Since setting up an analytic program to track traffic to our Website, I’ve been snooping around a bit to see who’s linking to the site, and why. Recently, I found a link in a homesteading forum. The comments were interesting, and gratifyingly complimentary in most cases, but one less-than-flattering phrase caught my attention: someone who knew Haines said that there are a lot of “trust fund hippies” in the area. I don’t know if he assumed we fell into that category, but if so, ouch!
I’m okay with being called a hippie. I’m old enough to remember the original hippies, so I’ve never considered myself one, but the label fits many of our neighbors, and, in many people’s eyes, us as well, I suppose. As for the trust fund part, while there are surely such people in town, none of them live in this neighborhood. Nor does anyone in the neighborhood draw welfare, as I’ve heard said. All my neighbors have jobs! We’re about the only family that doesn’t have regular (in some cases seasonal, but still regular) employment.
A lot of people ask us how we get by here, especially financially. Would that we did have a trust fund to rely on! Continue reading
