The Media Puts a Negative Spin on Self-Sufficiency/Reliance

A good friend recently showed me an article made me pretty angry.

The article, 10 Years After Trying to Live off the Grid, Farmer Wonders, ‘What am I Doing Living on This Little Island?’ describes Peter Janes’s “homestead” in British Columbia, Canada. On the whole, it’s a success story. Janes and his partner have been striving toward self-sufficiency and creating an alternative lifestyle for 10 years. They’re not as self sufficient as they would like to be, but they’re well on their way, and they’re thriving. Continue reading →

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Music to Annoy the Savage Beast

The moose I encountered on Wednesday (see Yet Another Moose Encounter) came back Thursday.

Dang, but he’s big! I don’t think we’ve ever had any bulls in the yard that we’ve been aware of. If we have, they’ve been calves. This guy’s tall and well muscled.

And yet, he seems a melancholy, poetic soul. Perhaps even sensitive?

Bad Boy, or Poetic Soul? (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

Bad Boy, or Poetic Soul? (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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