Behind The Scenes At Backwoods Home Magazine » Uncategorized http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes Behind the scenes of Backwoods Home Magazine with Dave Duffy. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:14:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Helping Ron Paul win in South Carolina http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2012/01/14/helping-ron-paul-win-in-south-carolina/ http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2012/01/14/helping-ron-paul-win-in-south-carolina/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:39:45 +0000 Dave Duffy http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/?p=2497 I made a donation to Ron Paul’s Money Bomb today to try and help him win some votes in South Carolina. If you’d like to do the same, click here.

]]> http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2012/01/14/helping-ron-paul-win-in-south-carolina/feed/ 2 Meeting advertisers and readers at the Expo http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2011/10/12/2411/ http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2011/10/12/2411/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:41:17 +0000 Dave Duffy http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/?p=2411 I drove 17½ hours Tuesday from Winnemucca, Nevada to Gold Beach, Oregon. Wednesday I had jet lag and slept mightily. Today I played 18 holes of golf and unwound completely.

The Self Reliance Expo was a fine success for us. We took 49 subscriptions and I had a chance to hang out with readers and advertisers.

Jeff Gleason, “the Berkey guy” who has been advertising Berkey water filters with us for years, had the booth opposite from us. I use the Berkey filter. Everyone should have one, even if only stored away for an emergency. This is an absolute must in any future survival scenario.

Tattler resusable canning lids was there too. My wife and daughter use these. This is another “no brainer” addition to a preparedness budget.

Humless was there also with their very useful “silent generator.” They’ve only been advertising on the website but we made a deal so they will soon be advertising in the print issue. Glenn Jakins and St. John (pronounced SIN-JIN in South Africa) Holloway of South Africa are two very cool representatives of that company. I’m buying one of these “generators” but will have to wait a few more weeks for delivery. This is a good complement for the magazine’s new motorhome. I got the solar panel charger with mine.

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In the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship, which was held concurrently at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon, Brianna Do, 21, of UCLA, defeated Marissa Dodd, 17, a high school graduate headed for Wake Forest. Do was born in Caliornia but represented her parents’ country of Vietnam, while Dodd is from Allen, Texas.

Here are a few photos:

GBHS golf team members Matt Anderson, who carried the standard for the men's championship, and Robby Duffy

Derek Ernst found lots of trouble on Hole 17, hitting into three bunkers. He lost his one-hole lead.

All eyes were on Corbin Mills for this Tee-shot. He's a big man and a big hitter.

Robby and Matt got to talk with Derek after the match.

I hung out a bit with Suzanne Andrews, the coordinator of the more than 300 volunteers at the match.

I also got to meet Corbin Mills, the men's champion.

And I met with Brianna Do, the women's champion.

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]]> http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2011/06/13/the-ultimate-dog-tease-video/feed/ 0 Rain finally comes to southern Oregon coast http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2011/02/17/rain-finally-comes-to-southern-oregon-coast/ http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2011/02/17/rain-finally-comes-to-southern-oregon-coast/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:50:13 +0000 Dave Duffy http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/?p=2081 We've had roughly four weeks of warm sunshine on the southern Oregon coast, which is a sharp contrast to the frigid, snowy winter in the rest of the country. But the rain, even a bit of snow, has finally come, as this photo from my deck by John Silveira shows.

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