“Sometimes when I say I’m okay, I want someone to look at me in the eyes, hug me tight and say, ‘I know you’re not’.”AnonymousAccording to the National Institute of Mental Health, depression is a common but serious mood disorder … Continued
The Morse Code is a way to communicate, without using fancy gadgets or modern technology, by characterising each alphabet by a combination of dots and dashes. Unfortunately, with increasing technology encompassing our lives, the importance of Morse Code has largely … Continued
Well, so far The Pipe Dream Project has lived up to its name. It has continued to tell me that the project is little more than a pipe dream and I am barking up the wrong tree in wanting to … Continued
Many of us have either experienced or heard stories of people who have died after a stroke. But first, what is a stroke? It is when the brain is deprived of oxygen due to either a clot in the brain’s … Continued
In a few days I am off to live like a castaway on an uninhabited island … for 30 days. It is said that most survival situations come to a conclusion in about 72 hours. That is an average, a … Continued
While navigating through tides it is important to know whether the tide is working for you or against you. If you are on a kayak and are trying to get to shore during low tide for instance, you will find … Continued
This rule is primarily used as a rule of thumb, a guesstimate, of the position of the tide and is useful when navigating shallow water in particular. There are few assumptions that are made when applying the Rule of Twelfths:1. … Continued
Anyone who has been to a coast might have noticed that the edge of the ocean moves forward and backward depending on the time of the day. Sometimes it moves inland while at other times the water recedes into the … Continued
There is a lot going for prepping and survivalism. There are so many people out there who want to learn survival skills and try and live the way our primitive ancestors did many centuries ago. And that is a wonderful … Continued
According to some sources there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the world’s oceans and seas, of which some 269,000 tons float on the surface, while about four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep sea. … Continued
