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The Prairie Homestead is “an online space with over one million monthly visits dedicated to helping people learn how to grow their own food and opt-out of the rat race, regardless of where they live.”

“The website broadbandchoices conducted a study to determine the scariest films of all time, measuring their results based on the elevated heartbeats of participants. They’ve dubbed the experiment the Science of Scare Project. This is their Top 25.” That is the 2020 list. Click here for the updated 2021 list.

Dusty Old Thing is a very addictive site. “From tales about treasures found to reliving moments in our collective past, our aim is to share with people the items, stories, and memories we hold so dear. History is a part of us all and it’s important we remember and celebrate it.”

Savings.com says “Our team of expert bargain hunters meticulously forage and navigate through the sea of online deals and discounts so that you can easily find, compare, and apply the latest offers during checkout. If you’re shopping for virtually anything, you can bet that our digital savings platform will help you save money in just a few clicks.”

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Nature “is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.”

Lambiek “has a global reputation for its impressive collection of comics and art from around the world, with many genres and from many different eras. It is famous for being a hotspot for comic artists, collectors and fans. Festive openings of artist expositions in the gallery have become legendary, and we host many special events such as book presentations, workshops and the annual 24 Hour Comics Day.”

HistoryExtra “strives to be the best and most trusted place for history content. We’re home to more than 5,000 features and over 500 podcasts by world-renowned historians including Dan Jones, Michael Wood, Suzannah Lipscomb, Tom Holland and Tracy Borman. All our content has been expertly-written and rigorously fact-checked, and because we follow BBC guidelines you can be sure everything you read here is accurate and trustworthy.”

The Ways To Wealth “is an independent personal finance website that publishes reviews, “how to” guides, best-of lists, product comparisons and more. Since our inception in 2016, over 10 million readers have turned to us for insights and recommendation.”

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If you have little ones make sure to share NORAD Tracks Santa with them beginning December 24^th to track Santa’s flight around the world.

Austin City Limits “is the longest running music series in television history, the name behind exciting and successful music festivals in Austin (US), Sydney (AUS) and Auckland (NZ) and an award-winning concert venue. Broadcast on PBS for 43 years, Austin City Limits TV has become an institution, as well as the recipient of a rare institutional Peabody Award, an official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark and the only TV series to ever be awarded the National Medal of Arts.:

iBiology’s “mission is to convey, in the form of open-access free videos, the excitement of modern biology and the process by which scientific discoveries are made. Our aim is to let you meet the leading scientists in biology, so that you can find out how they think about scientific questions and conduct their research, and can get a sense of their personalities, opinions, and perspectives.”

FAIR Health’s “mission is to help you understand your healthcare costs and health coverage and to bring transparency to healthcare costs and insurance. We are an independent, national nonprofit organization known for providing fair and neutral information to all those we serve, including consumers like you. We are able to provide reliable information about healthcare costs because each year health insurers around the country send us over a billion healthcare bills, which are added to FAIR Health’s database of more than 35 billion claims. We use information from those claims to estimate what providers charge, and what insurers pay, for providing healthcare to patients all across the country. We make this information available to consumers, researchers, businesses and many other users.”

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Hillbilly Housewife features “frugal home-cooked meals, many made from scratch…debt reduction tips, household organization tips, and other articles and resources.”

WIMP “was launched in 2008 to share amazing videos, incredible stories and funny clips with the world. Every day our team of writers creates original articles, memes, original content, and we also highlight our favorite videos from around the web. Our mission is to help people laugh, find entertainment from our content. We want to make the world a better place.”

PIMsPlus “is a set of evidence-based guidelines onpotentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for older adults, if there is evidence that the risks of a medication sometimes outweigh the benefits in this population.”

Shopkick “is the app that rewards you for the shopping you already do, no matter how you do it. Get reward points (we call them “kicks”) that you can claim for free gift cards!” My wife has been using this app since 2018 and has earned over 129,000 kicks and has claimed $510 in gift cards to date.

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Farming My Backyard offers many useful links and book recommendations about all sorts of homesteading and simple living topics. A good resource to bookmark.

One of my favorite poets is Stanley Kunitz (1905 – 2006). Click here to sample some of his poetry.

The 60 Worst Inventions of All Time ranges from funny to stupid to dangerous.

Here is a pretty comprehensive list on 101 Practical and Realistic Ways to Save Money.

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Herb News is a “blog about herbs, botanicals, natural health care, alternative, complementary and integrative medicines, the politics, business, science and even gossip, about herbs.”

“You can tell a lot about a person from what he reads. The surviving—and largely ignored—remnants of Adolf Hitler’s personal library reveal a deep but erratic interest in religion and theology.”

“Producers today are merely focused on making money. That’s why so many things you consume are absolutely destructive to your health. Chemicals, carcinogens, artificial ingredients, you name it – chances are you are putting these things into your body without even knowing it.” Search Is It Bad For You to help you find out.

