Hi all. Yes, the Provident Pilgrim is still around. Summer has changed my schedule a bit, and a heavy workload at work and home has sucked up much of the time. Gardening didn’t help either, however this is definitely the best garden I have had, and I’ve learned much. (Great gardners are always learning, get used to it.)
I am in the midst of formulating new plans for this site. I have to admit, it has taken an extraordinary amount of my time to do it. When I look at some of the great work on some blog sites I visit, I am truly amazed at what must be an amazing time commitment to their blogs – it must be a full time thing for them. To do this site justice would require my full attention.
In the past few weeks, I have had a number of people approach me inquiring about what is going on and how they can prepare. Some have asked to be part of our little preparedness circle. The more, the merrier. Our plans are becoming more formal, and this information will be posted, as well as pages with really helpful links on it for you to peruse and explore.
In my time away from The Pilgrim, I have spent time getting a better picture of what is going on and how we might prepare – in both practical and spiritual terms. I have much to discuss and uncover, but one thing I can share is that things seem to be getting worse not better. Something wicked this way comes. More will be posted soon. Hang in there, and for Heaven’s sake get your house in order.
Boy, keeping this blog up is work. And this effort has turned into something I didn’t expect. When I started this, it was to try to convince people of pending problems with the economy. Now, there is plenty of evidence, and even more people talking about it. So it just seems this blog now just gets drowned out in the chorus. I have taken some time off, had planned on switching the content to more of a preparatory nature, however have managed to get tremendously busy over the summer. I will try to add this content in the late summer/fall, when I will probably redesign this site.
In the mean time, check out this graph:
Some interesting things to note here. First notice that unemployment peaks well after each recession ends. Second, look at our recession. Did anyone tell YOU that it was over? By most standard calculations, we are now in a depression, not a recession. That grey area should go to the end of the line. And the median duration of unemployment continues to rise. It is expected in the next month that thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of municipal and state government workers will lose their jobs. That will simply drive this graph upward. Understand what this graph is saying. The ‘mean’ or average number of weeks you can expect to be unemployed if you lose your job is 6 MONTHS! That’s 2.5 – 3x what the normal number is. By the way, this graph is a few weeks old. Captured in this article is a more current one:
http://www.howestreet.com/articles/index.php?article_id=14112
HI all. After another break, I am back to blogging a bit. Mostly I have been extraordinarily busy at the present; it is amazing how much time it takes to keep a blog current. That being said, I am renewing my efforts to do exactly that. The past two weeks have taken me through a cycle that went from ‘Am I the only one reading this?” to “What’s the use?” to “We have to warn anyone who will listen.”
The past couple weeks have seen some extraordinary developments. Not only is the Gulf Oil Spill an ongoing saga (and most likely will for quite some time), the alarm lights are starting to flash all over the investment and economic scene. What is going on now is not good, and if you have not undertaken to make some of the provisions we have talked about, I have to ask ‘What are you waiting for?!!’ I have gone out of my way to not sound alarmist, however what I am seeing is definitely alarming me. Unless the government steps in with another round of ‘stimulus’, it looks like we may be looking at another serious downturn in the stock market. (Just like 1932.) Again, this is preventable, but in order to do so the government will necessarily make things worse later – just delaying the pain.
Please take some time to get moving on your preparations. Like yesterday.
More coming shortly….
Hi all,
After a brief break, I am back to blogging a bit. A lot going on, and most all of it simply reinforces what you should be doing – get your house in order!
As you know, we here believe it is wise and prudent to keep at the very least an honest 2 months supply of food in your home. There are a number of ways our food supply can be disrupted. Posted today is a link outlining one way that can happen: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d06fcce-78a4-11df-a312-00144feabdc0.html
Additionally, it appears there is much we are not being told about the BP/Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It doesn’t take much imagination to figure this could impact the country’s energy and financial resources. Which could in turn affect food production and delivery. Stock up!
