Great forum

Hey Spuds,

Wanted to pop in and say that this has become a great forum to look forward to reading. Great info and energy.

Not that anyone should care, but my energy solutions are about to restart as I go and harvest about 6 cords of wood, give or take, for the winter. Fortunately there is no lack of wood, and high BTU type wood, close to me. Wood that does not have to be seasoned. So I can wait and wait until the snow is ready to start flying, read procrastinate. Actually, it is a bit better to go into this mode when the temps are a little cooler instead of mucking around in 100 degree temps. While snow happens year round here, we just got the first shot across the bow about 10 miles from here up on a high peak.

So, am always glad to talk wood. Wood stoves. Wood types. Wood anything that pertains to heating one's home. I had a neighbor tell me a couple of days ago that he pays upwards of $500 a month to heat his Victorian home in the wintertime. My fuel costs to heat this place... $20. And that is for the gas stove and water heater mostly.

Just spoke to a close friend of mine, Navajo Indian. He and his wife and three kids returned to 'The Res' recently. Going from modern conveniences to no running water, no electricity, nuttin'. Not that this is news since much of the world lives in these conditions. But hearing from a family who goes from one extreme to the other is pretty cool. Revealing. He said his kids are absolutely loving the wide outdoors. No more video games or fast food except when they go into a town, 2 hours away. It all sounded glorious. The kids are also learning the Navajo language too. The parents are fluent, but now the kids will be around their peers. The oldest child has just been nominated for a Native American Grammy award, the music awards. He is the youngest to ever have been nominated. I told my friend that this boy, all his children, will be forever thankful that they had to haul their own water, cut and split their own firewood for heat and cooking, and live by the rising and setting of the sun. How cool is that?

And this has little to do with the nature of your forum, except that even just talking to people who into alternative energy sources because that is how they live can be revealing, energizing, informative. Mebbe that is the lesson here....

Well done on your forum Spuds. A positive, uplifting, learning oasis.

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