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Fare well, Bev. See you on Facebook.

Ray



Dr. Raymond Zentz
 
It is better to die a free man, than to live, a slave.



-----Original Message-----
From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>
To: Homestead List <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wed, Dec 8, 2010 6:22 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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