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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> As one meanders down the flowchart, various decisions and paths 
> emerge for which these external factors are a minimum 
> influence.  That has a lot to do with why we homestead.

You mentioned that you just bought life insurance, a prudent move for 
parents of children not yet able to support themselves. Homesteading 
might well be thought of as an ultimate insurance policy, a way to 
deal with those many essential items beyond our control in the 
greater economy but substantially in our control with a bit of land 
and a garden, more so with a woodlot.