[Homestead] Checking out

Wendy crazygardens at verizon.net
Thu Dec 9 18:14:34 EST 2010


See you on facebook, Bev.  I guess it has been about 15 years.  Wow, hard to 
believe.  I'm not what you would call a homesteader by any stretch of the 
imagination.  I had plans to give it a shot, which is why I joined this list.  
Had a contract to purchace 156 acres in MO, but then hubby derailed our plans by 
cleaning out the bank accounts.  Hubby and I no longer live together, hehe.  So, 
I'm here in PA now, on about 1/2 acre.  I garden, can, dry, but spend most of my 
time working at a power plant.  I just never left because I've grown very fond 
of all of you (yes, even the ones I argue with), love to learn and to hear all 
about  your homesteads.

Wendy




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From: EarthNSky <erthnsky at gmail.com>
To: Homestead List <homestead at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 8:22:26 AM
Subject: [Homestead] Checking out

Well, my friends, it is time for me to simplify my life and leave the homestead 
list for good. It is hard to believe now, considering the normality of silence, 
but it used to be a lively place that I could visit to find people who were 
willing to lay it all out there on any subject.  I credit this list for getting 
me interested in politics and in homesteading issues like NAIS, permaculture, 
and alternative energies.  I've been on the list for the better part of 15 
years, and in that time, you all have molded into the person I am today.  For 
the last 5 or more years, I've started probably more than a third of the 
conversations on this list, for better or worse, in trying to keep the spark 
alive and to continue my own learning and understanding.  Now, I am forced to 
look elsewhere for intellectual stimulation and debate on issues.  As an aside, 
I have to say that according to my own definition of homesteading, I am no 
longer a homesteader, just a poor person with a cabin in the boonies and a bunch 
of chickens.  I don't belong here anymore, and it seems hypocritical to call 
myself a homesteader and organic gardener/rancher when I have to take engineered 
biologic drugs to function.

Many of you are on Facebook, and I thoroughly enjoy following your life journeys 
there.  I hope that I might continue to be a part of your lives there.  If you 
aren't on Facebook, but you still want to keep in touch, you can always email me 
directly (erthnsky at gmail.com),  but this is my last post to Homestead.

Peace, out..

Bev

-- EarthNSky Farm    34.498N    85.076W
SISU! (Finnish--There is no single word in English that encompasses
all that sisu means, but it combines the following ideas: guts, pep,
determination, stubbornness, perseverance, hardiness, stamina, go, do,
nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit.  It's like "Just Do It!"&  "Go for It!")
                

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