Very well said Sir! I could have written a similar 'light at the end of the tunnel' message. In fact, I have. Several times.
My feeling is that there is still hope for humanity. Maybe *not* for our current bureaucratic, over medicated, under educated, over sexualized, over credentialed, kleptocratic, mentally ill society - but humanity. People.
There is hope in rural America. And among the peasantry around the world. Country folk, people in rural communities, are re-learning the skills our parents and grandparents took for granted. Some never lost those skills! We tend our gardens, and 'put-up' our harvests in the fall. We kill and cure a hog or two every fall. And stock our freezers with beef, or game.
We are not afraid to socialize, after church. We still teach our kids how to hunt and fish. And to tolerate the "not us". And to avoid the urban hellholes that seem to breed the ills that plague society.
Yes, there are tough times coming. Yes, many people are going to see a reduction in their standard of living. Many are experiencing them now! But the heartland is still strong. In the words of one of our modern-day poets, "Country folk will survive!"
I also think the energy expended to make ourselves more independently/decentralized/small community sustainable is the right way to go. And it reminds us that we human and not just remote semi-detached and expendable work units for the centralized ptb.
Our family, here in rural lower Mich, is just now learning how to keep hens alive and happy, how to keep the deer from entirely defoliating two dozen baby fruit trees we put in this spring, and how to persuade our rural twp to allow us to install solar.
Oh, and trying to dissuade one or more woodchucks from compromising the stability of our house's foundation, short of terminal action. Darned woodchucks!
Very well said Sir! I could have written a similar 'light at the end of the tunnel' message. In fact, I have. Several times.
My feeling is that there is still hope for humanity. Maybe *not* for our current bureaucratic, over medicated, under educated, over sexualized, over credentialed, kleptocratic, mentally ill society - but humanity. People.
There is hope in rural America. And among the peasantry around the world. Country folk, people in rural communities, are re-learning the skills our parents and grandparents took for granted. Some never lost those skills! We tend our gardens, and 'put-up' our harvests in the fall. We kill and cure a hog or two every fall. And stock our freezers with beef, or game.
We are not afraid to socialize, after church. We still teach our kids how to hunt and fish. And to tolerate the "not us". And to avoid the urban hellholes that seem to breed the ills that plague society.
Yes, there are tough times coming. Yes, many people are going to see a reduction in their standard of living. Many are experiencing them now! But the heartland is still strong. In the words of one of our modern-day poets, "Country folk will survive!"
Great post. If you look for Good, you will find it. Resist and be free.
Great piece, Rob, thank you.
I also think the energy expended to make ourselves more independently/decentralized/small community sustainable is the right way to go. And it reminds us that we human and not just remote semi-detached and expendable work units for the centralized ptb.
Our family, here in rural lower Mich, is just now learning how to keep hens alive and happy, how to keep the deer from entirely defoliating two dozen baby fruit trees we put in this spring, and how to persuade our rural twp to allow us to install solar.
Oh, and trying to dissuade one or more woodchucks from compromising the stability of our house's foundation, short of terminal action. Darned woodchucks!
Anyway, I digress.
Thanks for writing, Rob!