Claire,

We moved to Guatemala and have found everything on your list.  It’s not without it’s headaches, but the top 10 is here, plus gorgeous year-round weather on top of it!

Mark Francis

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Hello Claire.

I was just reading your information on civil unrest.

I live in Indiana and tonight over the airwaves I heard the following:

“This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System, this is only a test, if this had been an actual emergency such as a tornado, flash flood or
civil unrest…”

I could not take in anymore because my heart stopped beating for a moment. I have NEVER heard them say Civil Unrest before.

Just thought you might want to know about it and see if it comes up on the airwaves in your area.

Thanks for your posts! I have to get some sleep but I will read more tomorrow.

Mimi Burns

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Claire,

I just re-read your article Preparing for civil unrest and I wanted to thank you for your thoughtful and well written piece.

I did have a follow up question – can you please share the advice on the back of the card that you are carrying from your lawyer?

In the meantime, applying your observations to the situation in Iran might not be a bad idea- It seems they went from 1 to 5 in a matter of minutes after the election.

I can also foresee your scenarios taking place in the US of A without too much imagination.

Again, thank you. Please keep up the great work!

Steve Szymke

Steve,

The lawyer’s advice has been added at the end of the article. Click the link above.

–Dave

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Hello.

I am new to you and your writing, But I was attracted to the title of your article “Finding your own freedom“.

I have been working on this topic for a while, and have an answer, though it is obviously not the only one possible.

Freedom will not be possible unless the environment in which we live is free of the dominating overbearing authority of any “body” which has the power to “make laws” , “change laws”, and impose its will through force of law and using the power of the state (police and military). Freedom is not possible unless there is a majority that accepts the right of each person to live ones life according to ones own dictates, as long as nothing that one does violates the rights of others.

I propose the “BIG” model.

Should this be of interest to you, it is available on you-tube (search “why do we have to live in fear like this” and view part 7)

If we are serious about freedom, we have to learn to accept the freedom of others as a starting point.

NC Kamdar
South Africa

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Dear Claire:

It is so great to see you writing again!  Glad to see Hardyville still exists.  I used to enjoy your articles on WorldNetDaily, during the early 1990s.  That seems like forever ago.

Anyway, the Finding Your Own Freedom article was exceptional.  You still have that unique style that is so rare; wise, brutally honest, right to the point!

Nice job on the article.  And welcome back!

All the best,

Bob Whitmer

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Dear Ms Wolfe:

Just read your article on civil unrest.

As much as I admit the possibility (probability?), the subject never fails to rachet up my heart rate.

Your observations are both realistic and very welcome.

Thanks, and best of luck in the future.

Bill Byford
Harriman,  TN

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Claire,

[Regarding your article]

I wish we lived next door to you, or at the most just around the corner or across the back fence.  Both my wife and I just love the way you write — it would be so much fun to meet and talk from time to time.

Good going and God Bless you.

Tim Richardson

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Claire,

Just finished reading the article on civil unrest. Wonderful job of putting it all together. Have shared it with family and friends.

Thanks.

Charles

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Hi Claire,

Enjoyed the article.

For those of us who live in the Socialist Republic of Boulder County, Colorado, secession seems highly unlikely especially when most here still get goose bumps up their leg when they hear BHO and when they learn that zillions of taxpayer spendulus money is heading their way.

Keep up the good fight!

Tom Bolt

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Claire,

Great article. I also ended up with a electric bike and I’m loving it.

I’m currently, like you, modifying it to make it better. I have to get to work 15 miles away and have band pratice 40 miles away. Walking it is not really an option. It was just cool seeing someone appreciate the way the electric bike skates around the system a bit :)

No response necessary…enjoy your articles. You think in a very similar way as myself!

Jeff in Upstate NY

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I appreciate your article on trail building. How did you make your steps? You mention stakes in the article but I’m not sure what you mean. I can’t tell from the photos how the steps were constructed, and that aspect of the trail is not addressed much.

I would like to build a path down an extremely steep slope and will need to negotiate around several retaining walls.

Thanks!

William Schmieding

Steps are very simple (unless your ground is particularly rocky or your soil iron-hard). Just cut the basic shape of a step in the ground, then place a ground-contact treated 2 x 6 or 2 x 8, cut to the appropriate length, along the vertical edge or “riser.” Secure the board with two stakes driven into the ground until they are firm.

If you plan to gravel your path, let the wood stick up far enough over the soil to contain the gravel.

