Nomadic Permie

I'm a 50ish nomadic musician and artist and wannabe homesteader, but I don't have any land. Instead, I have a nice medium sized schoolbus RV, with solar and a wood burning stove, and I camp at a variety of different locations in NorCal and plant seeds and prospect for gold. The places I go to do this are around the towns of Etna, Sawyer's Bar, Orleans, Forks of Salmon, Cecilville, Happy Camp, and other little town that are between State Hwy 3 and the coast. I also spend a lot of time in the Mt. Shasta City area. I would love to find a kindred witchy, hippie, gypsy songbird who wants to share this classically romantic lifestyle with me. I have almost every practical blue collar skill and tool needed to build or fix just about anything, but again, I am a musician and artist at the core of my soul. I make money selling my artworks and playing music. I have some amazing electronics that allow me to sound like a full band in a wide variety of styles, and I cover a lot of iconic songs and can sound like just about any singer. I also have a blue macaw who flies freely wherever we may roam. I know that there is an adorable middle aged woman out there who will be very happy to find me. Here I am!

Sounds like me but I’m starting a 4-1/2 acre permaculture in north Georgia mountains. I live in a van with my 4 chickens. I like prospecting, travel, boating, cultivating life, cooking, learning, and heated debates. I used to be wiccan/neopagan but now Christian.

Hi, Vanessa. I appreciate your reply. I am largely Christian, too. I am a big fan of "A Course in Miracles".  I find that the pagans and wiccans generally tend to be more fervent with their prayers and spirituality, and I want that kind of passion and priority given to our (shared) prayers and spiritual practices. Perhaps my use of the term "witchy" wasn't very wise, and I definitely don't want a "devil" worshipper. I am open to becoming a member of a more permanently located homesteading community of whatever size, but I'm not sure I want to come to Georgia. I am concerned that the majority of the Southeastern US will be underwater early in the "Earth changes" process. Indeed, there may be nowhere that will fare very well in some of the more extreme Earth change scenarios. That is one of the reasons that I stay mobile; so that I can hopefully adjust my location as may be needed. What is your elevation there? Do you have plans to create any underground space? What is your water source? Do you have the means to hunt? Do you really think that you have the skillset and resources to survive on your land if the shtf tomorrow? Do you have neighbors or any kind of a family or community that you trust? Maybe I should be looking in a "preppers" singles forum, huh?

Hello Max Apple!

We are a Permie-loving couple in SC at 591 feet. We’re in Upstate South Carolina and have been building a property for almost 10 months. We’ll have limitless eggs soon and countless other plants; and, if you’re interested in hanging out I think we could likely provide you with full electric, water, and potentially propane— I won’t  guarantee any gals but there are certainly plenty to talk to in town. Just a lot of nice folks around here. If you need a break, feel free to stop by and take a deep breath in the back of the property… I won’t lye, Monika likes to walk around naked, so you may have to be gone by mid-June.

P.S. — we will likely have around 20 deer tags come October and tons of freezer space; bagging/splitting a deer = .75 mo free rent

Max Apple wrote:Hi, Vanessa. I appreciate your reply. I am largely Christian, too. I am a big fan of "A Course in Miracles".  I find that the pagans and wiccans generally tend to be more fervent with their prayers and spirituality, and I want that kind of passion and priority given to our (shared) prayers and spiritual practices. Perhaps my use of the term "witchy" wasn't very wise, and I definitely don't want a "devil" worshipper. I am open to becoming a member of a more permanently located homesteading community of whatever size, but I'm not sure I want to come to Georgia. I am concerned that the majority of the Southeastern US will be underwater early in the "Earth changes" process. Indeed, there may be nowhere that will fare very well in some of the more extreme Earth change scenarios. That is one of the reasons that I stay mobile; so that I can hopefully adjust my location as may be needed. What is your elevation there? Do you have plans to create any underground space? What is your water source? Do you have the means to hunt? Do you really think that you have the skillset and resources to survive on your land if the shtf tomorrow? Do you have neighbors or any kind of a family or community that you trust? Maybe I should be looking in a "preppers" singles forum, huh?

Hello, Max. I think there is a huge difference between those who are Christian because that was the faith they grew up with vs. becoming Christian in the course of adult life after experiencing a crisis (Mine was a divorce that just ate away at me. That was 20 years ago and I’m over it now. I learned what I needed to learn, improved what I needed to improve, and changed what I needed to change.) I had been following wicca & neopaganism for 10 years up to that point. I was disappointed in finding the community to be not strong at all. And it was starting to feel more like a construct than something that lives *with* me and acknowledges whatever I may be going through at any given time.

