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[paxamicus AT earthlink.net]

You know what? Because I have been sick no and off for a few years  
now, I DO have my affairs mostly in order. Certainly it would not be  
hard to clean up after me, in that sense.

But I think we are well past the tipping point on the planet. I am  
pretty much in the fiddling whilst Rome burns portion of my mourning.  
It doesn't mean I've given up trying, but it does mean I've given up  
feeling it quite so intensely. I can only do the best I can do. I know  
Ithaca isn't the best place in the world for homesteading, but it  
certainly is already set up as a well functioning alternative  
community. I'm going to be able to find what I need, from someone up  
there.

When I left the homesteading list originally, it was because I did not  
have the same commitment to doing it by myself that  lot of people  
here do have. (And let me just say, it's admirable, don't anybody go  
getting their knickers in a knot.) I just feel like we are well past  
the point where individual options make a difference to long term  
survival of the community.

As much as I like myself, I like the diversity of a community just as  
much.  For me, securing a place in the post apoplectic web is the real  
issue.

I didn't meant to ignore your questions about the field. I am just  
busy busy busy and the truth is, I can't put into words why I know the  
soil is ok for what I want. I'll work on that shortly.




On May 11, 2008, at 10:20 PM, Gene GeRue wrote:

> Ah, it doesn't really matter. Most of us are likely out of here soon
> and those few left will be scrambling to stay alive. Certainly not
> much interested in whether the relatives took care of getting that
> family trust recorded.