If your soil is very loose, you might use more stakes or drive them deeper.

That’s it. Of course you can make your steps much more elaborate if you wish — for instance, making them out of flagstone. But this method is simple, inexpensive, and do-able by almost anyone.

Claire

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Dear Claire,

I loved your very insightful yet practical article: The Art of Living in Small Spaces. I have been pondering down sizing to a mobile mini cabin since the first time I saw one on the Internet.

I am currently down sizing from a 2,300 sq ft home to a 1 bedroom apartment. I want to visit one of the mobile cabins to see how it feels inside.

I live in Phoenix, AZ and it’s hot as hell here, so I haven’t yet located anyone living in one that I could visit. I have seen cottage/mini cabin packages for sale at Lowes Home Improvement that look very similar to the cabin pictured in your article. If I purchased one of the cabin packages and attached an under carriage with wheels, added insulation and what’s needed for living, could this realistically suffice as a place to live, similar to the cabin pictured in your article? Please give me your thoughts on this.

I can send information on the cottage/mini cabins from Lowes if that would help to explain what I’m conceptualizing. The best part is, if I could make this work, I could help other people to replicate mini mobile housing at a low cost.

Considering all of the Boomers and people losing their homes, this could help a throng of people if it’s feasible.

Thanks for your thoughts on this. I appreciate your time, wisdom and insight.

Renee Friedman

Renee,

Claire

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My hope is that Claire Wolfe who is, and always has been an inspiration to me, will one day know how her “just plain balls” cuts through the political correctness and insanity of our times.

She will probably never know, however, how deeply she has awakened in me a sense that the level of freedom which I was meant to enjoy as an American is unique in the history of the world, and there are those who believe that freedom should be defined and controlled by them, not me.

MAY WE ALL LIVE FREE OR DIE

Robert Elwell
New Hampshire

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Dear Ms. Wolfe,

Thank you for your article Ten Real Inspirations in the March/April 2009 issue. I have a question pertaining to the “Three Ladies of Liberty”.

As an avid reader of the Little House books as a child, I was wondering if Rose Wilder Lane is the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder.  I seem to remember that Laura’s daughter name was Rose.  That would be a very interesting connection, I would think.

Thank you for your great articles and hard work.

Debbie Malina

Debbie,

Claire

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Thanks, Claire, for some sound advice on getting psyched up to really “walk the talk” on small space living. I especially enjoyed the tip for making a whole wall into storage. I’m inserting that into the plan for my little 16×24 barn.

Pamela Callaway

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Claire,

I didn’t get a social security number for my kids [born] in ’90 and ’91 and it has been an uphill battle.  Can you believe an American would actually use his/her rights?

I always ask “what do you do for the Amish, AC’s or Mendenites?” and claim religious rights.

I am lucky to be in Kansas they have voter registration, drivers licensing, passport, and go to school without much fuss. Just don’t live in Alabama.

I am appalled by how ignorant and sheepish Americans have been.  My children are more American than 50% of Americans. Even our Senators think you have to have one by law.  I asked them.

Have you done any more work or have information about banks or employment without a social security number with more detailed info? My daughter has just started working for me at my Distillery. The state said they would honor anything the Feds said I had to do.

She lives in Lawrence, Kansas and goes to Kansas University.  The city wouldn’t turn her gas or water on unless I gave them my social security number. Talk about discrimination. I would like to launch a lawsuit but even the attorneys I talk to don’t understand not having a social security number.

Thanks

Seth Fox

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Hello

My name is Dustin and my wife’s name is Diane.  I just stumbled across [the Backwoods Home website] today. I only recently began looking at sites such as this.

My wife and I have not spent much time shooting the past few years.  (In fact  from 2001-2006 we did not fire a  single round.) We just wanted to comment your article.  Miss Fitz’ Guide to Guns, Part II Ammo You Can Bet Your Life On was great We thought it was incredibly insightful and informative and easily understood by my wife (She also found it interesting).

Thank you so much we are looking forward to more.

Sincerely

Dustin and Diane Keener

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Claire,

I took a couple of loaves of homemade bread (half whole wheat and half bread flour) to a work potluck this week.  I’d started them early in the morning before work and they came out of the oven at work just in time for lunch.  The ladies at work just raved about how good they were, and I got several requests for the recipe.  Interest seemed to diminish somewhat when I started explaining the process.  “First, you grind up a couple of cups of hard red wheat…”.

Rick Mathis

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