Here we go again

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Y'all, I loved LiveJournal. It has been nearly 20 years, and here we go again, starting a blog.

I'm not 100% certain how this will shape up. My current projects / things I'm thinking about are:

• What does self-sufficiency really look like in the United States in 2024, and why does that matter?
• How is self-sufficiency related to community resiliency?
• What are the things that connect us, as local and larger communities?  How can I support those things?
• Do we have shared stories, what are they, and what do they tell us about ourselves?
• Can I have chickens?

I don't know how blogs work anymore, since The Great Monetization changed things, but I expect this is going to be more old-school (?), thinking through things out loud -- rather than performing expertise, which I won't pretend to have -- and desiring feedback and conversation. 

A bunch of stuff will inform this.  I'm an Episcopal priest, I'm queer, I'm in my 40s, and I'm married.  I live in a city, and I do a lot of work in rural and small-town areas in the Upper Midwest.  I want to get real about growing food and exploring homesteading.  I'm terminally reflective by nature.

If you've found this and you're interested in this stuff, say hi!  I want to meet you!  And I don't really know yet how Dreamwidth works!