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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.
12 Months of Prepping: Month Eleven

12 Months of Prepping: Month Eleven

As we enter month eleven of 12 Months of Prepping, it might be easy to become complacent and decide to set aside this month’s preparedness tasks until some other, more…

22 Powerful Uses of Frankincense Essential Oil

22 Powerful Uses of Frankincense Essential Oil

Frankincense essential oil is valued for its many healing qualities and is often referred to as the “King of Oils”. The more I use it, the more I believe in its power to kick things up a notch. Frank is one of the oils I stock for long term preparedness purposes.

Here are 22 powerful uses of this fantastic oil for health, wellness, and survival purposes.

Backdoor Survival Book Festival 7

Backdoor Survival Book Festival 7

Today I am thrilled to announce the newest book festival in the Backdoor Survival lineup: Book Festival 7.  Once again, I am bringing you an amazing assortment of books and…

16 Creative Food Storage Tips

16 Creative Food Storage Tips

Let’s face it.  There is never enough room to store your emergency food.  Big house, small house, apartment, condo, or RV; regardless of the size of your home, it is…

Slow Cooking with the Amazing Wonder Oven

Slow Cooking with the Amazing Wonder Oven

In the pursuit of self-sufficiency, Prepper’s are always looking for innovative ways to cook food.  Part of that comes from our desire to eliminate our dependency on fossil fuels and…

Six Preparedness Tips for the Mobility Challenged

Six Preparedness Tips for the Mobility Challenged

Dealing with mobility challenges following a disaster is important. Here are six preparedness tips for the mobility challenged.

12 Months of Prepping: Month Ten

12 Months of Prepping: Month Ten

As I do each month, I would like to begin month ten with a little pep-talk on preparedness.  We all know that power outages, wildfires, storms, floods, and other disasters…

Ebola As Biological Warfare

Ebola As Biological Warfare

Before I begin, let me put this out there.  Ebola is most assuredly a deadly virus but I am not afraid nor am I in fear of the virus itself. …

Fast Track Tip #11: Be Informed With NOAA Weather Radio

Fast Track Tip #11: Be Informed With NOAA Weather Radio

Severe weather occurs far more frequently than most folks realize.  As a matter of fact, it is a severe weather event that prompts many folks to begin their preparedness journey….

13 Ways To Roll With the Punches

13 Ways To Roll With the Punches

Learning to roll with the punches is a survival skill that can be honed and polished, ready to serve you when faced with the distress of a tough life situation. Here are 13 ways to roll with the punches. Or, put another way, 13 tips for learning how to cope and endure when the SHTF and your world falls apart.

8 Reasons to Drink Water for Survival

8 Reasons to Drink Water for Survival

We are all taught that water is important for survival but do you know why? Did you know that drinking water will help maintain a healthy immune system? Read about this plus 7 other reasons why water is important for survival.

Disaster Preps: When the Storm Hits the Fan

Disaster Preps: When the Storm Hits the Fan

I am a firm believer that our very best learning opportunities come from the learning experiences of others.  There is no better example of this than listening or reading about…

Summer/Fall 2014 Book Festival: Collective Retribution

Summer/Fall 2014 Book Festival: Collective Retribution

Next up on the Summer/Fall 2014 Backdoor Survival Book Festival is another piece of prophetic fiction, this time from author D.S. Edwards.  The book is Collective Retribution and it is…

How to Safely Shelter In Place During a Pandemic

How to Safely Shelter In Place During a Pandemic

An important primer on how to safely shelter in place with plenty of circulating fresh air to keep you breathing in a healthy manner.

12 Months of Prepping: Month Nine

12 Months of Prepping: Month Nine

Nelson Mandela once said: “It always seems impossible until it is done”. And so it is with preparedness.  In the beginning, the task of prepping seems impossible.  But once you…

Survival Basics: Starting a Fire

Survival Basics: Starting a Fire

One of the basics of survival is the knowledge of how to build a fire. Here you will find everything you need to know including how to make char cloth to use as a fire-starter.