Procrastination Vs. “Empowerment”

After we returned from our task, flushed with success and relief, Michelle thanked me for my patience.

I thanked her for choosing to interpret my procrastination as patience.

She was grateful that I didn’t get impatient and try to straighten out our wind generator while the wind blew. I intended to stay on the ground and let it sort itself out. If I waited long enough, it stood to reason that the furling joint would loosen up again, overcoming whatever had made it stick in furling position just before Christmas day. Continue reading →

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Repurposing Old Wall Calendars

The content you’re looking for is no longer here. We’re finally beginning to shut this blog down, to remove old content.

The essay formerly found here has been incorporated in two of our publications.

This article has been edited into our book, Sacred Coffee: A “Homesteader’s” Paradigm. The book is available in print, as an audiobook, and in several eBook formats. It contains edited, improved, and expanded versions of essays that used to be available for free on this blog, and new material as well. You can learn more about it, and order it here in your preferred format. It is also included in our eBook, More Calories Than Cash: Frugality the Zeiger Homestead Way. You can learn more about it, and order it here.

 

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