Category Archives: Community
Trying to Earn a Living While Living in the Country
By Cam Mather Sometimes I write articles for the local paper that’s published every second month. It’s a great little newspaper/magazine but my most recent article elicited a tactful “please stop promoting your business(es) in your articles” from the editor and publisher. And herein lies the great, eternal country living/homesteading dilemma… how do you earn …
The All-In-One Independent Living/Preparation/Homesteading Workshop
By Cam Mather On October 20th we will be hosting the “The Living Sustainably and Independently, Ready for Rough Times, Hands-On, Solar-Powered, All You Can Grow Workshop” again here at Sunflower Farm. I think the workshop gets better each year. Every year we take more steps towards independence and self-sufficiency and so we have more …
My Recurring Nightmare
By Cam Mather Do you have a recurring nightmare? One of those nightmares that often reflects something that you dread in real life? Like the one where you’re late for an exam and you get there just as it’s over and you fail the year … or the one where you have to speak in …
I Quit Facebook
By Cam Mather Facebook sucks! I don’t even know why I joined, but after being on it for a while, I think it really bites. Most of all, I’m creeped out by all the data Facebook keeps about me. I have no doubt there are numerous other ways I’m being tracked on the web, but …
The Extreme Sport of Running a CSA
By Cam Mather Over the years I have been reading about CSAs. “Community Supported Agriculture” or CSAs deliver a basket of produce to people once a week during the growing season, so the members share in the harvest. They take the ups with the downs. Now as I reach back into the recesses of my …
Putting Down Roots With a Sign
By Cam Mather Michelle and I spent about five years looking for our place in the country. In our book, “Little House Off The Grid,” we share our experiences looking for our place and we also describe the many “coincidences” that seemed to confirm that we were meant to find this place and live here. …
Spending Time Together, 24/7
By Michelle Mather A couple of months ago Cam wrote here about how hard it is to get back into the “working for someone else” mode. He had been temporarily working down the road at our neighbour’s woodshop. When he first floated the idea of working for our neighbour for a few weeks I thought …
I Do NOT Represent the Wind Industry
By Cam Mather A couple of Sundays ago I spoke to the “Transition Cornwall” group. There was a good turn out and it’s a great group with lots of great activities. They are very much committed to increasing resilience in their community. Resilience to peak oil, climate change and economic collapse. Oh sure, it’s a …
The Positive Vibe of a University Town
By Cam Mather I have an “H.B.A.” You’re probably thinking that’s an “Honors Bachelor of Arts.” Well, in my world it means “Half a B.A.” because that’s how many credits I’ve got. After my R.B.D. (Radio Broadcasting Diploma) from Loyalist College I went to Queen’s University in Kingston as a mature student in Commerce. And …
“On the Road” vs. “The Road”
By Cam Mather There is a book by Jack Kerouac called “On The Road.” It’s considered to be a classic. It’s the defining book about the ‘beat generation’ who broke all the rules and set the new bohemian standard for existential coolness. I use many of these terms not really knowing if I’ve got them …
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