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
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