Day: June 28, 2025

Preparedness Notes for Saturday — June 28, 2025

On June 28, 1846, the saxophone was patented by Antoine-Joseph “Adolfe” Sax. It was intended to fill the gap between brass and woodwind instruments. Never fully adopted by most symphony orchestras, the saxophone has nevertheless had amazing popularity in jazz music. — June 28th, 1703 was the birthday of theologian and hymn writer John Wesley, who died March 2, 1791. His name is so well-known and subconsciously recalled that I quite often get mail mis-addressed to “John Wesley Rawles”, and there was even a brief publisher’s misprinting of one of my book cover spines, that way. – JWR — Today’s …


Basic Chainsaw Maintenance, by Grandpappy

I’ve been sharpening chainsaws for many years, and l’ve noticed that most owners don’t perform basic maintenance on their equipment. They don’t even know what maintenance they should perform after use, such as cleaning, oiling, and unclogging the chain’s lubrication holes. The file that comes with a manufacturer’s chainsaw kit is used to maintain the correct sharpening angle. Not all chains are sharpened to a 30° angle. For example, the Ripping Chaín used in some portable sawmills has a cutting angle of just 10°.


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:

“He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.”  – Isaiah 33: 15-17 (KJV)