**With all that is going on in the world, and since most of us are either quarantined, preferring to stay home or out of work (temporarily), it may be a good time to learn. Pick up a book and lose yourself in fiction, grab a magazine and find happier things to discover or even start your own journal and writings.** ![thumbnail.jpg](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/goldendawne/xNh4uadX-thumbnail.jpg) **My most recent subscription of a magazine (above) I receive. Just got this in the mail this week and haven't even opened a page yet. The "Plan Your Pantry" article will probably be my first read. I got a one-year subscription (4 total magazines for half price at $13/USD).** ![thumbnail 1.jpg](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/goldendawne/pQNMEoHD-thumbnail201.jpg) **These three magazines I have subscribed to for about a year or two. ALL full of such great information for homesteading, off-grid living, self-reliant and self-sufficient living, gardening and preparedness; as well as skills that people have all over the US.** ![Power House Creatives Logos FINAL.png](https://steemitimages.com/1500x871/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUzYupyiqXfdHSGw7s6BBoVB15GL9ZvhUPnWoaEveXTiQ/Power%20House%20Creatives%20Logos%20FINAL.png) **[Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse by James Wesley Rawles](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156975599X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1)** **This was a book I had purchased quite a few months ago for when I was recovering from my surgery in January. I began reading it off and on since December and am about halfway through with it.** I am enjoying the book and it has definitely given me some *food for thought* about my own personal/homestead preparedness; ***or lack there of*** under current pandemic conditions. ![book.jpg](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/goldendawne/6GbbKXAK-book.jpg)
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