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By: Robinson

Robinson — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:10:30 +0000

I try not to focus on this issue too much as I am prone to anxiety attacks, but I do think about it (as anyone prone to anxiety attacks does). I do not know what I will be in any post-cheap-everything society. The jobs I’ve held over my lifetime are jobs that I could get – mostly clerical. I doubt that anyone will care too much about the ability to type fast or compose a professional, well written letter if/when society as we know it evolves into whatever is next. I do have other skill sets. I can, I garden, I knit, I can sew. I can tend to horses and dogs and pigs and chickens and treat reasonably substantial (but non life threatening) wounds in all of these animals.

We have a little over nine acres and I know that with some careful planning this property can supply us and our neighbors with a significant amount of food. For those of you who garden, are you applying some permaculture principles to your properties? I’ve recently come to believe that these will be and are some of the most important food supplying systems of our land. Plant hardy trees and bushes that offer fruit without ridiculous amounts of care. Plant edible and medicinal perennials that thrive with little or no irrigation. And of course, supplement all of that with a kitchen garden.

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:02:38 +0000

Yet another library-staff here! I do believe that we are all here because we are all well read and are exposed the the newest books and information to a higher degree than the general population.

We live in a small farming community so we will be well off with locally grown food IF we as a community figure out seed saving. Not enough of this going around yet.

My dh and I both love to garden, he has a market garden now, I have a largish home garden.

We have a fairly large house so renting out rooms is a possibility.

I can a lot so offering how-to classes. Know most forms of handwork as well.

I am planning on increasing our stock of non-electric appliances like a wheat grinder and dehydrator. Need to convince hubby to put in a woodstove, we had one at the farm, not here in town.

We did purchase a few more bikes this year for our large family of 8. Being in town makes riding most everywhere do-able. I like the point raised that those who live closer to the job may hold the jobs longer than those who have transportation difficulties. I see this a bit now as I, who live 2 blocks from the library, get called in for fill-in more than the other part-timer who lives 7 miles out. I can justify biking to work for a 2-3 hours whereas she can’t justify the gas usage for such a short shift.

By: linda

linda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:46:47 +0000

Hairdresser here (somebody asked!). Yeah, I forgot that I had that skill since i haven’t worked in a while. Been studying web/graphic design which will probably be useless. Husband is a bricklayer so that may work out for awhile. I seriously am thinking about going to nursing school, at least as an LPN but somebody mentioned paramedic training to me as well. Kids are being taught some skills, some home things, like sewing and preserving food, and they are being taught the many aspects of masonry, slowly of course. Does anybody have anything to say to kids who are two years shy of college? lately I have been thinking, “don’t go to university, get a trade.”

By: tk

tk — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:20:26 +0000

I got nothin’. I’m a “professional patient” with a serious and chronic illness, and my spouse is a computer engineer. Without his insurance and without appropriate drugs I’ll probably just die if anything goes down. Natural selection and all that. Before I got sick I thought I’d like to help out in a dry-goods store. I read too much Little House.