simple things

[chelidon]

On this national day of wretched consumer excess, following a day of thankfulness and family (and perhaps a bit of gustatory excess), I am personally thankful for those who have managed to escape the well-greased consumer chute, like this local fellow:

Vt. engineer designs a good life for $5,000 a year

Merkel's book, Radical Simplicity, is a good one, and the associated website, http://www.radicalsimplicity.org/ is well-worth purusing.

Comments

[ravenedgewalker.livejournal.com]

looks good!

what are you doing up so early?!

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

See subsequent entry... :) (hmm, need to make me a puppy icon!)

[ravenedgewalker.livejournal.com]

that was my guess!

[labrys6.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I fell of his program when I hit the "organic vegan" bit. Although I consume less meat than most Americans, I can't go vegan---for one thing I am allergic to about half the vegetable kingdom and no, lol, that is not an exaggeration. But I found many good things in his ideas...before instituting it in entirety, I'd likely need a heavier tome than his to use as a murder weapon on my family, however!

[sagamockingbird.livejournal.com]

I must read this. When I look at the masses of stuff that have accumulated in my little 2 bedroom house in 27 years I know I must simplify. (Do I really need 6 frame drums/bodhrans?) I know it will never be as extreme as what he did but I have a long way to go.