Living Locally

Sometimes the best read is the one that I have no expectations about.  Such is the case with an audio-book I found while mindlessly browsing the shelves at Davenport Public Library entitled Farewell, My Subaru, by Doug Fine.

Fine (humorously) tells the story of his settling in the Southwest with the sole purpose of living locally.  So, he purchases his ranch, along with two goats, a coop-full of chickens--and yes, forsakes his beloved Subaru for a car which runs entirely on bio-diesel fuel (which he feeds, by the way, with grease from local eateries).  We learn of his missteps and adventures along the way:  managing his mischievous, child-like goats; or, protecting his chickens from preying coyote.  As rustic as the whole experience sounds, it's also appealing to the adventurous of heart, and of course, to anyone who tries (even in the smallest of ways) to live locally.

Worth listening to, then check out Doug Fine's "living locally" blog.