Preparedness Notes for Friday — October 1, 2021

Happy birthday to singer and actress Julie Andrews (born 1935.) Her name is always associated with The Sound of Music.

Today’s guest article is a book excerpt by Don Shift, a SurvivalBlog reader. Since it has been published elsewhere, it is not eligible in the judging for the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest.

But first, we are announcing the winners for Round 96 of the contest.