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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 Five

12 Months of Prepping: Month Five

For those that are new to prepping, time may appear to be your enemy.  You know the old cliché “I have so much to do and so little time”?  Well…

50 Questions To Ask the Non-Prepper

50 Questions To Ask the Non-Prepper

I have become a bit discouraged by the number of other-wise intelligent people I meet that do not have a clue about preparedness.  Given that a natural disaster can happen…

Is It Realistic to Grow Your Own Groceries?

Is It Realistic to Grow Your Own Groceries?

At one time or another, every prepper will ask him or herself:  could I become 100% self-reliant in terms of providing food for myself and my family? Many will say,…

Spring 2014 Book Festival: The Pantry Primer

Spring 2014 Book Festival: The Pantry Primer

The next book in the Backdoor Survival Spring 2014 Book Festival is The Pantry Primer: How to Build a One Year Food Supply in Three Months.  Daisy Luther, the author,…

Fast Track Tip #8: Make Dating Your Preps a Habit

Fast Track Tip #8: Make Dating Your Preps a Habit

Something we all do is consult lists.  There are lists of things to do and things to buy as well as lists of important numbers and lists of friends and…

Eight Uncommon Lessons: Preparing for an Apocalypse

Eight Uncommon Lessons: Preparing for an Apocalypse

Four years ago, mentioning that you were a “Prepper” evoked quizzical looks of confusion.  What the heck was that?  As you tried to explain, you could see eyes start to…

Spring 2014 Book Festival: Leaving the Trees

Spring 2014 Book Festival: Leaving the Trees

Today is Saturday which means it is time for the next author interview and giveaway in the current Backdoor Survival Spring 2014 Book Festival.  Richard Broome, the author of LEAVING…

Understanding Triage Following a Mass Casualty Event

Understanding Triage Following a Mass Casualty Event

If you read enough survival fiction, you will recognize that regardless of how well you prepare, there will be casualties.  Heck, you don’t even have to read fiction to know…

A Big Fat List of Essential Oils for Preppers

A Big Fat List of Essential Oils for Preppers

The world is a scary place.  It is not as though we are intentionally trying to live dangerously, it kind of, sort of just happens.  I am being more than…

Spring 2014 Book Festival: The Prepper’s Cookbook

Spring 2014 Book Festival: The Prepper’s Cookbook

Today I share the next author interview and giveaway in the current Backdoor Survival Spring 2014 Book Festival.  Today I welcome Tess Pennington, the author of The Prepper’s Cookbook. As…

The Five Myths of Water Storage

The Five Myths of Water Storage

For many, water becomes their very first prep.  By that I mean that steps are taken to either purchase a supply of bottled water, set up a water barrel, or…

Beyond Prepping: 72 Ideas That Will Simplify Your Life

Beyond Prepping: 72 Ideas That Will Simplify Your Life

Every once in awhile, I come across something that is perfect just the way it is.  It could be a list, a concept, or simply an essay on a topic…

12 Months of Prepping: Month Four

12 Months of Prepping: Month Four

If you were to ask a stranger what they were doing to prepare, chances are they would indicate that  they have a few cans of extra food and some bottled…

Forward Thinking – The Coming Tipping Point

Forward Thinking – The Coming Tipping Point

When I first wrote about the burden of truth and knowledge, I was referring to the weight that we, as preppers, carry on our shoulders as we attempt to make…

Spring 2014 Book Festival: Prepper’s Complete Book of Disaster Readiness

Spring 2014 Book Festival: Prepper’s Complete Book of Disaster Readiness

Today I share the next author interview and giveaway in the current Backdoor Survival Spring 2014 Book Festival.  Jim Cobb, the author of The Prepper’s Complete Book of Disaster Readiness,…

The Sweet Spot of Frugal

The Sweet Spot of Frugal

Without overtly saying so, a typical theme on my website at  Backdoor Survival and others like it is saving money.  Whether it is making your own household products, finding new…