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This blog is made for Charlotte's ninth grade humanities class.
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Urban Homestead
What strikes me about this movie is how well they managed to create this "homestead" in the midst of a city in modern times. Not only do they grow their own food and live off of that as much as they can -- but they also use mainly hand-cranked appliances of which most people today would never use. They used a small amount of land and created a very well-kept and nice-looking homestead. If this family were to make a Needs Vs. Wants sheet I think the wants would be extremely small as would the needs. They already have most of their needs in their own backyard and as for their wants -- I would think that wouldn't stray to far from things relating to their needs. In My Ishmael it talks about numerous things and yet somehow they all have a hidden meaning (in my opinion at least) of living sustainably. The Dervaes family has found a way to live sustainbly. This is how this family ties into us reading My Ishmael. When I had a larger home we grew a garden in the back of our house of herbs and other things. We never bought herbs from the store unless one of the plants died and we couldn't use it. So I know vaguely how the Dervae's family is and admire them to take it to the extent they did. However -- I think with how much I've grown up in society today I wouldn't be able to live the way they do -- or I might be able to, it would just take a long time to get used to. This picture is called "Homestead" But not in the case of the Dervaes family. More like most of society's definition of "Homestead" and what it might become. On Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 8:25 AM
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Konbanwa. My name is Brendon -- and I am a girl, mind you. I'm gluttonous -- I eat a lot... but sadly I've had to cut that down for weight purposes and the sake of my braces (Owwies!). I like some healthy stuff, apples are my favorite. Celery is good too. Specially with peanut butter. I have a really big sweet tooth, specially for chocolate but sadly if I eat too much my throat starts to hurt and I get a bloody nose. If I eat TOO much candy my teeth start hurting too.
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