Its funny when you live a certain way for so long, and never know there is a formal theory to that ideal. My Hubby and I came up out of the punk music scene in Chicago in the early 90's. He sold records by bands he knew at shows. We made T-shirts that we silk screened, I made soap. We both free-lanced as writers and photographers for a few independent magazines. All along in the name of what was known as DIY. My Husband pretty much hates big corporations, and it sickens him that he currently works for one, but three kids eat an awful lot of food. We have continued to live this DIY lifestyle through our 11 years of marriage.
Only in reading Chesterton and Belloc did I come to realize DIY is not an idea made up by Bay Area Punks, but one that was well thought out by many brilliant men decades before my birth. So now we call it Distributism. I have to be honest, I can live it, but not explain it. I also like to live really crunchy, I blame my hippie mother, and that fits in with the DIY lifestyle super well.
I hope in the the coming days and weeks to start to share a bit more on ways you can save cash, support small business and live green, all at the same time. Many things will resemble the "Kitchen Distributist" column from Gilbert. Most of the things I have read in this little column are things I already do. Some will be ideas I picked up from my Polish relatives, who did them out of necessity. I hope you will enjoy this new feature, I'm very excited to share.
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