Yes for the memories 💖 so glad for them. You made me laugh when you talked about your experience building the Earthships! The idea comes to mind but the reality of packing all that dirt is hmmmm, pretty daunting tbh! My shoulders are the most wrecked by the injuries so I am glad to know there's some sense of reality in my mind! I have SO often been blinded by the fantasy of things. It's quite a huge undertaking you did for sure. I am so glad you're able to connect with the healing through it. Sad you had to go over your limit to learn --trust you're fully recovered now. What lessons to learn. I bet you are very happy to have the large atrium especially this season! At one point I 'owned' a 2600 sq ft house. That too taught me there are some instances where size does matter - bigger isn't always better!! It's nice your community is coming together. You two are so brave! Are your sons & mother still living nearby too? I could see my daughter being into farm life off grid. My son.... not so much. But, who knows! I have been asking my siblings to do the hippy commune-ish thing for ages. They think I am nuts! But! I have one sister softening to the idea, we lived together so well. And, my brother's wife could get into it I think, they live in Leduc right now. Heck! My brother was talking about chicken farming when we just saw them. A far cry from stewarding land but it's moving in the right direction! Oh my gosh! This comment is so long! But, one more thing! Haha..... i think now is really the best time to be alive. It's complicated yes. But, all times had their complications. I LOVE that I can video chat with my almost 93 year old grandma eventhough we are 8 hours apart! And, it's cheap. It's such a blessing. We can learn anything with a quick search. There's such advancements in technology & medical care (i know that's a slippery slope) and, personal expression -- we have lots of choice now. Let's just hope more ppl choose to care for our home & one another rather than causing destruction. Like NOW!! So much possibility is at our fingertips.
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You know it was tons of work but we had fun doing it. We did it as a family and yes there were some days when it wasn't fun. We watched a lot of comedy so we had funny things to talk about when we were working.
I am glad I pushed myself. I now know how much I can do and what is too much. Without going overboard I wouldn't know what is too much. We all need to know our boundaries. Yes I am recovered from the excessive pounding of tires.
That would be so great if you could have some of your family go off grid with you. Ah to be able to dream. Many people who were totally against things like off grid are coming around. Your brother is a good expample of that. The energy is changing for all.
I agree that the technology is great. This is a good time to be here. We are having our own hard times but we are also building a different way of life. The systems are changing. In 100 years our world will be very different. Change can be disruptive and hard. However it can also be so wonderful and rewarding. To be able to video chat with your grandmother is so fantastic and can keep us close. Even blogging is a wonderful tool. The choices are endless now. Imagine what the next generation of children will think of what we went through. Even now my kids think it was so archaic that our computers did so little when we were younger. We tell them how big the computers were when they first came out and they laugh.