I’m Teresa, a glass artist by trade, an American now living in Germany for the past 8 years with my husband Peer. We live on the outskirts of a very small village in northern Germany, the blog banner is a view of our village. We moved here about 5 years ago, bought a tiny house on a tiny piece of land… our first real step toward realizing our dream of becoming more self-sufficient and living a greener lifestyle.
The current state of the world is alarming; environmental issues, global economy, the government, international relations, giant faceless corporations, mass food production and factory farming methods, the whole “live for today who cares what happens tomorrow” mentality, diminishing natural resources, the poisoning and rape of the planet… and on and on and on… These things leave me feeling sick inside, we know there has got to be a better way and so we are committed to doing what we can.
Our humble little 1/4 acre strip of land is certainly tiny, especially by American standards, but for a family of two, if carefully planned, we feel that our land should easily be able to meet almost all of our needs. Using this land to the fullest will be one of our biggest challenges. Another is our age. We are in our mid 40’s so we are feeling a great sense of pressure to get everything up and running smoothly before we enter our 50’s. Since most of this is new to us, there are many things that we need to learn over the next few years. I know it is going to be quite an adventure with our share of failures sprinkled in amongst our successes. It will be frustrating and rewarding, uplifting as well as exhausting.
Someday we’ll look back at it all and laugh…err..we will, won’t we?
Hi Teresa,
I’m a fan of your work, and ran across your posts on the beadmakers blog ring (in addition to seeing your posts on the discussions in WC, LE, etc.). I admire what you’re doing on the farm! Let me know if you need any consulting on composting - I’d be happy to help.
BTW, I was just tagged in the Random 8 Meme, and your name made it to my list of 8 people I was to “tag”, so…”you’re it” if you care to play.
Blog: http://www.pattylakinsmith.blogspot.com
Patty
Hi! Love your beads & blog!
I’m a plus size lady & appreciate your tasteful gorgeous depictions of large ladies. From the bottom of my heart I thank you. I was referred to your site by a lady in my “Don’t Tell Me What Size I Must Be” Yahoo group.
If you don’t mind, I’m going to put you on my blog roll to spread the word. I don’t have a huge readership yet, but I have a small regular flow. Fat positive stuff like this needs to get out there! Might even do a post about you work in the near future.
My blog name has changes to Big Fat Beautiful Kiss but I left my URL alone. I know this can be confusing. Wanted to explain why my URL & blog name don’t match!
K
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Hi,
was looking something up for a friend and found you, have a friend that is leaving for germany this week it is her home. you have a lovly home and good luck with the bee’s my grand father raised them when i was youger did not us water but smoke to keep them away.
Hi Dennice and thank you for the nice compliment! I’m glad you found the site