Precious metals and coinage

I have found a couple web sites that have good info if you want to follow precious metals as well as commodity metals [copper, aluminum, lead, steel etc]

First is one to determine the value of metals in coins. They have the actual amount of metals and their value in every coin the US has ever minted. really interesting.

Then for daily spot prices, there is KitCo. They have many interesting charts as well.

I want to follow these a bit more closely because of the eroding value of the US dollar.

Read and enjoy.

a Follower of the Way

Two Weeks worth of stuff

Well, I have been home now 2 weeks, and slowly am making progress on the house & especially the upstairs. Have made several trips down to the basement carrying boxes, and it is about thinned out in my bedroom. I still have trouble wandering back and forth as I run across items that I am not quite sure where or when to pack.

Was also going thru my boxes of letters from high school and college, lots of memories there. Started feeling a bit melancholy about the whole of my life since 18, just wish I had not made the poor choices and ended up with these consequences.

Oh well

Tired out, so will close up tonight.

a Follower of the Way

More packing up of house

Arrived Thursday, have started packing up more of the house. The moving truck is now about half full, time to get it fully loaded, and ready to lock and move out of the way.

Judith is staying with me, and now I can get other stuff done with her here.

a Follower of the Way

There are some nice blogs & Websites

I have run across several frugal, homesteading blogs & websites. Here is one. It has mostly the same info that I have been doing, CFL lites, etc, but there is always a tidbit or two to be learned.

The HomesteadingToday website has lots of good stuff on it. Many good forums, includoing my favorite, preparedness. I am stocking up on items here and there as they go on clearance.

Take care.

a Follower of the Way

Some New websites added

I found a few more interesting websites yesterday, one is about Homesteading and then I found out about slow speed diesel engines. Listeroids!

a Follower of the Way

The Old Courtshipconnection.net forum is gone

I really appreciated it when It was going. Eric Blievernicht was the moderator, but I guess it became too much to keep up with and maintain. Too Bad, wish I had a way to get access to my old posts.

Need to try the wayback websiite, but not now.


a Follower of the Way

Beautiful Weather in Datil

Sunny and getting quite warm outside. In the house it is still 58°, but that is OK because I am moving around quite a bit.



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New Mexico Status

Still packing upstairs, have hurt my foot. Not good.

Hope to post some pix of what it looks like now.

a Follower of the Way

Abortion and the Body of Christ [That is, the church]

Why do so many Christian women end up having abortions? As I thought about this, I then came to the question, why do so many Christians, young men & women, end up committing sexual immorality outside of marriage?

I have several thoughts.

• One reason is the continued delay in marriage until the late years of life. Now it is in the mid 20's for most people
• another is the idea that we all need college education to 'make it' in life.
• Tied in to the above is the worldy dating scenario, where people date because that is what the world does. But the purpose of courtship & betrothal should only be with marriage in mind. So many do it because they are lonely.
  
• There is also the lack of teaching of holiness in the church. The lack of balance regarding evangelism. It seems that all the talk is about evangelism, but there is not nearly enough about living Holy lives, set apart for the Lord. How we live does more to evangelize than all the programs we have to "reach" people.

I so wish we could change the world by our lives, and no thave to speak so many words.

a Follower of the Way

Back in New Mexico again

Well, I have been back at the house in Datil about 19 days now, and am making good progress on packing up stuff.
Today, I went to the High Country SDA fellowship, where were only a few of us there. Thelma called me, and said Joyce was coming, and that the Chavez's might be coming as well. I arrived about 0950, Joyce at about 1030, and the Chavez's about 1100.

There was a LOT of produce from commodities from the day before, so we cooked up & ate some of the squash, bell pepper, and zucchini that was there. It was all very good, along with Thelma's beans, and a pan of rice.

I took home about 4 lbs of Kumquats, and have been [hopefully] making them into marmalade jelly. Hope it sets up OK.

Am now relaxing with a cup of hot mint [spearmint] and Pero drink. It is really tasty.

a Follower of the Way