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["roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>]

Lynn,

I'm considering the alone thing now too and wondered how hard it will be to 
do as a woman. But there's an old man who lives a few miles down the road who 
is alone and doesn't drive and he is doing fine on his own. He's not raising 
animals and lives from what he grows in the garden and the deer that we give 
him from time to time. I think that's how I will do it. The area of influence 
will shrink around my house until I am surrounded by wilderness except for my 
little zone of living right around the house and I'll learn to live on a diet 
I can produce on my own or gather, like the old man down the road. We are 
fortunate to live in a spot where this is possible, I think. The seasons 
aren't so harsh that everything dies in winter and there's always something 
around to eat within easy walking distance, and especially so if I keep a few 
chickens and a small garden and can reduce my input needs.

Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)

 -------Original Message-------
 From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
 Subject: Re: [Homestead] Music was  Newsweek -
 Sent: 25 Oct '08 14:01
 
  I don't know what kind of homesteading you want to do, and if your wife
 is willing to help. If it involves raising food and animals, that's hard
 to do alone. I'm healthy, but at 52 I just don't have the energy I did
 30 years ago. I have so many plans, but not enough time/money/energy to
 do them. Things fall down faster than I can fix them. I love this life,
 but somedays I feel like I'm not doing it right. I have this dream that
 someday I might get caught up.
 
 Lynn Wigglesworth