I'm Ed and I'd say I'm the captain of this journey but that isn't so. Both Tricia and I are steering this so I'll just go with Engineering at this point.
I was having a hard time trying to decide what to write about, first post and all. So much going on right now and so much to do ahead, my head spins from all the info and thought racing around in there. Then I remember from our visit with Cam and Michelle Mather at SunFlower Farm, Cam asking me our “why?”
There are all the usual reasons, and they are many. I don't want to rant on about this stuff so I'll point you to relevant pages or videos.
First off the food thing...Do I have to spell out what I mean? I'll go with Food Inc. on that.
Second, climate change. 97% of the scientists AREN'T being bought off to lie in a plot to ruin the economy or whatever they would have you believe on the right.
Let's say pick from the top 5 climate change movies
Third, the driver of this train wreck, Capitalism. This is a whole other ballgame.
Let's go with Capitalism: A Love Story
I'll likely come back to flesh these out in the future and I hope I don't lose too many of you with what I might say. I'm just going to tell it as 'I' see it. If you don't agree, GREAT! Let's talk about it. We ALL need to discuss this world more. This is a global problem and it will take all the people of the world to solve it, not including Corporations.
Went out for a walk, I do that ALL the time. I think a lot when I go for a walk. It helps me sort out the pressing issues from the jumble of stuff in there. I got to thinking about my 'why?'.
When I was hurt about 13 years ago, and thought I might not walk again, things changed. When I could walk again, after all the physio and chiro, I would go walking in all types of weather, because I could. I realized then, in those years of limbo, that life truly marches on. After nearly losing the house on injured workers wages, getting training to re enter the work force and then getting into another job (Just Over Broke), I decided things had to change.
Since I was young I always thought that having land was the way to go. You can do things with it or on it to make a living. By 'making a living' I don't mean monetarily. You can grow stuff, raise stuff and build stuff. You don't NEED to deal with the economy. The corporate greed, big OIL, big AG and big PHARMA, don't be tied to it, any of it. Use as little of it as you can. Have a house that needs little energy to heat and heat it with wood. Free, all that's needed is a little sweat and time. Grow food on your land, lots of it. Raise chickens, goats, pigs, and rabbits. Can it, freeze it, dehydrate it, ferment it, salt it or smoke it. Each differing food as it ripens and is ready to harvest starts a new carnival of activity and flavours. Live with the seasons. Live IN them. Experience each day as a new beginning. Each time of year having it's own personality of light, colour, sound, smell, touch, taste and memory. Be present for it all... each day... every day.
Enough for now. Be well.
ED...
