I am enjoying a lazy Sunday here with my son and my grandbabies all happily playing on the Wii in the other room.
I am catching up on blog reading today and reading The Land of Painted Caves: A Novel (Earth's Children)
by Jean Auel, my all time favorite author. Her stories are so well researched and written that it isn't hard to find myself drawn into a life before modern convenience. The people she writes about become real and I find myself becoming very involved in the story line, rooting for the heroine and feeling tense when she is in a dangerous situation.
Since I am trying to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle I find the descriptions of the ways the characters are doing things informative, and when I am in the garden or especially when foraging for wild plants I think I know a little of how people back then must have felt. but alas only a little of what they felt, because nowadays we all know, even if we do grow some of our own food, and forage a little for food and medicinal plants, if we can't find what we are looking for it is only as far as the nearest store.
Most of us don't think about what ifs, how we would get by if what we wanted wasn't available but by our own hands.
What would you do if suddenly you weren't able to find shelter? Find food? Find help if injured or sick? Would you and your family be able to survive?
Lot's of folks have websites and blogs about survival topics, herbal medicine and food storage, this isn't one of them. This is just a blog about my trying to live a better, more fulfilling life without depending completely on someone else or the nearest store as much as I can.
I haven't been doing this long, only a few months really, since I started paying attention to the world economy more and wondering how long any of us really have before we are forced to take action to insure our own comfort and safety. I have found there are gads of people who are living the kind of lifestyle I am striving for. I have found so much information and help from their websites and blogs. I will be posting a separate page with lots of links to some of my favorite pages for learning survival skills and homesteading, my two favorite topics.
I hope all of you are thinking enough about the what ifs that if you find yourself in a situation like a natural disaster, economic failure, or other life-threatening situation that you know enough and have planned enough to survive.
Until next time, Deb~
3 comments:
Great post Deb. I'd love for you to have a page with all those links. There is so much excellent information out there that needs to be kept track of!
Thank you for mentioning Jean Auel's book. I read the Clan of the Cave Bear a long time ago, and really enjoyed that. Like you, I enjoy books that give me a glimpse into a different way of life, one closer to the natural world and farther away from consumerism. I'll have to look for more of this series at my county library.
Leigh, thanks so much for your comment. I love the Earth's Children series I am reading the last (I'm pretty sure)book which just came out this year and is the fourth since Clan of the Cave Bear came out. I hope you can find copies at your local library, if you liked the first one you are sure to love the rest!
I'll post the links page as I get it more populated as I am trying to include a summary and/or review of the pages listed. If you or anyone else know of a page that should be linked be sure to let me know!
Have a wonderful week!
Deb~
I have been trying to comment for days..and it just would not let me go through..so maybe this time it'll work :( I think your garden looks great (previous post). Hope you get lots of goodies out of it. I have never heard of those books but I bet I'd love them. I'll have to call the library and see if they have them. Hope you are having a great week :)
Many Blessings,
Cary Ann
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