Preparedness Notes for Friday — June 21, 2019

June 21st is the birthday of Rex Applegate (June 21, 1914 – July 14, 1998), author of Kill or Be Killed. He was the friend and mentor of SurvivalBlog’s Field Gear Editor, Pat Cascio. — Today is the Summer Solstice. Here at our latitude, the nights are incredibly short, at or near the solstice. We have difficulty getting enough sleep. (It doesn’t get full dark until nearly 11 PM, and then dawn begins soon after 4 AM.) It is not quite like living up at Sommarøy, but close. I will actually be happy to have the days shorten, in the coming …




Surviving a Move to the Middle of Nowhere, by Ozarks S.

One women’s view on leaving the city behind and enduring tough lessons of love in training to become a “warrior mom.” The Move Moving from the city to the middle of the woods has done a lot to change my thinking on preparedness. I have studied survival training, read all the JWR (James Wesley, Rawles) novels, and practically majored in understanding the preparedness movement, from the reasonable to the extreme. However, reading and living are two very different things. My dear husband and son have been helping me to improve in areas that I have less exposure. They have both …




Economics & Investing For Preppers

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor, JWR. Today, we look at investing in AR Lowers. (See the Tangibles Investing section.) Precious Metals: Gold at 14-Month High Heading into FOMC Meeting Next Week o  o  o Eight Reasons a Huge Gold Mania Is About to Begin o  o  o And for the leftist-globalist perspective, there is …