Long time no post. I can believe it’s been 2 months since my last post…
We’re going to the property this week to check things out, pay a visit to our neighbors and generally just to get away. Only 1157 days left as of this post till we move down.
I know Dayna is ready to go now and frankly, so am I. But there’s so much to do before we can move.
More soon!
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So I made my choice a few years ago. I left NYC for Truth or Consequences, NM, a tiny desert town that was never fully dependent on the national economy. Folks here have skills: welding, sewing, woodworking, canning, growing etc. The domestic economy is vibrant, in fact barter is more respected than the dollar which says so little of one’s character. When a developer came here with big plans to “help us” I realized that he could not see that poverty is being redefined. While one in four American homes are empty, here in T or C we have a nearly full occupancy. He sees trailers and mobiles, “poor folks!” I see balance, living within one’s means. This is wealth! This is a place that skirted through the great depression of the 1920′s and 30′s. Here locals grew food and stocked the supermarket for those who could not grow. That supermarket is still here.
The things that make us believe in an independent life! I love the description of the contractors skewed view on life and the active level of the community in the local community instead of trucking out their goods.
I think that a community like this is more able to survive fluctuations and failures in the much larger economy of the U.S. Communities with more macro/micro economies are less effected on the larger scale failures like are currently happening in the greedy world of the lenders which now, we the average citizen have to bail out. Nothing like having a society geared more towards welfare for the wealthy…
Note to self: There’s one in Springfield, MO. Link to website.
For readers, find the closest one to you here.
I actually like the look of this! Use low/no VOC paint and I think we’ve got a winner.
Basically it’s 90# roll roofing glued down and then painted. Long lasting and low maintenance. Does it get any easier?
As a follow up to other food related posts, check out this video from Ann Cooper. She’s bang on the money as to our kids diets, who controls the food supply and who allows it to be contaminated and destroyed. All the more reason for a move to controlling your own food. Grow it yourself!
Her website is: http://www.lunchlessons.org/
Between the things happening in the pictures below and more, I’ve not had much time to post. I have some topics to post and I’ll get them posted in the next week or so…
Lets see, we’ve got some fresh veggies out of the garden, some fishing and one shot from the midget car races at the Grundy County Speedway. Good fun!
Quite a few thought provoking talks on TED…
NOTE: The volume in the pre-roll BMW ad is quite loud!
Journalist Carl Honore—author of the best-selling book In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed—discusses how he believes our culture’s obsession with speed “erodes [our] health, productivity and quality of life”.
I was sitting here this morning thinking about the garden and it hit me – all these folks (farmers, ranchers and other small vegetable producers) have pissed and moaned about the government wanting to implement various tracking systems for livestock and foods on “their dime” and saying things like “it’s unnecessary”, are also part of the people who are all up in arms about the latest breakout of salmonella.
Had a tracking system been in place for our food stocks, which was turned down by corporate interests and our current government, we could’ve tracked the outbreak back to it’s source.
There is an AP report that confirms this, at least in part, to be accurate. While I believe their rejection was due to the “interference” of the government in their business, their business becomes our business when it’s an item to be consumed by the general populous.
I often hear folks bitching about how much food costs and that measures like this would increase those costs. Bottom line is they’re calling for simple record keeping (not much beyond what farmers already do). Note that I’m not talking about the much contested NAIS. But the principle is the same – if it’s grown for mass consumption or resale it should be documented for purposes of tracking illness and disease – period.
How do you get around this? Grow your own food! You then know exactly what’s in it, who grew it, what the conditions were and you have the pride of having stocked your own table.
We are still guilty of consumption of market foods, but as time goes on we will be reducing our consumption of these foods as we grow and raise more and more of our own food.
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