[Homestead] A homestead model
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Wed Jun 20 10:50:36 EDT 2007
On Jun 20, 2007, at 6:49 AM, Clansgian at wmconnect.com wrote:
> It is what I have preached for years to, alas, an empty choir.
> Here we do
> just about everything with hand tools. And yet we are never in a
> hurry, produce
> plenty and to spare, and there's all the time in the world for
> fishing,
> playing music, blathering amongst ourselves, ...... and such
> foolishness as the
> internet.
>
> Keep in mind that we also maintain this lifestyle with absolutely
> no cash
> inputs except what our own hands and labor produce. There's no
> social security,
> disability, retirement, settlement, stipend, nor is there any
> government
> assistance for fuel, food, medicine (which we almost never use
> anyway), or any such.
It is a very lovely symphony and I congratulate you for having done
the orchestration. Your children will be well-prepared to deal with
life when they leave the family homestead.
The best teaching is by example. Use yours to help others. I would
encourage you to write a small book about how you and your family
live. Self-publish. Spend no money on marketing. Use your learned
values and Internet savvy on how to get it out to those who would
benefit.
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