StorageTreasures.com “is the world’s largest, most trusted online self-storage auction platform. The website hosts over 15,000 online auctions per month, and advertises live in-person auction schedules as well. The most comprehensive database of storage auctions is found here, and the site continues to grow as more and more storage operators make the transition online.”

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Part of the cornrow that surrounds our property

Anticipating a massive zucchini crop again this year from our garden I went on the hunt for some new recipes to try. I found 99 Ways to Use up Zucchini and Summer Squash.

I am currently perusing a book of paintings by Georges Rouault (1871-1958). I wanted to learn more about him and maybe find some additional paintings not in the book and I found this site.

www.doctortreatments.com “grew out of a passion and a love to preserve the old ways and recent history of medical treatments, thereby allowing people to come back to the roots of Victorian Medicine, which principally herald in modern science and medicine. Hence http://www.doctortreatments.com was born.”

I have seen a lot of these lists over the years on how to make side money and this one is pretty comprehensive for 2021.

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I have been keeping up with a homesteading blog for the last year or so called Willow Creek Farm. It is written by “Mountain Mom” and details the ups and downs of her seven member family while living on their homestead in Colorado. From the About page: “I enjoy being a wife and homemaker, homeschooling mom, farm girl, writer, and helping my husband run our custom fiber processing mill. For 14 years we homesteaded in the high-altitude Rockies, and then in the spring of 2021 we moved and have begun expanding our flocks and building a new farm on the High Plains of Colorado. We breed and raise milk sheep, specialty wool sheep, Nubian goats, chickens, and ducks.”

Alfred Stieglitz is one of my favorite early photographers. While I enjoy viewing his entire portfolio his photos of New York City during the winter, particularly when snowing, are mysterious and fascinating. Check out this site to view over 150 of his photos.

Study Finds “sets out to find new research that speaks to mass audiences — without all the scientific jargon. The stories we publish are digestible, summarized versions of research that are intended to stir debate: We do not agree nor disagree with any of the studies we post, rather, we encourage our readers to debate the veracity of the findings themselves.”

Top 10 Home Remedies “is a health & wellness site that caters to a wide range of topics like helping you maintain a healthy pregnancy to providing you with scientifically-validated home remedies for conditions like heartburn, toothache, constipation, acne, and headache, to name a few. One of the prime motives of Top 10 Home Remedies is to ensure that you stay fit and disease-free. Every remedy on the site is well-researched and reviewed by the relevant health expert. Rest assured, nothing is left to chance when it comes to your health. The Top 10 Home Remedies’ team consists of health enthusiasts with a zest for living life to its fullest and helping others do the same.”

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Glamping Hub “is one of the world’s leading luxury camping websites. Find glamping spots all over the world; ranging from pet-friendly hotels or eco-friendly hotels, glamping retreats & getaways. With inventory perfect for family vacations, romantic getaways, and near top solo travel destinations, Glamping Hub is where to book. Read Glamping Hub reviews, reserve your dates, and then head for the best glamping weekends possible!”

Currently I am reading a compilation of Robert Louis Stevenson stories and I wanted to learn about his life. I found the RLS Website “a freely available online resource dedicated to the life and works of Robert Louis Stevenson. The site makes Stevenson texts and information about his life and works available worldwide, appealing to students, scholars and enthusiasts.”

Rare Historical Photos “is a website/blog exclusively dedicated to historical and rare photographs. Each historical photograph has a story to tell, each of them documents a major event in human history, each photo is a way to grasp the full meaning of the past.”

Misfits Market “is the online value grocer dedicated to making affordable, high-quality food more accessible while helping break the cycle of food waste. We work directly with farmers and makers to source organic produce, sustainable pantry staples, and other high-quality groceries that might otherwise go to waste and deliver them to you at up to 40% off grocery store prices.”

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The Sifter “is a publicly available searchable database and is designed to be a tool to aid in finding, identifying and comparing historical and contemporary writing on food and related topics. It is overseen by an advisory board of rotating members of the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery as well as other friends of food history. As with Wikipedia, it will be populated by its users. Entries will be made both in standard English and the language of the original document. It will be possible to enter data in over 150 writing systems. As many countries as possible will be included. Corrections may be made by registered users. Data visualization will be a component. With the aid of this tool it is our hope that what has been invisible will come into focus.”

Canva is a design website offering thousands of layouts, images, fonts, photo filters, icons and shapes. Plans start with the free offering and graduate up to $30 per month.

Just Facts “is a non-profit institute dedicated to publishing comprehensive, straightforward, and rigorously documented facts about public policy issues. To accomplish this with objectivity and excellence, we use exacting Standards of Credibility to determine what constitutes a fact and what does not. The vision of Just Facts is to equip people with facts that empower them to make truly informed decisions about important matters. This requires proven facts that accurately and fully convey reality—not pseudo-facts, half-truths, or talking points.”

If you are looking for freebies check out Hey, It’s Free “a nationally recognized site dedicated to finding the best, legitimate freebies on the Internet while having a little fun along the way. I genuinely believe you’ll find HIF to be one of the top sites to find 100% free consumer samples (aka freebies) and we have the awards to back it up!”