tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11626279.post116545293914668132..comments2024-01-19T09:04:03.601-08:00Comments on powering down: sankofanulinegvgvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007178148902846658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11626279.post-1168791719754533392007-01-14T08:21:00.000-08:002007-01-14T08:21:00.000-08:00Just walk away...Domhttp://dominic.ebacher.googlep...Just walk away...<BR/><BR/>Dom<BR/>http://dominic.ebacher.googlepages.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11626279.post-1167325677274226882006-12-28T09:07:00.000-08:002006-12-28T09:07:00.000-08:00thank you mike. don't think that i don't have my ...thank you mike. don't think that i don't have my moments with those close to me concerning the changes i'm making to power down. my wife is great at letting me experiment. she has her concerns though- maybe they'd be better classified as doubts- about my vision of a future with less available energy and reasonable responses to such a future. for a while i just plugged away with projects like backyard chickens with merely her "permission" for such projects. i thought that keeping the burden from her of having to learn about and take care of chickens was a good thing- less work for her. in truth however that separateness led to trouble. inclusion would have been better. while she is not yet ready to begin recycling her own urine for use in the garden, we now think it is important to include everyone in our home with the process of energy descent. there is much to learn and to do and while i embrace nitrogen recycling she's found other steps, even simple ones, like learning to cook from scratch. sharon astyk has a great list here. <BR/><BR/>http://www.energybulletin.net/23645.html<BR/><BR/>if your family enjoys shopping they might enjoy stocking up the food pantry or buying items that might be less available in the future. there seems to be so much to do that everyone can find something new to learn- even if they don't believe the world is going to hell in a handbasket. i hope to get up the guts to share some of my written correspondence with my wife on this topic in the future. we have found writing letters to be a good way to discuss our differing opinions.nulinegvgvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007178148902846658noreply@blogger.com