Better dead than red?
I'll most likely be homesteading once debt is paid off (though probably for a long time supplemented with a library job).
I've been impressed with several homesteading communities, some of them kookier than others....
But I think that I've finally found one that might be the perfect match for my family:
The Homestead Project
"To arrive, survive, and thrive"
I can't believe how much land there is out there for the taking!
I'll most likely be homesteading once debt is paid off (though probably for a long time supplemented with a library job).
I've been impressed with several homesteading communities, some of them kookier than others....
But I think that I've finally found one that might be the perfect match for my family:
The Homestead Project
"To arrive, survive, and thrive"
I can't believe how much land there is out there for the taking!
posted by trawlerman at 7:28 AM
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you know, i would've expected myself to laugh at the idea of your family living on mars, but i can totally see it happening. if you go i hope they make a reality show about your family. i always knew owens were the wave of the future!
Densely, I can't even figure out whether you're serious about Mars or not. (The folks in the article seem to be.)
Either way, are you serious about the homesteading plan generally? It's wildly novel to my way of thinking. Something I never would have thought about, but a fascinating topic.
Do I think that I'll ever go to Mars?
No.
I don't have the hard science know-how to be of any use at this point. After all, I'm training to be a librarian, not a Martian terraformer.
If you like science fiction and are at all interested in the idea of making Mars habitable for human beings, I would highly recommend Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy.
Am I serious about the homesteading plan generally?
Yes.
One of my life goals, whether I achieve it or not, is to have my own used bookstore and a homestead. Lots of chickens, of course, milk cows, and maybe, if I get my way, some hogs.
I am an agrarian. I love cities. I was raised on Long Island, not far from New York City. I lived in London for a while. But I am convinced that most cities are very unhealthy and in need of reform. I am deliberately choosing to live in the country in the future and raise my family in a self-reliant agricultural setting, ideally in a community of like-minded individuals (this is being done in pockets all across the states).
My position is basically that found in David Rockett's essay,The Prima Facie Credibility of Covenantal Agrarianism
It is important to note that "Covenantal Agrarianism" is not at all against technology, only against immature abuse of technology; and cautions against adopting technologies that may disrupt community or distance us from a connection with creation.
I do not believe that agrarianism is (or should be) opposed to something like space travel and I have difficulty with extremists on both sides.
So I am all for a Mars colony, even as I recognize that I am incapable of participating in such a thing. Perhaps my children or my children's children shall be such pioneers.
My favorite essay on space travel is by Tim Enloe:
"Onward Christian Spacemen" A Call for Christian Leadership of Manned Space Exploration
You write: "It's wildly novel to my way of thinking"
So, my question that naturally follow is: How would you describe your way of thinking?
Are you an uber-urbanite or a suburban sprawler?
If you'd prefer, you can email me. I am interested in your background and history. We both share a love of sequential art. That may or may not be where the similarities between us end, but it would be good to know more about you.
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