Aurora Cook

I'm actually fairly young. I had no clue what homsteading or permaculture even was until my parents started prepping. From the time I was very young and we moved into a small city, I knew I hated everything about. My dreams and day-dreams were always filled with wishes to just get away from the noise, the lack of moral judgment, the parties and the vomit in the gutters. From what my parents and my grandparents have said, this place actually was quite charming, quiet and cute, but then kids started coming here to go to college and it became recognized as a party town. All I know is that I could not stand it. After I got married and, as most couples do, we discussed the idea of children in our future. Shortly before we married, my husband became a wildland firefighter (whom I am VERY proud of) and he would always come home talking about how amazing it was to get paid to work outside and how fulfilling it was to work hard in a setting that he loved. Coupled with thoughts of future children and my waning desire to stay here, I began perking up at the prepper shows. Not because I believe a lot of it will actually happen, but because I admired how much these people accomplished on their own. I had respect for those that took the time to learn and understand basic skills to fend for themselves in a world so reliant on convenience. I fell hard and fast after that. I began stockpiling skills and valuable traits. I taught myself to crochet, worked on my knitting, studied sewing patterns. I looked at how to make my own herbal medicine, recipes from scratch, conveniences I could make and handle myself. Everything I could learn about being self-sufficient, I just devoured. Which leads me to this site. I only intended to search for a good area to sink my families roots into, and I found so much information, I decided to get an account to hopefully share what I learn in this journey.