tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post7178273400798857737..comments2024-02-15T08:22:52.443-08:00Comments on The Back Forty: Take Back Our PowerRobbynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-14843725087148689352011-01-15T08:53:52.259-08:002011-01-15T08:53:52.259-08:00yeah Robbyn, we've had that same conversation ...yeah Robbyn, we've had that same conversation many times. In fact, it was those conversations that have led us to many of the beliefs that dictate how we make our decisions on many of the things that affect our lives together. <br />I if may mention the name of my blog without sounding like a total shill for it, "a posse ad esse" evolved from the same feeling of needing to take back power. It means from possibility to reality, as I'm sure you've read before, but that's how we try to look at things. What's possible and how can we get thereand make it reality.<br />best of luck on your continued journey.P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13403847624491620709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-14778177129400758672011-01-14T16:07:40.450-08:002011-01-14T16:07:40.450-08:00Wendy...so well put, and it's so so SO true!!!...Wendy...so well put, and it's so so SO true!!!<br /><br />JJ, isn't it interesting the tie between food supply and independence? We are reminded of that constantly :)<br /><br />Annette...you are so far ahead of us in those areas...I still need to learn to can! And we will hopefully know this year if we will have to stay here for the long term or if we'll be able to plant ourselves somewhere with fewer taxes, restrictions and more privacy. It seems we're waiting soooo long holding off on things like a proper garden, etc until we kill the debt. Yay to you for the poultry civil disobedience...it's forbidden in our neighborhood, too...hmmm... :)<br /><br />Ed, thanks for the encouraagement, and it's so true...those steps add up!!<br /><br />Hey Cat gal :) Y'know, I'm going RIGHT now to reserve my copy from the library website...can you believe I've gone this long without ever reading it? Thanks for the nudge!Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-83955736719599391382011-01-14T13:49:19.863-08:002011-01-14T13:49:19.863-08:00after almost 30 years of marriage, and being poor,...after almost 30 years of marriage, and being poor, to being almost rich...i would choose a debt free simple life with land of my own...to hell with keeping up with the joneses...HAVE YOU READ LIVING THE GOOD LIFE/helen nearing.....just amazing to meCatHerderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933478666953462356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-15725794362868114822011-01-14T13:41:17.057-08:002011-01-14T13:41:17.057-08:00One Small Babystep at a time!! And maybe you will ...One Small Babystep at a time!! And maybe you will never get to where you want to be exactly, but inch by inch, foot by foot, we will get there!! Every LITTLE thing that we do toward self sufficeincy, is one step closer. Babysteps---Edfast eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04926255784054769919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-59908676395172918532011-01-13T10:24:14.237-08:002011-01-13T10:24:14.237-08:00Ronnie and I have that talk often. Like you, we w...Ronnie and I have that talk often. Like you, we would be content in a tiny house off the grid. Using an outhouse. <br />The biggest step we have taken so far is growing and canning our own food along with caring for 8 laying hens (no rooster)< This one is an act of civil disobedience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-58244139418032912872011-01-12T20:45:20.127-08:002011-01-12T20:45:20.127-08:00One of the big things we are doing to take back ou...One of the big things we are doing to take back our power is taking control of our own food supply. While we're not growing much of our own, yet, we have found a community of local growers, and we are learning how to preserve the harvest and therefore eat more locally, and away from the industrial food chain. We're also working toward paying down debt, though that is a secondary goal right now...jjhttp://ruraldream.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-29436250123802647672011-01-12T19:02:01.599-08:002011-01-12T19:02:01.599-08:00Indeed! It is incredibly empowering to do things ...Indeed! It is incredibly empowering to do things by choice rather than feeling coerced or manipulated or forced.<br /><br />I suppose we've done a lot of little things to wrest the responsibility over our lives out of the hands of the "powers-that-be." More important than the individual things we've done, however, is the change in attitude from one of forced resignation and compliance to one of self-"control" and personal responsibiliy. I'm not just "responsible" for my actions in the sense that I have to pay for my wrongs, but I'm also "responsible" for my life in that I will do what and live how I wish, and in a way that is morally and ethically acceptable to me. Sometimes those convictions don't mesh well with what society believes is appropriate and proper :).<br /><br />I know we're stuck here in the suburbs, and that's okay, because every day, I'm figuring out new ways to do exactly what I want while staying "within" the system. <br /><br />By the way, we've had the "what if" conversation and shed living has come up :).Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.com