Blogging with Cheryl

Small totes of OTC medicines on a shelf in a bathroom closet

Flu Preps 2026

Influenza (flu) activity in the United States is still a big concern in every state with hospitalizations increasing. The new highly contagious variant is a mutated influenza A H3N2 strain, called subclade K. The H3N2 strain typically causes more severe…

Teton Dam in Idaho failing

“The Only Way to Have Peace and Security”

“I hope,….,that no one ever reads one word about the terrible [Teton Dam] flood and the sadness that it has brought—the loss of life, the loss of livestock, the destruction of farms, the suffering that has come to those good…

Survivalism vs Self-Reliance overlaid on a drawing of an ark on rough seas

Looking Beyond the Mark

The following quote is by Elder Quentin L. Cook.  It was given in the October 2016 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “While there are many examples of looking beyond the mark, a significant one…

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ as the Foundation

Bishop W. Christopher Waddell taught “…all things are spiritual to the Lord, ‘and not at any time’ has He given us ‘a law which was temporal.’ Everything, then, points to Jesus Christ as the foundation upon which we must build…