Category: Survival

Personal Reflection: For a while one of Gerald’s obsessions, or manias, as he called them, was the study of Black Soldier flies and how they could be beneficial. But the connection between rabbits and eggs is one of those things that makes you go Hmmm… Continue reading “How to Get Eggs from Rabbits”

Personal Reflection: My late, good friend Gerald Franz contributed a number of pieces to my blog site on preparedness. I’ve decided to move several to this site because they’re off the beaten path when it comes to the typical writing we see on survival.

And that’s the way he wanted it. Continue reading “The Ride of the Electric Horseman”

Personal Reflection: Here’s another piece Gerald wrote for my site on preparedness. It’s a fictional account with thought provoking points. Continue reading ““See That Plant There? It Travels.””

Personal Reflection: Gerald was always thinking of ways to escape, or bug out as many call it. Unconventional modes of transportation fascinated him. He wanted to travel in ways, and to places, others wouldn’t think of.

Once he went to Indiana to learn to fly an ultralight aircraft. The following fictionalized letter describes his experience. Continue reading “Our Own Air Force”

Personal Reflection: Gerald could be quirky with his ideas and thought associations. In this fictional letter from Karl to his friend George, he raises the prospect of fishing with a landing net.

I’ve heard some say fishing and preparing the fish would consume more calories than it provides for one’s body. I can imagine Gerald sayhing, “These people aren’t thinking about what a person would do when he’s starving.” Continue reading “Annette or A Net?”