Posts tagged ‘self sufficiency’

The Time Has Come…. We’re Going Home!

By Mr. Simpleton, 8 March, 2010, 1 Comment

HOME!After nine months of planning and years of dreaming, the time has finally come. Next week Missy and I are going to head off to Europe for one last itch of the travel bug, and upon our return in two weeks we’ll be headed for Hillsville!

Homesteading, Back-To-The-Land, Rural Skills, Foodie, Self Sufficiency Books

By Mr. Simpleton, 20 January, 2010, 17 Comments

Homesteading, Voluntary Simplicity, Gardening and Preparedness Book ReviewsWhen we bought “the farm” it was our intent to put our city house up for sale and maybe live in it for another year while waiting for a buyer. To our surprise, someone snatched up our little wannabe-urban-homestead the 2nd week it was on the market. Unprepared, we rented a duplex and found a caretaker for our new 15-acre property on the other side of the country.

Reminder To My Future Self…

By Mr. Simpleton, 30 December, 2009, 2 Comments

It is the end of a decade and the end of an era (The Denver Era) so I thought it would be an appropriate time to take a snapshot. Sometimes along the road of life we lose track of what was important to our earlier selves. Usually we’ve just grown into different priorities. Still, it is important to be reminded of our values and priorities as they were at a given point in time so that we might hold our older selves accountable to our earlier selves.