A Friendly Review.

Me and Mammaw fishing in the woods of east Texas. It was a few days ago. Maybe more than a few.

Dear Friends, we are entering times like we have not seen. My mother is 99 years old and vividly remembers doing without. Without what, you ask? Everything. The only thing that they had plenty of was food from their garden. My grandmother, Mammaw, plowed a 6 acre garden with a mule and grew all the staples that the family needed. When I say family I mean a very large extended family. There were 5 children, 2 step-children and dozens of nieces and nephews who lived with Mammaw and Papa because Papa had a good job on the railroad and did not miss a day’s work throughout the Great Depression. This is your first tip: grow your own food!

((Editor’s note: This is when I originally began writing this article and have been interrupted many times and have only now, October 23rd 2021, picked it back up again but I wanted to leave this in for a reference.))>>At this point in time, July 31, 2021, I believe we are in a period of “grace”. Please stock up on food stuffs. I recently purchased a couple of 25 pound bags of wheat flour for $2.99 each. Unbelievable right? Right now I have 2,400 pounds of rice on my trailer that was given to me to dispose of. I will give it to folks in the community. I’m not saying there is no inflation in the price of food stuffs but it is still available so, purchase at least enough for 6 months for your entire family. In 6 months it may not be available at any price.

Who am I? Why do I say these things? I have experienced the collapse of 4 nations while I was there and had to be evacuated by government aircraft. When a nation collapses all rules go out the window and it is every person for themselves. another reason for me saying this is that I am seeing signs that this Super Cycle could, and I emphasize could, be a very bad cycle with respect to the economy, a heightened state of war and/or a very large loss of human lives from any number of causes including disease, lack of food and clean drinking water, civil unrest and unfortunately, all out war.

Live independently:

The whole goal of this website was to teach people how to live independent lives and I have heard back from some of you who took that advice and now have your homestead, garden and are beholden to no one. That makes me very proud. Thank you. There may still be time for some of you other readers to emulate the successes of others. Go back to the very beginning of my articles and learn as much as you can about being independent.

What can I do now?

Go back and read an old article of mine: https://codgerville.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/18-things-you-can-do-right-now-before-shtf-hits/ . Please refer to the many articles that revolve around the idea of being “off-grid”, self sufficient, etc.

Why have I waited this long getting this article out?

Quite frankly, that is hard to answer. I have been very busy and have had numerous doctors’ visits over the past few months and I am more than just a little tired of being poked, prodded and zapped. But that is only a fraction of the things that have been going on. Like I said earlier, Mom is 99 and will be 100 on February 14, 2022, praise Yah! We have had things to do to see to her care and that has involved a lot travelling and will require more in the next few days, but the big reason I have waited is that it didn’t feel “right” or “time”. It feels as though that has changed and I can now complete this article.

Tomorrow, October 24th through October 31st is an important time. When I was a kid you could go to the theatre on Saturday morning and watch the Matinee before the main feature so, you were getting two shows for the price of one. It was probably a movie we had seen a dozen times but that didn’t matter, it was two for the price of one. That was a bargain for 25 cents or later, 35 cents. See, we had inflation back then, too.

After the 31st, I am anticipating things to escalate quickly and peak at 96% on or around November 19th, drop 10% and continue erratically to the end of the cycle, hopefully. Having said this please understand I see next week as the Matinee for whatever will come later in November. It will be an attention getter and, if it happens and I am saying, if it happens, you must make all of your last minute preparations quickly. If nothing happens next week that doesn’t mean that we are in the clear for November or December, it just means we missed the Matinee.

What should I look for?

It could be an act of war. Take your pick; Israel/Iran; China/Taiwan; Russia/Ukraine and there are others. Could it be financial? Yes, but if it is, expect it to be very swift and dramatic, not just a couple of hundred points in a day but thousands of points, with trillions of dollars being lost in a single day possibly, for several days. Make not mistake about it, if the Matinee feature occurs you will definitely get your 25 cents worth.

Is this a prophecy?

NO!!! It is just a “feeling” after going back and looking at past cycles, cycle intensities, cycle durations, etc. for the last few years and after considering the artificially high “Background Noise” or intensity since the end of the last cycle. Forty percent is a serious amount of stress upon people but to stay that high for 2 months until this cycle began on October 7th is a lot to consider.

Any more cheery news?

Yes. Some weeks ago I asked Brother Mark to check for asteroids that would qualify for N.E.O. status and he didn’t find anything unusual. I informed Brother Joe and Brother Mark that I thought we would see an increase in fireballs toward the end of October and it would intensify going into November. Well, right on cue, they began about a week later and they are continuing and will intensify, if I am right, going into November, with the possibility of one or more Earth impacts.

Will they cause the end of the world? No! Expect something along the order of magnitude between Chelyabinsk and Tunguska. I’ll leave it to you to research these two. So, I guess now the big question is where, right? Remember you have a 60%+ that they will hit the water. Where? The Caribbean Sea is a strong probability and so is the Pacific Ocean just off the West Coast of the United States, affectionately known as the Left Coast.

