Self-Sufficient Living
Two things have been going on this summer. 1.) I have been watching some kids on summer break. 2.) I've been reading up on self-sufficient living lately, as it is the true passion of our household. How do these two things combine together to make sense? I have been taking the kids to the library to try and get their noses out of their devices. While they are picking out their books, I discovered an entire shelf dedicated to self-reliance. Book One: The Good Life-- I had been interested in reading this one for quite some time. Unfortunately, I was quite disappointed. First, I didn't realize the Nearings had done their project in the '40s. Second, the book was somewhere in between a memoir and an academic essay. And was successful at neither. I definitely learned a few new tricks, but overall it didn't really explain how to be self-sufficient today . Book Two: The Resilient Farm --More helpful than The Good Life by being more modern, but not by much.