Re: Regarding...My New Home

BeeJay Rainbow wrote:

I was reading buffalo Bill's

Uhm, OK.

exerpt about the simple construction of a
Geo-Dome at the Art Farm or where-ever he lives- and it was right with
what I was preparing to write:

Yup, still at the Art Farm... we already have one dome here that we are fixing up and am looking to build 2-3 more.

Debbie D (from Blanco) stopped in last night and we were talking about domes... seems this guy Ike that used to live here is the real deal when it comes to building them... wish I had a chance to meet him.

It's all about alternative sustainable living here at the Art Farm... which is one of the things I really want to get into.

I kept thinking like this. Thought about
living year-round in a green-house, but am sick with trying to survive
the elements. Am going to move to the desert for the winter, and come
back in the Spring.

Having lived in a tent just outside of Boulder for 3 (nearly 4) years and bought a cabin at 9800+ feet which I lived in for a winter... I can say that I have no problems with such climates... in fact I love the extremes.

Here in South Central Texas it hardly ever gets cold... maybe 7-10 days of near freezing temps a year... but that is what fires are for.

The only person I will be obligated for is myself. I will share,
but not have people hanging from me, like a ball & chain.

This one camp I had up in the woods outside Boulder had 6 people in it... I liked it better when it was just me and nobody else... so I moved my camp.

When I was younger, I had to survive, and come to know the
Spirit. I had no parents, nor anyone to lean but myself.

I know that story... I left home when I was 16 and have been on my own since then... one winter I lived on the roof of the Orpheum theater in downtown Boston... it started out when several street friends of mine were crashing in a stairwell in the back alley, and I got adventurous and climbed the fire escape.

I think the smartest thing to do in Winter is go where it is warm,

TEXAS !!! been here since July 28, 1998 and have no intentions of leaving... blazing hot in the summer, moderately warm in the winter... the one week a year I spend in Colorado is enough for me.

but people have been so brain-washed with their material
possessions and bills, and taking care of family, that they for-get how
simple life really is.

I have gone minimalist again... least time I moved it took renting a UHaul... this time it took one car load... the biggest issue was moving my cats.

Then when it gets to hot in summer, you go back to the place
where you had to have heat in the winter.

When it gets hot in the summer you get a tan... that's the way I do it.

The easiest way to survive Winter in places that require heat,
is to live in a Tee-Pee, because you can burn any size of wood, long or
short. but most people don't want to live in a TeePee,

I was thinking along those terms in that in the winter I could dig a fire pit in the floor and use it for heating... ALTHOUGH, I was thinking of making another Tarpee... but then settled on a dome.

there-fore, you have to be conscious of the people around you,

One of the things that we want to stress around here is personal space... do not crowd your neighbor... there is 3.5 acres here and there is plenty of space to build without crowding.

whom want to go shopping, and buy things to satisfy their souls. Maybe
go to college,

;^) - Jen is looking to go back to school... but as of now she is focusing on having a baby, shopping is something that is rarely done here... we have a garden that is constantly producing food.

We just got 37 chicks... so in a year we will be enjoying farm fresh eggs (and a little while longer farm fresh chicken).

get married,

Bite your tongue... made that mistake once... I can not say it was the worst 10 years of my life... but it was definite a trying time.

and pay utilities,

Gotta have Internet... BUT, even that can be gotten for free now... have laptop will travel.

a concert once in awhile.

Last concert I attended was the Moody Blues at Red Rocks.

All this takes lots' o money, which I don't have, so I feel
unhappy because I can't give other people what makes them happy.

Maybe you should come here ?? money is not the focus here... sure, pholks have it but it is not the main drive here... creating without it is something that is encouraged here (Craig's List makes that possible).

I have to go to court again Tuesday, for being kind.

That sucks, good luck with that.

most people don't suffer
when they see the cravings of others. So most will be satisfied
worrying about the happiness money can buy.

Read this interesting quote last week... "Money can not buy you happiness, but then again neither can poverty"

BUT, I can tell you from personal experience that I was more happy when I was living on the streets, eating at soup kitchens, camping in the woods... sure, I had very little money... but I was rich in freedom.

But I have to go away, so I
don't see the suffering in the Winter, other-wise, I'll just be sitting
in a teepee on a hill,
trying to keep warm, reading books, cooking food over a fire, which
makes me perfectly
happy,

You could always come here... plenty of space for a Tipi... or 3.

but not those around me. If I was young, then it might be a
different story.

