Welcome to my journey! I hope to inspire you to start one of your own. I currently reside just on the fringe on mainstream America. I've always been concerned with the environment, global poverty, and the breakdown of the family unit. However it just always seemed out of my control and too big for me to impact. But I've learned that every journey starts with a step, followed by another and another. Pretty soon you are so far down the road you can't even see where you started. I know I can get at least that far and bring a few with me. If we can join those already there, we can literally change the world! I know that many are well ahead of me on this journey to the good life and look forward to your comments and insights. So what are my shamelessly optimistic objectives?

• A cure to local if not global poverty
  
• The real food as God intended for all
  
• Eliminate our dependence on foreign oil
  
• Reunited family units

So will it all be boring research on why fair trade is important to your local economy? Surely not, I face the challenge of an amazing dh who's biggest fear is that I will end up disabling the electricity. He's attempting to research hooking up a tv to a bike so he can pedal power Monday Night Football... I'm not sure if that's where this path leads? But if so, stay tuned for detailed instructions!