Why Zombies “Bite”

Lately, I’ve been thinking about an odd inconsistency in my entertainment preferences.

I enjoy horror stories, but I prefer supernatural elements. I don’t like “slashers,” psycho killers or the criminally insane. Maybe this horror is too true to life, while the supernatural is fictitious. Or, at least I think it is. . . (see A True Ghost Story for Halloween).

If this is my preference, why do I want exactly the opposite when it comes to apocalyptic fiction? Continue reading →

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Heating With Wood: Cutting Your Own Firewood

As I indicated in the last post (Heating With Wood: Scrounging Free Firewood) now that we live on our “homestead,” we cut our own firewood exclusively. Our situation is extremely rare in today’s world: we have our own heavily forested land. This is ideal for frugal wood heat. Continue reading →

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