Allow me to introduce myself

At times, the topics I cover might seem a bit scattered.  So I'm going to spend this first week introducing my line of thinking.  I think that there are a lot of interwoven components to living intentionally with an eye for pessimistic optimism.  I’m going to try to make the case for the relevance of Prepping, Gardening, Travel, Home Education, Food (Recipes, Fermentation, Preservation), Homesteading Experiments, and Strong Communities. After this first flurry of boring mini essays you’ll be subjected to a random smattering of whatever we’re up to within these categories. See you soon!

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