Already now in mid-Sept, anticipation of the up-coming autumn and winter seasons is rife. Current eco micro-holding (small smallholding) tasks continue unabated : picking runner beans, collecting apples, digging potatoes, drying and storing onions, for instance. Seasonal differences seem to act as a base for being able to lead a 'vive la differance' sort of life, with other changes and 'freerange fightback' measures within the year adding to the effect.
One of the casualties of the modern-type mass 'consumer culture' may be that with such an accent on money, non-monetary values can get less of a look in, as a recent book entitled 'Dare to Care' implies, and it can at times seem that 'social' has become the 'no-no' word. Money, and preoccupation with it, may have inhibited wider 'life exploration', maybe then prompting 'freerangers' to take a 'non-mass' route - ?
