No, not from our sponsor, for our sponsor – Backwoods Home magazine.

I’m kinda slow to pick up on some things. I realize now I’ve been blogging here since 2008, and don’t recall ever offering a thank you to our hosts, the Duffy family.  Jackie Clay has been doing her wonderful, wide-ranging blog on homesteading here even longer.  I’ve been the firearms editor for the magazine for going on twenty years. Time flies.

Dave Duffy’s long ago vision of a publication geared not only for the self-reliant, but for independent thinkers, has blossomed over the decades. The company offers a great collection of digests of the best writing that has appeared in Backwoods Home over the last couple dozen years.  A broad selection of other books, too.  I look forward to reading Backwoods Home every month, and now, to its sister magazine Self-Reliance as well.

Going back to the beginning, Dave and the family have taken a big financial hit because they stood up for the right thing.  They’ve lost advertising from a lot of “green” companies that were aghast that BHM would publish pro-gun, pro-self-defense articles by me and others. (Yes, in the time of “political identity” there are some out there who seem to think “green=’progressive’=anti-gun.”) Yet the Duffys stuck to their principles on these matters, as they did on so many more. They know that self-reliance and freedom are two sides of the same coin, and make it clear in every issue.

That’s something to be rewarded. Most every year, there’s someone on my Christmas or birthday list who is an ideal recipient for this or that book Backwoods Home sells.

And, I hope all y’all are subscribing. The Duffys make the digital version of Backwoods Home available free, with many of the articles to be found on the newsstand edition (but not all). They deserve some quid pro quo.

To Dave and all the rest of the Backwoods Home team – thanks for all you do!

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  2. Mas, you are right. Once in a while, I do read an article from BHM, and I like it. I have even purchased a book from them. I believe it was, “Can America be Saved from Stupid People?” Good stuff.

  3. BHM is excellent, online and off. I always enjoy checking out the articles on the homepage before getting into the blogs here as well.

    Oooh and also I must say I enjoy finding lists of such companies as you describe. Ya know, so I can be sure fine folks as the Duffys get funds directed their way that otherwise would have gone from my own budget to such companies!

    All The Best

  5. I have always enjoyed BHM for many years now, they have provided lots of valuable information on topics of interest to me. I’m sorry to here of the financial burdens they have endored due to the PC nonsense that goes on these days.

  9. I bought a 12v frig from them for a 1956 Airstream trailer. Great machine; runs cold – best beer in the campground. Charges as I drive down the road and on the solar unit when I stop.. Check out their products. Give the finger to the govt and go your own way.

  11. Everyone,

    BHM is the best self sufficiency publication out there and blessed to have Mas as a contributor.

    I’ll be gone for a few days. Scheduled for total hip replacement tomorrow morning (Friday). I’ll check back in when I can.

  12. Dennis,

    You are in my prayers. Follow the doctor’s orders and rejoin us as soon as you can. Thanks for all you contribute.

  14. Backwoods Home and this site are great resources. More BH should appear in the grocery store magazine racks. It is always timely, and only becoming more so. One of those publications worth studying every past issue.

  15. ‘You have a right to protect your castle,’ accused killer tells Utah jury
    http://www.sltrib.com/home/4329725-155/you-have-a-right-to-protect

    Please excuse this unrelated comment on the subject matter. Don’t know how to contact you properly otherwise.

    This article appears to match the stupidity of your references in “Deadly Force”, and Mitch Vilos’s “Self-Defense Laws Of All 50 States”.

    Wow, and right here in our home state. This guy is a stigma to concealed carry and self defense.

    Thanks for all you do.

  16. H.K., let’s wait to discuss that one until after the verdict comes in. Thanks for recognizing that it wasn’t appropriate to this particular discussion thread.
    Cordially,
    Mas

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