Comments angrydakinis has made

  • lived a year and half in my car.............

    watch out, Kathleen...these bloggers will kick the crap out of you for your "choices".On One woman's eco-evolution, from off the grid to on the clock posted 2 years, 10 months ago 19 Responses

  • hmmmm, willa

    nice of you to refer to my beautiful child as the product of being "knocked up".  thank you for that.  secondly, i was born here and have remained here to take care of my dying father, selfish as that sounds to you, i'm sure.  been there, done that on the no electricity, no roof, coleman stove, gleaning building materials from demo sites, etc. etc.   Been a mile in your moccasins...been in mine yet?  Didn't think so.  Your brand of environmental snobbery is the reason i keep my love of the earth to myself.  It is not commendable to demand that people live in a dirt shack and wear burlap bags by "choice" to go easy on the planet, and completely unnecessary IF YOU HAVE THE CASH.  If you want to know history, follow the money.  As for me, I'm done dealing with short-sighted snobs. On One woman's eco-evolution, from off the grid to on the clock posted 2 years, 10 months ago 19 Responses

  • story: my personal power play

    paying rent is not a choice, unless one uproots the entire nuclear family and leaves their extended one, leaves established work and community to venture off to another state in hopes of attaining shelter that won't be yanked if you have a bad financial month or the landlord's kid wants to move in;  and i, too, have lived with bare to nothing by choice, chopped wood and carried water and made it work for two people with one tiny income.  my husband and i will never be able to afford $800,000.00 for even a piece of junk tract house in my native, small California town.  but, you see, paying rent is a waste of resources and time. hmmmmm. that's all fine an good unless...there's a 5 year-old child in the picture as well.  shall we experiment with "no rent" at his expense, in southern california?  pleeeeze.  choices are related to cash flow, as they have been forever throughout history.  don't you think the indentured servants would have preferred to farm their own land?  the big danger in america is bashing people over the head with their supposedly available "choices".  On One woman's eco-evolution, from off the grid to on the clock posted 2 years, 10 months ago 19 Responses

  • the impoverished environmentalist

    I'm sorry, but when I got to the part where Vanessa McGrady "managed to scrape together a down payment on a $25,000 piece of property", I just quit reading.  Most of us, especially here in Southern California, can barely hope to "scrape together" money for rent and groceries with two full-time incomes, let alone a buy ourselves a patch of land out of desperation.  The ongoing problem of access to the "environmental path" for those not born with a golden spoon or raised with a soft place to land, like an expensive education...pillows stuffed with cash...is a serious barrier to the healing of the planet.On One woman's eco-evolution, from off the grid to on the clock posted 2 years, 10 months ago 19 Responses