My friend Lisa Bedford ("The Survival Mom") just underwent a ten-day power outage in Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. Needless to say, their generator was a life-saver. They were in a position to help neighbors as well.

Because of the huge spike in interest in the aftermath of a series of natural disasters, Lisa is holding a mini summit about different kinds of generators ... which also happens to be her husband Steven's specialty.

The summit will be comprehensive. "We have a plan for people who can't afford the big standby but still need something semi-permanent to keep their homes energized," she wrote me, "and then we have a lot of other suggestions for different types of generators, including power banks. We will touch on solar a little bit as well."

Additionally, she says participants will "get spreadsheets to help them with calculations, and a private and temporary email address so their questions can go directly to Steven. I have a private Facebook group set up, and then we have a series of four classes coming up on Sunday afternoon. It's all going to be recorded, of course, so people don't need to be there for the live sessions."

If you're interested, please register here.

Here's my SurvivalMom podcast from last week entitled Why Make the Choice to Homestead?

Guess what -- I'm trying a new venture!

In July I was contacted by Lisa Bedford (The Survival Mom) and asked to join her team of prepper women on Survival Mom Radio Network doing podcasts. She and Don both sweet-talked me into it.


So here I am, venturing into unknown territory.

The podcasts can be found here and will be available every Thursday.


Lisa has assembled a broad team of like-minded women discussing such subjects as preparedness, homesteading, growing and preserving food, home, family, and healthy living. Check out this link to see all the hosts. You can listen to some of the other podcasts these talented women have recorded.

There's also a spiffy "grand giveaway" to celebrate the successful launch of SurvivalMom Radio, so click here to check out specifics.

Wish me luck as I wobble my way into the world of radio!

You may noticed that Lisa Bedford's new book, Survival Mom, is now listed with our advertisers. If there's one thing I absolutely love to do on this blog, it's to support people or businesses with incredible products. Lisa falls smack into the middle of that category.


If you haven't seen Lisa's book yet, please get it! It's as wonderfully practical, funny, and realistic an outline on preparedness as you'll ever see.

And if the book isn't enough for you, Lisa also runs an awesome website by the same name.


Welcome Lisa!

Oh my goodness, Lisa over at The Survival Mom just posted the most hilarious counter to my simplicity book! She wrote a piece called Eighteen Ways to Complicate Your Life. Go over and laugh yourself silly until you realize how durn TRUE it is -- even for someone who wrote a book on simplicity!

As Lisa notes, "It was scary how easy it was to write this list!"

I have a guest post up on SurvivalMom.com blog called Bugging Out to the Country. Hop on over and take a look.