Teaching Without Light - Living Without Money

Last night's talk at the library was one of the most interesting ever. We'd lugged in the books and quilts and started to lay everything out when BAM! The lights went out. And stayed out.
   A big chunk of town had no electricity, including the library room where I was speaking. Fortunately, the room next door had a little natural light from several windows. The librarians found a few flashlights, and we looked over the first quilts with flashlights playing up and down them. Forty minutes later (it was supposed to be only 10-15 min.), the lights came back on -- Hooray!
   At least the audience, and yours truly, got a better feeling of what it was like to make -- and view -- quilts in the Golden West.


And from the "Whoa, Let's Think About This" Department:
   Mark Boyle has lived for two years, he says, without using any money. He lives in a camper he got free; scavenges wild fruit and dumpster food; and cooks on an outdoor stove, using wood he chops himself. Here's the general scoop, plus another take on the subject (with some great photos). Boyle even wrote a book on the subject: The Moneyless Man.


I must be getting old -- because my first thought was that Boyle was lucky. Lucky to find a place he could park the trailer without having to pay rent; lucky that he even got the trailer in the first place. (They don't give 'em away in my neck of the world!) And good luck finding lots of food when it's winter out!
    He's got some interesting tricks for getting things free. (Including making maximum use of the Freecycle movement.) So why not pick up what you can from this interesting book...and gently leave the rest.