Let the games begin

Welcome! This blog will be a record of our ongoing quest to live a sustainable, crunchy and off-grid life. As we embark on this adventure, we wanted a way to document our lessons learned. There must be more people like us: normal working stiffs who are trying to find a better way. Hoping to forge our own path, and to support others in their quest for a small, simple lifestyle, we give you the first installment of "Sacred Tasks".

Among the topics to be covered at random
(read: at my whim) in this blog:

• Research and findings on non-traditional homes
• The experience of selecting, buying, erecting and living in alternative housing - be it a recycled house, yurt, quonset, geodesic dome or earthship
• Breakthroughs in renewable energy resources and their practical application
• Raising of livestock (and their practical application)
• Cheese- and breadmaking, home gardening, canning and other self-reliant food practices
• Fiber arts - crochet, dyeing, weaving, knitting and spinning
• Homesteading
• Jewelry and other crafts
• Homemaking ideas
• The 4 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink) and our continual battle to adhere to them
• Finding the time and/or finances for all of these endeavors

Whew! That's quite an undertaking. I invite you to please post your own ideas and input at any time. The Tall Guy and I make absolutely no claims to be experienced in many of these topics, we're fumbling newbies to much of it. Since we're all in this together, we hope to learn from an exchange of information and inspiration. Onward and upward, my friends!