly, yawned, and grimaced. …Fiction5 min readFiction5 min read
Oct 15, 2022Are You A Reader?Let’s talk about reading… There are so many apps and websites vying for our time and attention these days that sometimes it can be difficult to shut out all the things clamoring for my attention. Do I knit tonight, or play a couple of hours of Skyrim? Or maybe I…Reading3 min readReading3 min read
Oct 14, 2022Member-onlyIf This House Could Talk, Pt 2The story of a house whose occupants never left (You can find part 1 here. And now for part 2) The house that had held such joy and promise echoed with the coughing fits that would rack Julia’s little body. …Fiction5 min readFiction5 min read
Oct 13, 2022Member-onlyIf This House Could TalkThe tale of an old house and the occupants who never left Adelaide put another stick of wood in the stove and closed the door, feeling every one of her 80 years. She filled the kettle and set it on the flat blacktop. …Fiction3 min readFiction3 min read