Only after the last tree has been cut down…the last river has been poisoned… the last fish caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.”
- Cree Indian Prophesy
Over the course of the weekend, I managed to change my brother and sister in-law’s opinions of me from just mildly insane to completely insane when I mentioned having to feed chickens and hogs, then something about purchasing a goat for milking. My brother and his wife are from the city– granted my brother grew up down here, but he’s just a country boy turned city boy. They cannot fathom burning their trash in stainless steel drums, hanging there clothes on the line to dry, cloth diapering or Heaven forbid, raising their own animals for meat, eggs and milk. I mean, who does that kind of crazy stuff? I do not burn my trash in a stainless steel drum, but rather compost and recycle most of what I can and I also do not do cloth diapering (though I wish I did). I just find humor in their way of thinking about life down in these parts, as opposed to life in the big city. It is a shame more people did not live life as simply as we did down here– it might be a happier, healthier environment for all mankind.
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