Perpend

I am wander in search of Truth. I consult on homestead projects, gardens and website design. You can occasionally find me on Thriving The Future podcast, and Telegram. I have written articles for The homestead Journal and here at Thriving News with a few others scattered around the internet.

How the Monastery Decreases the Noise in Your Life

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Letter from the Monastery – by Perpend Background context: Perpend and I have talked several times, both on the podcast and in real life, about how we (everyone) are constantly distracted by “noise”. The “noise” of people, electronic devices, the notifications from the phone, the background noise of cars. The noise of what you didn’t … Read more

Foraging and Pottage – Moving Foraging from a Skill to a Mindset

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How to Use Foraged Veggies to Extend Your Oatmeal – Without the Blood Sugar Spike This year I have been more mobile than usual.  I am very close to location-independent.  I am extremely thankful to friends and family that have let me stay with or house-sit for them while I work through this time of … Read more

Tradition – Can you have Tradition without Religion?

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Can you really go back? – by Perpend. This is Part 2 of a series about Tradition. Check out Part 1 of the Series: Tradition – Embrace Sense of Self, Sense of Place, Sense of Time The Homesteader groups and Doomer Optimists on the Twittersphere (now “X”) have been musing for several months on Tradition: … Read more

A Perfect Day – Sometimes it’s the Little Things that Make the Perfect Day

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Editor’s Note: As Perpend related in Ep. 14 of Thriving the Future Podcast, his Perfect Day looks like a fairly average day that many would not see as anything special. But it has space, it has room to think, to relax, to breathe, while still Getting Stuff Done. “The whole point is living a life … Read more