Thursday, October 08, 2015
Why are we moving to the woods?
It's difficult to sum up in one statement, and so we started with a list:
- to get out of the 'rat race' of earning, shopping, buying, discarding...
- worries about school systems and urban environment should we ever have kids
- to build and live more closely with the land and environment and to breathe clean air
- to have space to do projects: carpentry, alternative power, gardening, wine making
- to be more in touch with traditional ways to do things: cooking, building, living
- to live affordably and sustainably
- to see the stars, sunsets, moonrises
yet we don't want to be put up as *examples* of how everyone should live. We might be ok examples for some of our neighbors,
but most people should try and be more conscious right where they are. Check the links for some *real* examples.
If you'd like to contact Tys,
email tys "at" ideamountain.com
Here's a link to the highlights tour of the house
Links
- Camping Survival Supply
- Path To Freedom
- Sustainable Suburbia
- Individual Dental Insurance
- Countryside Magazine
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- Tankless water heater exploration
- home made crossbow
- Finally built the counter edge the way it should h...
- Meters and Blueberries
- Organizing the charger wiring
- Little Table Refinishing
- More Outlet!
- refurbished a hand plane
- New Woodshed
- Rescued flat griddle
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