Happy Earth Day.
I guess all things come full-circle. Not so many years ago people looked down at my Uncle Joe (read blog dated April 14th) because he lived in a small, wooden cabin that is sparsely furnished with hand crafted wooden furniture. His washing machine is an old-fashioned wringer from the 1940's. He hangs his clothes to dry. He grows his own food and raises his own chickens for meat and eggs. Basically, he lives off the land and respects the land for what it gives him.
Now all of a sudden Uncle Joe has been magically deemed the ultimate "environmental champion" by the same yuppie scum that scoffed at him not that long ago. All of a sudden his way of life is chic and fashionable and people are yearning to copy his lifestyle.
Sometimes just by standing still you win the race.
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So true!
What goes around does, indeed, come around. It's too bad there are not more people like your uncle Joe, who quietly do what is right for them despite huge pressure to conform.
People are yearning to copy his lifestyle not so much out of admiration but fear, because when technology destroys our civilization, Uncle Joe will know how to survive.
Happy Earth Day and hats off to Uncle Joe.
He should charge the yuppies big bucks for "green classes" :)
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