This is a great column, already doing a lot of this.. we built a chicken coop over the summer, and put in a bigger garden. We are getting a half dozen fresh eggs a day.
Love all the sentiments you expressed, Rob! I started making my own granola instead of buying it. It's a small thing, but my version is fresher, with few additives, and just tastes way better. It's now the highlight of my morning routine (aside from coffee, of course).
Having done nearly everything on your list already (the garden is still in progress, getting the soil ready for a late winter early spring sowing of seeds), the only thing I'd add is reading in place of "watching". The difference between reading a book, or even articles and posts, and passively "watching" has been quite life changing. I've ditched the telescreen, and nearly all mass media audio visual thought injections for the written words, both new and very old.
The change in perspective, of the relationship of self to society and the world at large has been, liberating.
Great column, Rob. We've started growing more of our own food and intend to expand our garden next year. We've got a small, but good, community of neighbours and friends that help each other out.
Okay, I agree to a point. I'm not sure if you're saying protest is futile, as in "standing in the street screaming." Hmmm. So... don't protest?
Be independent, that's good. And then when they surveil you from space, what then? When they zap you with 5G, what then? When they cut off your food supply and you can't grow food in the winter, and then they cut off your heat, your water... What then? Be independent... sounds great, I like being "independent." But ARE we ever really independent, if we're not living completely off grid, in a mountain cave or something? Eating wild and killing game?
What about the elderly? Can they grow their own food? The sick?
Just asking because you're not addressing any of that. I think if you expanded your idea a little, to something called "Community," it might work pretty well. What do we do when the Internet is shut down? When the banks are shut down? Uh huh. I think about THAT.
And I'm curious about the "blurb" you erased yesterday, to do with me... or my page? What was that about? Just wondering, bro!
This is a great column, already doing a lot of this.. we built a chicken coop over the summer, and put in a bigger garden. We are getting a half dozen fresh eggs a day.
Love all the sentiments you expressed, Rob! I started making my own granola instead of buying it. It's a small thing, but my version is fresher, with few additives, and just tastes way better. It's now the highlight of my morning routine (aside from coffee, of course).
https://www.foodstoragemoms.com/30-pioneer-skills/
This is a good site regarding becoming more self-reliant. She has lots of helpful tips.
Great advice!
Having done nearly everything on your list already (the garden is still in progress, getting the soil ready for a late winter early spring sowing of seeds), the only thing I'd add is reading in place of "watching". The difference between reading a book, or even articles and posts, and passively "watching" has been quite life changing. I've ditched the telescreen, and nearly all mass media audio visual thought injections for the written words, both new and very old.
The change in perspective, of the relationship of self to society and the world at large has been, liberating.
Great column, Rob. We've started growing more of our own food and intend to expand our garden next year. We've got a small, but good, community of neighbours and friends that help each other out.
Okay, I agree to a point. I'm not sure if you're saying protest is futile, as in "standing in the street screaming." Hmmm. So... don't protest?
Be independent, that's good. And then when they surveil you from space, what then? When they zap you with 5G, what then? When they cut off your food supply and you can't grow food in the winter, and then they cut off your heat, your water... What then? Be independent... sounds great, I like being "independent." But ARE we ever really independent, if we're not living completely off grid, in a mountain cave or something? Eating wild and killing game?
What about the elderly? Can they grow their own food? The sick?
Just asking because you're not addressing any of that. I think if you expanded your idea a little, to something called "Community," it might work pretty well. What do we do when the Internet is shut down? When the banks are shut down? Uh huh. I think about THAT.
And I'm curious about the "blurb" you erased yesterday, to do with me... or my page? What was that about? Just wondering, bro!