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Montie Roland, NPDP

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Tag: peace of mind

Posted on April 21, 2024April 21, 2024

Scenes While Just Mowing the Grass

Sometimes the moment is just enough. I am a blessed man.

Recent Posts

  • Planting Trees on the Farm – Good Times December 24, 2024
  • Helping Out in Hot Springs After Helene and Camping on Troublesome Gap November 9, 2024
  • Let Us Race October 27, 2024
  • Damage from Hurricane Helene in WNC October 13, 2024
  • Designing a Gift Basket October 1, 2024
  • Western NC Hurricane Damage Update September 29, 2024
  • Farm and Forest – Digital Detox at Its Finest August 25, 2024
  • Digital Detox June 25, 2024
  • Scenes While Just Mowing the Grass April 21, 2024
  • Chapter 4 – Importance of Traditions March 28, 2024

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Simply Us Farm

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  • Preparedness Notes for Saturday — November 1, 2025 November 1, 2025
    November 1st, 996: The first noted use of the modern name for Austria, in the “Ostarrîchi Document”. — November 1, 1911: The first aerial bomb is dropped by an Italian pilot on Turkish troops in Libya during the Italo-Turkish Wa. This was the first recorded operational aerial bombardment. — November 1st is also the birthday […]
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  • A Top-10 Prepping List, Multi-Tool Not Included – Part 4, by St. Funogas November 1, 2025
    (Continued from Part 3.) 7. ELECTRICITY Prepping for electricity was only on one of the top-10 lists I could find, and wasn’t mentioned at all even on most of the lengthier prepping lists. Of all the things we take for granted in our daily lives, electricity has to be one of the most common. If […]
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  • Editors’ Prepping Progress November 1, 2025
    To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This […]
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    Today, while most of America celebrates the pagan Halloween, our family celebrates Reformation Day. — On this day in 1517, Martin Luther sent his Ninety-five Theses to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating the Protestant Reformation. — And on October 31, 1952: The first thermonuclear (fusion) bomb was aboveground test-detonated at the Marshall Islands. — […]
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