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  • From: Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Checking out
  • Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:39:28 -0500

How many people are on this list? Lee are you still the list owner?

On 12/8/10, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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