LIving Off Of The Land
Sue and I have always talked the talk about going off of the grid. But it’s something that’s a lot easier to talk about than to actually do. It took us a year of soul searching to yank The Boy Genius out of school. And it took us many summers of staring at the empty space in our backyard to put a vegetable garden into it.
Now with our brand spanking new crop (note the owl keeping guard) and a few farmers, we are very close to our goal of only eating food that either came from our garden or came from a source we can vouch for. With very few exceptions (seafood for example) everything we are eating came from within a days drive of our home.
And in the caring for myself department, having seen one too many proverbial “guy my own age” succumb to a health crisis, I’ve decided to take the bull by the horns. I’m two weeks into a cleanse diet - no caffeine, no cheese, no wheat products, only organic foods - and I’m already feeling like I’ve regained ten years.
So don’t be shocked the next time you see me… if I don’t have that usual bottle of diet coke attached to my hand.
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Bravo, Mark, for all the steps you and your family are taking. Some would call it organic, I would call it authentic. Congratulations for not just talking the talk, but walking the walk. You have my admiration, and my respect.
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