Cob: Cob Classes

[Guy Prouty]

I can sympathize with your struggles.  I would recommend going to your
library and getting the book "How to Survive Without a Salary" by Charles
Long.  Although I have yet to read it, I heard it was a great book about
beating the cash economy.  Perhaps you can get some additional information
from his book.

Sincerely,

Guy Prouty


>
> Hello,
>     My name is Lizzi, and my mother received an e-mail containing this
quote.
>  I am elated.  We are moving to Montana for the hope to escape some of the
> heartache of the "cash economy".
>     I don't remember a time when our family has not struggled financially.
> Often, situations that have been beyond our control have tied us down to
> poverty.   Because of this I have been driven in my studies to explore and
> ponder different ways to run economy.  I have encountered resistance from
a
> great many people.  People who do not want to change.  People who see
> problems and turn away, because they feel they are not strong enough to
make
> the change.  Perhaps they turn away because sometimes the right thing is a
> painful thing.
>     Hereto we have been depending almost entirely on my grandfather, and
we
> asked him if he would pay a part for me to take the class, or rather any
> class, and we would reimburse him when we had the resources.  The spirit
of
> the meeting we had with him was extremely uncomfortable, and he seemed
> unmovingly resistant to the idea.  He told us that we need to try to be
> independent, and live within our means.  While this is sound advice, it
means
> little to us.  My mother didn't finish college and so encounters
opposition
> finding jobs that pay well enough.  I had to start working to help our
family
> before I could finish high school, and thus I have great difficulty
getting
> jobs that pay much more than minimum wage.  Living within our means we
live
> not at all.
>     This is our hope; to move to a less congested area, to see something
more
> than streets and buildings, to have a place of our own, in which place we
can
> strive to live away from the hunger of the city for money.  To move to a
> place where our talents and abilities enhance our life.  A place where we
can
> live from our own strengths, and not be required to kow-tow to the Lords
of
> Capitalism and the Gods of Consumerism.
>     There is a small amount more we can do on our own.  We need to known
how
> to make cob houses.  We can little afford to buy another house in a town.
> There we would be falling victim to the same enemies with new faces.  What
we
> want is to buy some land, build a house and buy some animals.  Live for
> ourselves and work for ourselves.  We hope that by seizing this type of
> independence that we may help others to do so.
>     We are as children in this field and need assistance.  If you know of
> someone that will help and guide us we would be indebted to you.
>     Thank you for your time.
>
>                                                     ~Lizzi Padilla
>                                                     4727 S. Urban Way
>                                                     Morrison,CO 80465
>                                                     303-973-4742