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 Healthy food is important to Adrian. This is an excerpt from the September 2010 issue of Global Asset Strategist.
I continue my interview with Adrian S., a married man with a family who sold most of his possessions in search of a better life. Links to earlier parts of the interview can be found at the end of this post.
Adrian S: Well, we’re planning to go to Paraguay this year but we’re still researching what they would require for health examinations. I really don’t want to get shots from some Rockefeller allopathic doctor who’s going to stick me a mercury barb.
Jennifer Barry: Yeah, I can understand that. I have not gotten any vaccines in a while and one of the last ones I did was Hepatitis B, and I reacted poorly to that. I think that vaccine is still affecting me 15 years later. Continue reading Stranger in His Own Land, Part 6
This is a continuation of my interview with Adrian S., a married man with a family who sold most of his possessions in search of a better life. Links to earlier parts of the interview can be found below.
Adrian S: In November 2009, we went to Panamá because we had not been out of the country much, we’re kind of provincial people, we only speak one language. My two children really haven’t seen much except suburban life except for that brief time in the countryside of Oregon. And we thought it would be a good idea to go to Panamá. We stayed three months there, and that was a real eye opener. We saw that things were possible outside of the United States. There were a lot of things that were shocking. Continue reading Stranger in His Own Land, Part 4
 Bees have to work hard in Vermont. Jennifer Barry: So you didn’t find an ecovillage that worked for your family?
Adrian S: No, we got discouraged by not being able to find communities that agreed with us in fundamental ways. But we did stay in some very nice places for a while, like we stayed in Oregon for the longest time.
JB: That didn’t surprise me, I felt that you would end up in the Pacific Northwest. I didn’t think New England would work out for you.
AS: I like Vermont, but the growing season there is too short. I just didn’t see how you could have people practically living in such a cold, cold place. And they are burning an awful lot of their forests up there just to stay warm. Continue reading Stranger in His Own Land, Part 3
Jayne Peters' life was a house of cards.
When I heard that the mayor of Coppell, Jayne Peters, had killed her 19 year-old daughter, Corinne, and then turned the gun on herself, this tragedy struck close to home. First, Coppell is literally close to me – I live about 20 miles away [...]
Ecovillages may take over old camps.
“Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike,
They’ve all gone to look for America.”
- Simon and Garfunkel, “America”
Adrian S: Well, a lot of people are forming ecovillages despite the laws. In Oregon, for example, there are many, many communities of people that are [...]
Most families spend too much on necessities.
This is an excerpt from the March 2010 issue of Global Asset Strategist.
Over the years, I have read a lot of books on finances. Most of them are vague, complicated, or simply wrong.
I found All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan, by [...]
Adrian believes the US is becoming a police state.
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Jennifer Barry: I had read that real estate in cities like Hyderabad and Bangalore had gotten quite expensive.
Sai Balakrishna: Yes it is. Just before the real estate boom I was lucky to buy what they call a flat. A flat is a cottage so now that has doubled in value since I [...]
This is an excerpt from the April 2009 issue of Global Asset Strategist.
It’s not surprising that people wish to buy a house. In the United States, homeownership implies success, stability, and adult responsibility. Owning your residence gives you more control over your environment than renting, plus increased privacy and tax savings. When [...]
This is an excerpt from the April 2010 issue of Global Asset Strategist.
Despite the housing bubble bursting in dozens of nations around the globe, many people still believe that real estate is a good investment. While this may be true in certain countries or situations, over the long term, housing basically keeps [...]
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