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Author: Gaye Levy

I grew up and attended school in the Greater Seattle area. After spending many years as an executive in the software industry, I started a specialized accounting practice offering contract CFO work to emerging high tech and service industries. Awhile back I abandoned city life and moved to a serenely beautiful rural area on on San Juan Island in NW Washington State.

These days I call Arizona home and am actively pursuing the purchase of a mountain retreat along the Mogollon Rim.

As you may have noticed, I am a bit of a glamourista but hope you do not hold that against. me. My bug out bag includes makeup and other items to make me look and feel good if SHTF.
BDS Book Festival 7: 5 Acres & A Dream – The Book

BDS Book Festival 7: 5 Acres & A Dream – The Book

Today I share the next author interview and giveaway in the Backdoor Survival Book Festival 7.  Leigh Tate, the blogger at the popular homesteading site, 5 Acres and a Dream,…

Community Survival: Bringing Friends and Family Into the Fold

Community Survival: Bringing Friends and Family Into the Fold

Community survival is hot topic but most of us are at a loss as to how to make it happen. Here are tips for laying down some rules for “Aunt Jane” and “Uncle Bob” who are assuming that they will show up at your door so that you can take care of them following a disaster. Maybe, just maybe, they will heed our advice.

Get Organized with the Preparedness Planner

Get Organized with the Preparedness Planner

Let’s take an informal poll.  How many of you have tons of preps?  How many of you know you have a lot of stuff, but have no clue how much…

Define the Prepper Movement With A Call Action

Define the Prepper Movement With A Call Action

Back in the day, I was considered somewhat of an activist.  Although normally quiet, unassuming, and nerd-like, I fought for the end of political tyranny, the power to the people,…

10 Simple Strategies for Becoming A Prepper

10 Simple Strategies for Becoming A Prepper

Preppers tend to fall into 4 major categories. For those getting started or wanting to learn more, here are 10 simple strategies for becoming a prepper. What type of prepper are you?

BDS Book Festival 7: Practical Preppers Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness

BDS Book Festival 7: Practical Preppers Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness

I am shaking things up this week by running the next author interview and giveaway in the Backdoor Survival Book Festival 7 a day early. Scott Hunt, the author of…

DIY Cold and Flu Bomb

DIY Cold and Flu Bomb

Creating a DIY cold and flu bomb is quick and easy using essential oils. Using natural remedies will be important if medicine & OTC remedies are scarce.

How to Find Free Prepping Advice on the Internet

How to Find Free Prepping Advice on the Internet

There are moments in the blogging world where you just have to stop the presses, step back, and shift your focus.  Today is one of those days.  The article I…

16 Important Rules of Survival and Preparedness

16 Important Rules of Survival and Preparedness

Having a survival mindset means you are always ready to take on new challenges, right?  Although I fully believe that new challenges are a good thing, it is sometimes downright frustrating…

Fast Track Prep Tip #12: Three Uncommon Food Items for the BOB

Fast Track Prep Tip #12: Three Uncommon Food Items for the BOB

Traditionally, when you think of the items in a bug out bag, you think of a flashlight, knife, water filter, fire starter, paracord, first aid kit, and a whole list…

9 Simple Tips to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance

9 Simple Tips to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance

It seems to me that whenever I travel by air, I come home with a sniffle or two.  It is not that I am not careful because I am.  It…

33 Brilliant Non-Traditional Preps

33 Brilliant Non-Traditional Preps

Pick up any preparedness book or visit any preparedness website and you are bound to be inundated with ideas for getting yourself ready for an unexpected disruptive event.  After awhile,…

12 Months of Prepping: Month Twelve

12 Months of Prepping: Month Twelve

Ease into the preparedness lifestyle with 12 Months of Prepping, One Month at a Time.

In Month 12, we wrap things up with advice for moving forward. Whether you are just getting started or an experienced prepper, you will find something useful in each of the 12 months in the series.

It is Never Too Late to Embrace Personal Austerity

It is Never Too Late to Embrace Personal Austerity

Whenever my travels take me to the Seattle area, I am amazed at the extent of conspicuous consumption. The fancy cars, the filled-to-the-brim shopping bags, and the crammed-to-the-gills restaurants are…

8 Essential Items: The Perfect Portable Survival Kit

8 Essential Items: The Perfect Portable Survival Kit

A portable survival kit, outfitted properly, makes a perfect EDC (Every Day Carry). Here are eight items to consider as a starting point for your own kit.

Make Your Own Healing Lotion Bars

Make Your Own Healing Lotion Bars

Everything you need to know to make your own DIY healing lotion bars. Step by step directions with photos and tips to ensure your success!