Writer's Block: Wild Life

[athenagrey]

[Error: unknown template qotd]I'm sure I would be able to cobble together some shelter for myself, and find water. I'm a bit vague on wilderness cooking, though.  I know that in theory you can make flour out of acorns, but you have to process it first. So, unless I found some fruit trees or something that  was obviously food, I'd be in serious trouble in a couple of days. I've lived much of my life in cities and towns. Not much chance to experience real wilderness.

If I ever put down real roots someplace, I would like to take a workshop about the local woodlands and what is edible there. That's as far as I would be willing to take it.  I really don't want to be out in the wild.

I just want to live a simpler life, with a garden and orchard of my own. I certainly could survive in a post-industrial society, which would be much less challenging because I would be in a community with others. I'd be spinning wool, weaving cloth and doing energy work while someone else made the flour. Humans are by nature a tribal animal. We need to work together.

So, you won't find me out in the wild. I just want to live on the edge of the village