I never thought I’d be living in Georgia. I can only say God brought me here. I had family move here but I stayed in Florida until all the doors of opportunity had closed, then had to come to reestablish myself. My brother died 2 years later and I invested his life insurance money strategically in a forested region that’s an hour from my mother’s place and near the AT trailhead.

I tried considering various doomsday scenarios. I read Strategic Relocation by Joel Skousen. He strikes me as so affected by the Cold War that nuclear armegeddon was how the world would end. Yet I had lived through Waco/Ruby Ridge, 2008 financial collapse, and C-19 global pandemic. I had seen Dark Angel (‘90s TV series), the Hunger Games and the Purge. I overlaid different endtimes events and decided that trying to escape to my “hideout” 40 miles away was challenging enough.

Joel Skousen loves Idaho. But in promoting Idaho he exposes all Idahoans stategic intelligence. It’s right on the border of Canada where there are rumors of Chinese & UN soldiers. It would take me months to get there if the grid collapses. It might be ideal for a nuclear armeggedon scenario but nothing else.

I ruled out western states as far as buying property, but the way I see it there are a couple of hands I could play. I really want to buy a membership for LDMA and have access to their holdings across the US. Membership also provides access to another mining association. Also there is disbursed camping on federal land. And I really wanted land near the AT to travel on foot where it is expected to come across backpackers carrying a lot of gear and camping out. I have other cards in my hand as well.

I was supposed to buy my lifetime Georgia hunting license last summer but my plans were upended when my ‘92 GMC blew up. I’m trying to deal with a lot of setbacks right now. When I get things back on track I’ll go ahead and get the license. I have a supply of beaver traps. It’s a year-round season on beaver here and if I’m in the creeks panning for gold I’ll get my dinner, too. Beavers yield a smaller carcass than other game so spoilage will be reduced. Their glands and furs are marketable. Trapping does not require my time be tied up in hunting blinds and stands. I would have more time to dedicate to other tasks.

I have some friends that I trust as well as my mother. My late brother would have been an ally except for his Army-issued PTSD. My neighbors are unfortunately very shitty, though.

I bought this property for it’s location, standing forest, and nice slopes for a Mike Orlinger project I’m not sure of the elevation. I want to say 900-1400ish?? For water I will be trying a drillpoint tap and I’m thinking about a cistern or rain cachement.

I had seen a map of major continental reconfiguration after a pole shift. No one knows for sure but the map showed everything north of Atlanta remains. I am skeptical of climate change, though. As long as Miami is on the map, the Obamas have their island beach-front estate, and the powerful have their private jets and enormous yachts it just looks like a scheme to bring back feudalism. Climate change policies eliminate economic opportunities, transfer rights, and political power from the governed and give it to the governing “elite.” UN SDGs like “eliminating poverty” and “reducing carbon emissions” are euphemisms for genocide/demicide. Life is carbon. It’s an antihuman and
antilife agenda.

Ok, Vanessa, you definitely have more of a preppers perspective than many homesteaders have, and indeed, who really knows exactly which doomsday scenario will befall us first or when. That is why I value folks that have regular and deep connections to Spirit. I am becoming more and more convinced that again, there may be no escape from some of the cataclysms we face and that drawing closer to the Holy Spirit is the only way to find peace and comfort and "salvation". I also know that fear is evidence of lack of faith, but I would still be afraid of trenching in anywhere in the Southeast. I might think differently if you had some more infrastructure in place there, but it sounds like there is still a lot of work to do there, and I really can't justify spending a bunch of money on fuel to drive out there and check it out. I have much kin in West Virginia, but I've been in NorCal for over 40 years now. I have long (decades) thought that I am meant to be as near to Mount Shasta as possible when the shtf so that I might survive a pole shift. However, volcanoes all over the world are becoming more active already, and the tectonic stress caused by a pole shift would likely cause Shasta to blow, too. However and again, I'm now thinking that I need to be less concerned with saving my butt and moreso with saving my soul. I definitely don't want to have any mechanical problems somewhere between here and there either. I am open to continuing a dialogue with you, but right now I don't think that I am interested in coming to Georgia. If you were closer, I would consider giving it a try. I do feel a kinship with you, though I also really want to settle in with a fellow musician. They need not necessarily be an instrumentalist, but at least a good singer. You have much to offer; I'm sure that there must be many viable candidates for you that are closer to you. I do hope we will continue to correspond. It is possible that my attitude will change. I greatly appreciate that you reached out to me. I will always wish you the best of all things, whether we continue or not. Thank you!