About Me

About Me

Hi. I am Barbara Salsbury and I am completely, totally, absolutely devoted to the principle of being personally prepared.  It has been my focus and drive since I was a teenager.  When other teenage girls had hope chests filled with linens and china, my hope chest (an old army trunk) was filled with canned goods and burlap bags of grain.  I have spent my life learning and teaching preparedness principles in any way I can, in any arena I can, to every person I can.  If I had my way, every person in the world would have a supply of food in their pantry, a little money set aside for a rainy day, some equipment on hand in case of a disaster, and the understanding of why these things are so important and what to do with them.  Then every person would be able to sleep more soundly at night and have a little less to worry about.  I’ve written books, and newsletters, given innumerable lectures, and done television and radio shows for years on this subject that is so dear to my heart.  Blogging is the next step to getting the word out to an increasingly technology-savvy world.  I hope you’ll come here often for information and inspiration on how you can be better prepared.  I hope to tie current world and national events to preparedness principles so you get a big picture on how necessary preparedness is and how it can benefit you. I’ll give you new and fun ideas of how to make preparedness enjoyable and easy.  And I hope you’ll share your good ideas with me. If you’ve done something that worked for you, let us know. We can inspire each other.