Even as I write this I feel as though I should not write it because, if it doesn’t happen will I unduly worry people about nothing at all? Gosh, I don’t know. What if it does happen and I didn’t mention it? I’d rather people read this and laugh about how wrong I was about this happening. That’s okay, believe me. I hope and even pray that none of this comes to pass so, if you want to call me crazy or a fool feel free because, I will will just breathe a deep sigh of relief. But if by some crazy chance some of this should come to pass and I didn’t warn you and you get hurt because of my failure to mention this, that is on me.

I have given you at least 24 hours notice to think and pray about what I have written. If you want to blow it off as the ramblings of a senile old crackpot, that’s okay. I can live with that but now, you have the information.

Num 6:22  And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 
Num 6:23  “Speak to Aharon and his sons, saying, ‘This is how you bless the children of Yisra’ěl. Say to them: 
Num 6:24  “יהוה bless you and guard you; 
Num 6:25  יהוה make His face shine upon you, and show favour to you; 
Num 6:26  יהוה lift up His face upon you, and give you peace.” ’ 
Num 6:27  “Thus they shall put My Name on the children of Yisra’ěl, and I Myself shall bless them.” 

Shalom vberakhot,

CC

The Sabbatical Year Garden

I realize that there are some of you that are tired of hearing about the sabbatical year. Too bad! I love it. By my reckoning I am now in the 20th day of the 3rd month of the sabbatical year of the 3rd sabbatical cycle of the 119th Jubilee cycle. ((Yes, I know there are varying opinions on this but I did the math.) So, if we are in a sabbatical year what kind of garden do I have? To answer that: one that grows on its own. A garden without planting, fertilizing, cultivation, etc. Everything in it volunteered from last year’s produce. {Lev. 25:18-19} You can eat what grows of itself or on its own but you do not harvest. You take just enough for your daily needs.

Leftovers, Lagniappe and La-Z-Boys

((Why did I named the article this, I don’t know. It was all I could come up with. Sorry.))

Although this article is NOT about leftovers at the dinner table, it could be. The title is based on the terms that I learned growing up. My family was from central Louisiana but I was raised in south Louisiana. This is similar to having your family from England and raising you in France.

What Did We Accomplish?

In the previous post you may have gotten the idea that the trip was not a succss. We did get our supplies safely there and inventoried as I stated. We also located a site for two more cabins. The cabin that we were able to start will be for Von and I and then the third cabin will be for visitors (also read refugees.)

Home Again

I usually do not comment on a family “vacation” but I think I will this time because it has a very interesting side note for all of us. Every year, my family “group”

We observed nesting pairs of bald eagles on the way to the museum. Awesome!!

gets together during the months of February in winter and June/July for the summer. These get-togethers are to discuss strategy, current events around the world, go over our preparations and, many times, construct a cabin, road, LP/OP or some other needed improvement to our refuge. We have traditionally met in February because so many members of my family, including myself, have a birthday during the month. This year my mother turned 90 years old and when asked what she wanted to do for her birthday her response was to go to the World War II National Museum in New Orleans Louisiana

The Art and Science of Caching

I used the terms art and science because a cache is often misunderstood and often as not, mispronounced. The word cache comes from French and is pronounced “kash” or “cash” just like the word for the Federal Reserve Notes in your wallet. Literally, a cache is something of value hidden for later use or retrieval. In the world of the survivor or prepper it has a deeper meaning. Sorry about the pun.

A Personal Note On The American Dream

Dear Friends, I want to speak on a personal level right now. I studied economics at the Univerisity of California in the early 1970’s, but I am not an economist. The information that I give is not that of an economist.

15 Decisions You May Have To Make in 2012

In earlier articles I  tried to highlight the problems that we are faced with in this day and age not only in America but also throughout the world. Wherever you look, the United States is poised for war with some country. We are poised for war

First Things First

There are a lot of things that I would like to admit to, but unfortunately, most of them would be a lie. Sometimes you would like to plead guilty to being caught in an affair with a beautiful actress, or having millions of dollars in a hidden account or, like Al Gore, to have invented the internet.

STEPS TO PREPARE

What this article is and what it isn’t.

It is the purpose of this article to give you a strategy or methodology in your preparations. It is not a detailed treatment of preparing for a disaster.

When The Poop Hits The Oscillator

I have been asked to share my perspective (vision or nightmare) of what will happen when the Poop finally hit’s the fan. You asked for it,

Achieving True Independence Part II

In my last article we addressed the following points; (Part I), How to grow your food, (Part II) How to store your food, (Part III) How to locate your refuge, (Part IV) How to build your refuge. Now,

Achieving True Independence: Part I

My Dad was a great man, and he was a WWII veteran. He could easily have been either one without being the other but he was both. He gave me a piece of advice I have tried to adhere to my entire life.