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Re: [Livingontheland] Experiment in Country Living<Goodchild
- From: <pbunch@cox.net>
- To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Cc: Pego Rice <firekeeper38@yahoo.com>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Experiment in Country Living<Goodchild
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 6:06:27 -0700
Good point.
---- Pego Rice <firekeeper38@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Groundedness, being "Well Grounded" means having a good foundation, well
> connected to logic and reality. In people, it also connotates internal
> strength on an emotional and mental level.
>
> I brought this point up because there are a lot of people looking at this
> lifestyle and all our variations on it, from my little backyard HOA
> homestead to some fair sized farms and know that in their own lives, the do
> not feel that sence of being grounded in reality. There is also this.
> There are just some points in our life that the "feeling" escapes us and
> then our logic wavers. Sometimes it bears reminding of not just one point,
> "I want to be here" but the many points that have lead to "this is the best
> place from which to weather life's extingencies" We all know what causes
> people to question their "experiment in country living" and often to leave
> the land. Here in the clear light of day we also know that those same
> disasters show up no matter where we are or what life we've chosen. Money
> rears it's ugly head at times like these. It is good to address it clearly.
>
> Yours, Pego
>
>
> <<But as Mitch said the sort of lifestyle we're advocating should not be
> evaluated in monetary terms. I agree it shouldn't be dismissed because it's
> not good income. Yet local growers need to find ways to at least make
> growing supplement whatever income they have. We know the personal
> benefits.>>paul tradingpost@lobo.net>>
>
>
>
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Re: [Livingontheland] Experiment in Country Living<Goodchild,
Pego Rice, 09/01/2010
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