Yup, I know that story as well... seems that we never get any younger... but I think that if I had to I could do it again... often thought about going back up to my land in the mountains and rebuilding up there.

There is so many things the young people whom are economically
disadvantaged,
can not taste of because of money. There are so many things money can
buy, including pot,

My only addiction for the past 19 years has been coffee... in Boulder I used to hang out at one of 2 places... Penny Lane (now gone) and the Trident... $1.25 per glass at PL and $85 for 2 cups at Trident.

I would do 3 days of work and have enough to keep me in coffee for a week... just recently I went on a tea fast... gonna see if it is the caffeine causing my recent string of never ending migraines.

and I can't stand watching so many suffer, and I just don't have
the money to buy happiness for those around me.

If they are able bodied then they can make their own happiness... if they want something they should figure a way to get it for themselves... there is not a major city in this country that does not have day labor.

2-3 days of day labor a week can keep almost any persons addictions at bey... if not then it is time to find cheaper addictions.

I get a lousy social security check, which is already almost gone.

Anti-unsocial Insecurity is more like it... my friend Vince who was one person I could always camp with and not have problems was on SSI... and his money would last forever.

Like myself Vince's only addiction was the brown liquid... occasionally Vince would spend an extra $20 on a 420... but that was about the extent of it.

I have the trailor with a
wood-stove, on land that is paid for. ( So no rent )

That's probably the saving grace in all of that.

A wood stove that has to have wood cut a certain size, and leaves
everything dusty.

The trick is to cut enough wood outside when it's warm out.

That was how my cabin got burned down... dumb asses not knowing how to properly use a wood burning stove.

I would either have to cut it by hand ( which I've done ) or buy a
chain-saw, more money.

I went to Ace Hardware in Nederland and bought a hand saw... get therapy for boredom in the woods... cut wood... by the time winter comes along you have 3-4 cords of wood.

Hell, if there are able bodied people hanging around have them cut wood... one of the things I did was measured the inside of my stove to see just how long I had to cut my wood... that way I could just place it in and be done with it.

Electric heat would be easy. You could get a government grant. Then
your heart is on that.

We live in wind tunnel... for some reason there is a constant breeze that blows through here... and in the winter it gets really bad (from what I have been told).

I was thinking of a turbine... a small 4 foot one in the middle of the property... might as well harness that energy.

I'll just go live at the base of Salvation Mountain in a tent
for the Winter, which I can carry on the Grey-Hound. Town is only three
miles away, to get personal water,

Yeah, that is probably the best idea... personally I miss my old camp up in Boulder Canyon... every time I go back there I check it out... if only just to walk the land again.

food ect. The Slabs have a library for reading material.

And most likely Internet access... nearly every Library in the US is plugged in.

I'll have my
social security check,
and live a simple life on government land, those whom want to join me
can.

That's one way to do it... there is this one camp out in Lyons we call the SSI camp... it's a bunch of guys that get checks and camp together.

They would toss money into a monthly food pot and buy everything that the local food bank didn't carry, they would buy enough tobacco for all of them for a month, and that was about it... never heard of any of them ever having a problem at their camp.

Accept me the way I am.

Which is the most important part.

I'll most likely return to Missouri in the
Spring. Whom ever wants can come back with me in the Spring to partake
of the good weather. I will show them how
to live economically, and comfortable, but I cannot live anothers life
for them, because I am financally limited to basic needs, and cannot
buy happiness for others.

Hell, I refuse to even rent it for them.

I just can't stand to watch others suffer, because of the way
almost everything cost money.

If people are suffering in this country for lack of money then they seriously need a lesson on how to live.

Its crazy and I'm done with it.

Yup, know that story as well.

Got to go, one of the " survivalists" needs something like a
feather-duster or something out in the woods, told me to pick up a
dollar one or something, I'll probally just pluck the neighbor's
chicken or something. It will grow back...LOL

HAHAHAHA !!! we just got 37 of them... can't wait til they start popping out breakfast... or one of them is roasting.

And what does a survivalist need with duster ?? a duster to me is an old t-shirt... maybe this person needs to go work an 8 hour day and buy their own ?? after 8 hours of work I think the last thing that will be on their mind will be a duster.



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