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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

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.