Let us begin...
I have tried to start this before. I have spent too much time on the internet the past few years, like many of us, and have come to believe it both harms and heals. It scares me. On purpose and I resent that. But then it will make me laugh and then it will give me hope and then I learn something valuable. So I am here. Wanting to make my little mark even if it's to one person.
I have been thinking about homesteading, natural medicine, good, healthy food for years and dabbled in all now and then. I am a science believer with a crystal collection. I am practical but consult my tarot. I try not to eat meat but love a bratwurst. I am finding my groove.
Last night, I burned the zucchini bread. I had grated and frozen this zucchini and felt very smug at having saved this vegetable from certain compost death and pulled it out, mixed up a batter, and I was doing this all very haphazardly....and thinking how the cottage core homesteader people would be feeling uncomfortable with this very muppet chef-like approach to this project but that most people, normal people living in apartments or little houses in little towns or big cities might relate to this. And then I started thinking about the herbs I have grown and gardens I want to grow and food I plan to make and preserve.....could I make this real and approachable for the every day humans like myself? Can I help others learn to do things simply, cheaply, safely without feeling overwhelmed?
I consider myself sustainable, but buy stuff in plastic sometimes and am so tired on certain days, I cannot always be as mindful as I like...but what about "ugly sustainability?' This idea that we think about it...we act on it as much as we can, we remember to laugh....and we show the failed garden and the burnt bread and the gross things we forgot to label when we canned stuff last summer... or 4 summers ago.
Let's be real. I'm going to show you. I'm going to stand there in my not perfect clothes and my somewhat jumbled house and we are going to do things even if we don't quite know how yet, and even though it may not be perfect and our kitchens are messy.
This is for the uninternet ready# people. You are safe here. My fridge is a disaster and I do not know what is on the very back of the shelves. Reheat your coffee again and join me.