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40 years ago today, October 31st, 1982 I stood before a company of friends, relatives, and the Lord and married my soulmate. Gerry and I had met at work and I had just gone through a painful divorce so the start was rocky. Gerry also had her issues, many of which stemmed from losing important...

My wife has decided she wants a divorce. I must sell the house and liquidate my survival stuff and long-term food storage. I am located in Hollister MO and have quite a selection of #10 long-term freeze dried foods as well as bulk rice, black beans and hard red wheat. All sold material must be...

From out house to your house...

There is a new episode of tortminder's Pat Answers Archives video blog entitled "Grandma's Goose" that is now "live" with a run time of 10:02. email comments to: [email protected]

I know that a few of you window lickers are in the Missouri/Arkansas Ozarks area. On Saturday, February 1, 2020 there will be a "Meet the Author" festival at the Kimberling City library. It will run from 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM. Admission is free. If you're close, come out and say "Howdy"...

It seems as though there is a movement/celebration/parade for darn near everything these days. There is a "gay pride month", "black history month", "National Ice Cream month", even "National Left Handers Month". It occurred to me that with the celebration of our nations' birthday in July that...

Coming soon to Amazon; Zen and the art of feline maintenance This book is the result of a lifetime of living with, caring for, loving and being loved by cats. It covers many subjects covering the domestic, (and I use that word loosely), feline. Bathing and grooming a cat, (from the standpoint...

For those interested in "roll-your-own ammo" my blog is in the middle of a series on reloading. Today's entry is reloading shotgun shells. Buy my book! ---tort--

It's deer season so today's blog post contains two of my favorite venison jerky recipes made with ground venison. ---tort-- Buy a "Wake of Vultures" Paperback $16.99 - Kindle $2.99

Cannabidiol, or CBD, is one of the two most prevalent chemical compounds in the cannabis plant and has been proven effective in treating myriad health conditions. Unlike the more famous molecule, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), CBD is completely non-psychoactive. Today's blog post 8/14/2018;"...

Gravlax is cured (but not smoked) salmon, except there's not a lot of salt in the cure and some combination of dill, lemon, and alcohol (often vodka, but sometimes gin in newer preparations). Gravlax was traditionally buried,'Grav,' as in grave in the ground. So, it's common to put some weight...

This is from another forum I frequent: And on the cold day following the first, knowing that their tiny band of pilgrims would soon need victuals, Governor Bradford did maketh his way through the dark and gloomy forest primeval. Having walked some distance, he found himself drawn to a distant...

As I mentioned in my introduction I am writing a story scheduled for publications sometime late spring or early summer 2018. Here is a teaser sample: CHAPTER 1 - A Writhing of Maggots Inigo Montoya: He's dead. He can't talk. Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so...

Howdeeee. Tortminder here, old, fat and grumpy. Followed @phideaux here from another board. Into food, herbal remedies and currently writing a book titled "A Wake of Vultures, (if there is an OK from admin I may post some excerpts). I see a lot of familiar names here. --tort-