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Even more ways to produce and save heat By Dr. Bruce Smith | October 31, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: So the bottom line is to anticipate the change in seasons, dress warmly, plan ahead, and use alternate fuels safely

More Ways to Produce and Save Heat By Dr. Bruce Smith | October 17, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: Looks like there are more ways to produce and save heat than I thought. See you here next week, same time, same station!

Ways to produce and save heat By Dr. Bruce Smith | October 9, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: There are more thrifty ways to make heat and stay warm. I'll visit some of those soon. For now, make sure that firewood isn't getting wet when it rains!

There Must Be A Relief Valve By Dr. Bruce Smith | October 7, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve"

Freeman Farm is Hot Off the Presses By Dr. Bruce Smith | October 2, 2022

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bran By Dr. Bruce Smith | September 25, 2022

Survival in Tough Times

Musical Perfection: Camille Saint-Saens, The Swan By Dr. Bruce Smith | September 19, 2022

Survival in Tough Times

What An Extraordinary View We Have By Dr. Bruce Smith | September 12, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: In light of our remarkable situation, what's the next right thing to do?

Winter Is Coming By Dr. Bruce Smith | September 5, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: Winter is coming in the troubled Northern Hemisphere. What's the next right thing to do?

You’ll have to excuse me. I haven’t been this old before By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 28, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: The older I get the more I appreciate the generations before us. They made the sacrifices and put themselves at risk in ways I couldn’t dream of doing

Musical Perfection: Puffin’ Billy By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 22, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: Feel free, dear reader, to post your own reactions and memories evoked by this music

In Scary Times, Practice and Teach the Fundamentals By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 14, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: Start a tradition of community. Pass it along to others. We’ll all be better for it.

The finest things on a hot summer day By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 6, 2022

Surviving in Tough Times: Share your favorite moments of relief from the summer heat

Take More Time To Watch The Gardeners By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 2, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: If Adam and Eve had only left that one tree alone, we could be sipping a cold Frosty root beer and waiting for the tomatoes to ripen! The sweat would only be on the sides of the mug. Oh, well. Maybe next year.

Cars Today, Bicycles Tomorrow By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 26, 2022

Survival in Tough Times

The Race Between Culture and Biology By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 19, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: As we begin to understand the destructive forces better, perhaps we can begin to prepare for the trials that lie ahead. Will there be any remnant of the old Republic left when those who have led its destruction claim their v

An Evening At Branson By Mike Landry | July 15, 2022

Thank you, little girl. You are a jewel

Historical Perspectives and Predictions: Johnson’s Presidency of November, 1963 will replay in 2023 By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 13, 2022

VP Harris is not a shoo-in for the job. Every Democrat wants to be the next FDR. There will be one hell of a fight before the plan hatches

The Best Uses Of a Family Reunion By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 11, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: Summer 2022

Could It Be We were Meant To Travel By This Road? By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 5, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: We kept fighting and we survived, most of us. So here we are. What’s the next right thing to do

Essential Science: Uniformitarianism ‘The present is the key to the past’ By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 26, 2022

Survival in Tough Times: Science is never settled. One can assert "facts," but the assertion still has to be proved every time. Science never trusts. It verifies.

It’s Time To Watch The Gardeners By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 20, 2022

Survival in Tough Times, Traditional schools are out for the summer, but this one’s just getting started

So Here We Are… By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 13, 2022

Survival in Tough Times

Sakrete Days By Dr. Bruce Smith | May 30, 2022

I Wonder What The Poor Folks Are Having Tonight?

We Were Made For Difficult Times By Dr. Bruce Smith | May 23, 2022

I Wonder What The Poor Folks Are Having Tonight?: Savor Churchill’s words, and if it’s the first day of the rest of our lives, then let’s make it count. We were made for difficult times.

Everything Is Interesting In Its Own Way By Dr. Bruce Smith | May 16, 2022

I Wonder What the Poor Folks Are Having Tonight?

Essential Science Ground Water and Glaciation By Dr. Bruce Smith | May 8, 2022

I Wonder What the Poor Folks Are Having Tonight? We must have water to live. Although there are many ways to get water, there are none so satisfying as to tap the gift of the glaciers beneath our feet

Essential Science III Ground Water Is A Blessing By Dr. Bruce Smith | May 2, 2022

I wonder what the poor folks are having tonight? Episode #16

Give Us This Day Our Daily Dose of Humility By Dr. Bruce Smith | April 24, 2022

I wonder what the poor folks are having tonight? Episode #15: So give us this day our daily dose of humility, but just this once, if it isn’t too painful, I promise I will still pay attention and learn something.

Essential Science part II Working Smart By Dr. Bruce Smith | April 17, 2022

I wonder what the poor folks are having tonight? Episode #14