Sad as it is, it is the state of affairs today: economy is king. So in the spirit of that, how did we spend our Nation’s Birthday?
All clothing I wore today was made in America, the hotdogs served at the parade were made one town over, I read a Hemmingway novel, worked in my Liberty Garden (retronym), and I didn’t impulsively buy foreign-made crap at Kitchen Kapers. Instead, I’ll wait 2-4 weeks for delivery for responsibly-made goods.
Also, good readers, I’m gearing up for my own ill-advised foray into Independence. Beginning a week from tomorrow, I will attempt to live off of the food produced in my backyard only. I will try for one month to see if it is possible.
Water is an exception as I am not earnestly attempting to murder myself. Beer, coffee, tea, Kool-Aid, and the rest are off-limits. I solicit from you other reasonable exceptions. Though the goal is to eat only that which I (and my chickens) produce, I also want to succeed in going a full month without doing permanent damage to myself or limiting myself so much from those things that I love that I tempt myself to failure. It is for this reason that an exception was made for the feed my chickens will eat, as if I try to free-range them only over this time, I will most likely not have enough eggs to get through the days.
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