Book Review: Exploring Tide Pools of the Pacific Coast
[Nyerges is one of the Dirttime founders, and author of “Foraging California,” “How to Survive Anywhere,” and other books. He can be reached at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com for information about his books and classes.]
You’re walking along the California coast, somewhere where it’s still possible to see seaweeds and shells and sponges and anemones. You’re in the tide pools! These are exciting places to discover what lives where the ocean meets the land, and even to observe the effects of pollution, human intervention, and climate change.
The first step in your expansion of knowledge and insight into the flora and fauna of the diverse tidepools is to learn a bit about the plants and animals that reside there. There are many books … Read More
How I published my first book:
Memories of Sue and Rich Redman.
[Excerpt from “Squatter in Los Angeles,” a Kindle book. Also available from the Store at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com.]
It was during the time that I was a squatter that I began my life-long association with Sue and Rich Redman. I probably would not have remembered this aspect of my squatting life had it not been for the fact that in December of 2013, when I started writing this book, Sue Redman passed away. I was very upset, and felt a great sense of loss, and began to recall my life with Sue, and with Rich. They were two sides of one coin.
Even though I had a semi-guaranteed weekly income … Read More
Have you ever had to fill out some sort of form, maybe for a job or some sort of poll, and they want to know if you are a smoker? I always check “no.” I am not a smoker. Well, at least I don’t smoke much. I have long maintained that the real culprit in commercial cigarettes are the chemicals added to the tobacco and paper, things such as moisturizers, flavors, things to keep the cigarette burning, etc. etc. There are anywhere from 70 to 250 such chemicals, depending on who you believe. If the tobacco companies had to list all the ingredients on the label, there’d be no room on cigarette containers.
Let’s just assume that “the government,” in … Read More
How Dude McLean Survived the Sylmar Earthquake, 1971
Extract from “Self-Sufficient Home,” by Christopher Nyerges [available from Amazon]
ONE MAN’S STORY
In 1965, Dude McLean and his young family moved into a house in Kagel Canyon, located in the hilly northern section of Los Angeles County. He liked the house because there was a live stream behind the house which flowed year-round. “It was in the L.A. area, but I always felt distant from the L.A. craziness,” says McLean. Kagel Canyon is nestled right up to the Angeles National Forest, a small canyon community of about 200 families. “My children barely realized that they were growing up in the L.A. area,” says McLean.
FOOD PRODUCTION
McLean, a former U.S. Marine, … Read More
COOKING THE NATIVE WAY, a New Book by Heyday publishing.
[Nyerges is the author of “Foraging California,” “Extreme Simplicity,” “The Self-Reliant Home,” and other books. For information on his books and classes, go to www.SchoolofSelf-reliance.com.]
We’ve all heard about how the indigenous people of Southern California lived off the land with a diverse diet, yet modern Americans seem to persist with the myth that the diet of the past was a survival diet of bland acorns and squirrels. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Undoubtedly, some native peoples of the past went hungry during times of drought. After all, “store” was a verb, not a noun. Yet, as the indigenous people have begun to tell their own
stories, a … Read More
PRODUCT REVIEW: The Bioscarf
[Nyerges is the author of “How to Survive Anywhere,” “Foraging California,” “Extreme Simplicity,” and other books. He has been leading survival classes since 1974. More information at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com]
I recently had the opportunity to test something called the “bioscarf.” Yes, it’s a scarf, and everyone knows I like scarfs. I’ve worn them all my life. I used to love alpaca wool scarves, and then I was given a Polartech scarf, and I preferred that.
I like long scarves too, but not the very long scarves that really get in the way. I cannot get the story of Isadora Duncan out of my mind, who loved very very long silk scarves, and she enjoyed wearing them … Read More
“Up Closer to the Sky: Poems from a mountain hut” by Jason Deatherage, with woodcuts by James McDowell.
Today I opened up a manilla package, and inside discovered a pleasant treasure. Dirttime’s very own Jason Deatherage has written and published a compilation of his work, presumably written in his mountain hut by candlelight.
I truly enjoyed his work, like breathing new life into Basho, allowing me to slow down and think and breathe on what was otherwise a hectic day. Thanks Jason.
Now, some of you guys might be saying that you’re not into poetry, but don’t be so quick. Your girlfriends and wives will love it too. I have no idea how Jason is marketing this, so Jason, when … Read More
Alan Halcon is a busy man who’s a leading teacher of outdoor skills. He holds the record for getting a coal with a hand-drill in two seconds (yes, it’s true!). You can learn about his classes, and read his blogs, at https://outdoorselfreliance.com/. Alan is constantly on the go, and has no time for reading random books… but when he does have a moment, he reads “How to Survive Anywhere” by Christopher Nyerges (available from Amazon, or the Store at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com).… Read More
“Primitive Technology: Practical Guidelines for Making Stone Tools, Pottery, Basketry, etc., the Aboriginal Way,” by Errett Callahan, PhD.
Errett Callahan has been around a long time, teaching how people produced their everyday goods in the past, using the technologies then available. He is perhaps best known for his works on flint-knapping, the art of taking various rocks and fracturing them to make arrowheads or spear points. Besides over 30 years of teaching many of the teachers today, he’s authored “A Manual for Flintknappers and Lithic Analysts,” wherein he describes and defines the stages of the process to make proper stone points.
His “Primitive Technology” book is backed up by his 40 years of personal experience. According to his count, he’s … Read More
Enrique makes a point…
We were finishing a day-long field trip of practicing outdoor survival and self-reliance skills, and the remainder of our small group was now sitting around the table talking. The subject moved to emergency action plans, and what contingencies any of us had in the aftermath of a major disaster.
“How would any of us ever get together after a major disaster?” one woman asked me. She was well-aware that our small group comprised a broad spectrum of skills, people who worked to be ethical, socially-conscious, and doers, not just talkers. I could tell she was wondering about how our group might actually come together in such a scenario.… Read More
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