David Duffy

Aren't we who have been practicing self-reliance and preparedness for years fortunate. We can weather this pandemic relatively well. We have our supplies and our understanding of what needs to be done.

Habeeb Salloum, a Toronto-based writer who has written for Backwoods Home Magazine for the last 19 years, died unexpectedly yesterday. He was 95. He was a superb writer! His biography is here: https://t.co/JASLeTegOk https://t.co/Cw2RmjUDIE

LIFE IS PRECIOUS -- Wow! I started crying after I read this. I am very close to my daughter, Annie Tuttle, and she's had a couple of close calls, including a car accident in which she almost drove over a cliff. A tree saved her. https://t.co/4OQ9zRKd6y

Lenie holds one of our twelve new baby chicks. https://t.co/D9efb9ElPW

This is just the perfect way to start the day. https://t.co/d3vWr9GA3p

A handbook on keeping your pantry stocked no matter the economy. Topics include • Long-term food storage • Can your pantry last a year? • Successful cold storage • Canning basics • Canning meat safely • Canning meals in a jar • Canning salmon • Jerky and many more.

Been hanging out in Colorado this past week with Don Childers, now 88 years old and in excellent health. He has been painting Backwoods Home Magazine covers since the first issue, and we got 3 more roughed out on this trip. https://t.co/NHTkCtjHgm

Sam Duffy has been reorganizing the website so articles are more accessible and appealing, including my columns from the past 30 years: https://t.co/2LWDnPD0ef. I even like reading my old columns. https://t.co/JGXxqWDvLt

MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR IN MARYLAND -- Lenie and I will have a booth for Backwoods Home Magazine and Self-Reliance at the Mother Earth News Fair in Frederick, Maryland June 1-2. We'll be selling subscriptions for both magazines. If you're in the area, please drop by and say hi.

Annie Tuttle and Sam Duffy on deadline for the next issue of Self-Reliance magazine. https://t.co/ofJM1s4CCw https://t.co/xaD7Xjop1m

This comeback for Tiger Woods sure has me captivated: https://t.co/LJaSIVxe0E https://t.co/7THuLc4m6x

Annie, who is the managing editor of Self-Reliance magazine and the former ME of Backwoods Home Magazine, wrote her first article for BHM at about age 9. https://t.co/h8PuTBbtFV

Lenie, a competitive swimmer in college, taught Annie to swim in nearby Jenny Creek. https://t.co/RyKLZdS2zE

Lenie came along not long after I launched the magazine. She got caught up in the dream too -- build your own house in the woods, start a new life, etc. https://t.co/LgeSrKyBOo

And here she is tricycling inside the cabin before I put insulation in the walls. That's our dog, Springer. https://t.co/nPQkBPFMYa

Here's Annie on a makeshift swing I put up for her. https://t.co/RWpc2BiTG2

I eventually put in indoor plumbing but it took me a while. https://t.co/DWWJAqzMxk