The Life In Decatur

If I had a nickel every time I needed a glue gun!  Well, I would probably have about 55 cents but that has always given me something to think about. As we are looking at things that we need in the community, we are also looking at the things we need in our homes and what can be shared.  This is not a different or unusual model than what we see in other, more tribal-minded countries, or even back in the day to when people were more apt to borrow a cup of sugar or an egg, because it just didn't make sense to go and buy a pound of sugar just then or a dozen eggs. The same should apply to the present world and other things other than food.   We have a lot more that needs to be done on a daily basis and better technology to manage it for more families.  It is all pretty simple, someone near you has the thing you need. More importantly than just convenience, there are people in our current community in need and the fixes are relatively simple for an active communi...

Coming to a new community can be difficult, and this is coming from someone who has moved around a lot.  Sometimes, though, you just find a good place to grow; the kind of place where everything you need is close if not in reach. Welcome to Decatur, a nest of little towns just outside of Atlanta.  Having lived so many places; so many big cities, it is easy to be instantaneously jaded.  I am very liberal, verging on bleeding heart liberal, and being in the south...well... The key to starting in any new place, growing in any new place is testing the soil and then developing a plan based on the results. I have long been a proponent of what I call Neo-Permaculture.  Permaculture itself relies on people acknowledging their environment and essentially adjusting themselves and the environment in retroactive ways.  Let's be honest, the best thing for the earth right now is to give up cars and return, as a whole back to nature.  Let's also be honest and realize ...