Day: January 4, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Saturday — January 4, 2025

On January 4, 1642, King Charles I and 400 of his soldiers stormed the English Parliament, demanding the arrest of five members. — On January 4, 1896, Utah became the 45th state of the Union.  One condition for statehood was that a ban on polygamy had to be written into the state constitution. — And, on January 4, 1847, Samuel Colt signed a contract for sales of his first revolver to the United States government. — Today’s feature article was too short for an entry in the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $935,000 worth of prizes have been awarded …


My Daily Bible Verses and Hymns, by Richard T.

I choose something from the Bible to read first thing in the morning with my coffee to set my day as a one or two-verse pep talk from the Bible. For my daily morning devotion, I want to find inspirational words, short and sweet. I am not seeking to become a Biblical scholar, to find verses to win an argument, to prove that God is on my side, or to predict future events. This is not to say that I don’t spend quality time in the Bible, I do that too, but that has a different approach than my morning …


Editors’ Prepping Progress

To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year.  We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …


The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; …