tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post2353760784810169924..comments2024-03-23T11:23:04.366-05:00Comments on Wretha's Adventures Living Off Grid: To My Loyal ReadersWrethaOffGridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04941116263529261885noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-55175884477425302602009-02-14T19:32:00.000-06:002009-02-14T19:32:00.000-06:001. Googled "living off the grid in the chihuahuan ...1. Googled "living off the grid in the chihuahuan desert" and found your blog. Yay! I'm always on the hunt for others who have gone before me. I'm a pathetic pioneer, but a great follower and my expertise is in copying what works for others.<BR/>2. I'm Gwen. Live in Alpine, Texas. Moved here with my husband - spur of the moment - from Houston on a wing and a prayer and absolutely no safety net. Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826144253232267217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-65697925408441646202009-02-07T21:38:00.000-06:002009-02-07T21:38:00.000-06:001. I like reading gardening and homesteading blogs...1. I like reading gardening and homesteading blogs. I followed a link from the blog of one of your readers. Sorry, I do not remember which one.<BR/><BR/>2. Something about myself - here's the part that's relevant to the topic of your blog: I was a single mother. Found it impossible to do a good job of both running my law/CPA practice and raising a kid. So I gave the CPA part of the Barb-Central Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000185202490150402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-67781609372256999092009-01-26T15:46:00.000-06:002009-01-26T15:46:00.000-06:00Hi,I found your blog by signing up for Google Aler...Hi,<BR/>I found your blog by signing up for Google Alerts for "mountain blogs."<BR/><BR/>Google Alerts makes things so much easier.<BR/><BR/>I love mountain living, so am interested in reading about what others are doing.<BR/><BR/>I'll be checking back often.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441680737622035166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-1098772182044216372009-01-21T18:45:00.000-06:002009-01-21T18:45:00.000-06:001:web search on living off grid2:50 yr. old father...1:web search on living off grid<BR/>2:50 yr. old father of four and grandfather of one<BR/>3:South Florida(Treasure coast)<BR/>4:since April, i think<BR/>5:come back for updates on your offgrid life, and for help and info<BR/>6:whatever you want to share<BR/>7:see #6<BR/>8:I enjoy your blog, am waiting patiently for the day i get off gridsethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04985457634387521975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-7245726334067513312009-01-21T14:56:00.000-06:002009-01-21T14:56:00.000-06:001. I don't remember exactly, but it's likely that ...1. I don't remember exactly, but it's likely that I found your blog from reading a comment that you left on a blog that we both read, and followed the links here... :)<BR/><BR/>2. I don't say that much about myself more than what I put on my blog, but I love to learn new things, which is a continual process.<BR/><BR/>3. I recently revealed that I live in Idaho, and boy, is it cold this winter!<BRMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08264276199843769399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-65042525079926006452009-01-20T20:08:00.000-06:002009-01-20T20:08:00.000-06:001. Followed the link from another blog2. I'm 31 - ...1. Followed the link from another blog<BR/>2. I'm 31 - married for 7 years and have a 9 month old son. <BR/><BR/>3. Central coast of California<BR/><BR/>4. Just started reading - I'm always fascinated with people who manage to live off the grid and I'm anxious to cruise your blog and learn more about your lifestyle :)Serenity Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03815973447135157615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-28885395067012328782009-01-20T00:33:00.000-06:002009-01-20T00:33:00.000-06:00Hi Wretha.You signed the guest book on that "simpl...Hi Wretha.<BR/>You signed the guest book on that "simple solar homesteading" website of Lamar's, and from there I found you here. <BR/>I am from Alberta, Canada. I find the lifestyle you live kind of interesting. I plan on doing it sometime and see how it goes. I have checked your site out a few times, but hav'nt got right into it yet, just kinda read a little here and there. Do you ever get Frugal Canadian Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177261116826690085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-83402783582822545882009-01-18T14:32:00.000-06:002009-01-18T14:32:00.000-06:00Wretha,1. Just surfing or from another blog. i rea...Wretha,<BR/>1. Just surfing or from another blog. i read alot of blogs similar to yours.<BR/>2.Married 4 kids mostly grown except for a 3yr old. 44 years old still planning my own escape from the rat race but will have to win the lotto first.<BR/>3. Live outside troy missouri in a subdivision on 3 acres.<BR/>4. Been reading since you started i have only commented once before.<BR/>5.Just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-36522905057615018332009-01-18T10:17:00.000-06:002009-01-18T10:17:00.000-06:00Wretha...I found your blog in a link from one of t...Wretha...<BR/>I found your blog in a link from one of the others I was reading.<BR/><BR/>I'm recently retired from retail, planning a move to the Big Bend area of the Chihuahuan desert in Texas with no water, power, or towns closer than 30 miles.<BR/><BR/>Right now I'm located in Houston, but soon to be gone.<BR/><BR/>Been following your blog for several months now.<BR/><BR/>I come back cause I HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-31071681097462374812009-01-18T06:10:00.000-06:002009-01-18T06:10:00.000-06:001)It has been so long now I don't remember. I thin...1)It has been so long now I don't remember. I think I saw a link on Mayberry blog. <BR/><BR/>2) I am in the home state of our next crappiest VP Biden. I am a city dweller making my stand with my family of 4. <BR/><BR/>3)Refer back to 2!<BR/><BR/>4)Since the early days, when you first started working on the blog and the cabin. <BR/><BR/>5)IDEAS IDEAS IDEAS for my stand at my place. <BR/><BR/>6)Rookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920751949806783172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-35669513814560224752009-01-18T01:53:00.000-06:002009-01-18T01:53:00.000-06:001. How did you find this blog? I surfed in from an...<B>1. How did you find this blog?</B> <BR/>I surfed in from another blog..I began at HermitJim but have no idea how many I hit before I found a link to yours (may have even been on his?)<BR/><BR/><B>2. Tell me something about yourself</B> <BR/>I am the mother of 3 daughters and Nana to 6 perfect grandkids! Those two things are the most important part of my life .. all else is just 'what it isNanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051176302017916988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-88942088374115865662009-01-18T00:26:00.000-06:002009-01-18T00:26:00.000-06:00From a link at another blog (but not the same one ...From a link at another blog (but not the same one as today). When I first started reading we lived in NE AR but have moved to more central AR in the Ozarks. I'm 43 with 5 kids still at home, 3 grown (at home ages 1 to 16) & married 25 years. Have 2 grandbabies this year. We have 2 acres. Reading maybe 6 months? around the time you posted about the claypot water filters. Had to stop for Stephanie in ARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117946992633230458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-43080541345034050252009-01-17T22:23:00.000-06:002009-01-17T22:23:00.000-06:001. Link from another blogger.2. 50. retired ear...1. Link from another blogger.<BR/><BR/>2. 50. retired early. Interested in alternative energy, sustainable living, alternative life styles.<BR/><BR/>3. Living in rural NH. About 70% off the grid. Could get by without the grid, but these long cold dark NH winters make it hard. On a small lake. 2 acres of land -half of which is swamp. Good spring water. <BR/>4. 5 months?<BR/><BR/>5. LikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-31339076953294277352009-01-17T17:31:00.000-06:002009-01-17T17:31:00.000-06:00Wretha, I am located in London Kentucky and have f...Wretha, I am located in London Kentucky and have followed this blog for some time now. I'm 41 and I live on a small farm with goats, chickens and ducks. I enjoy reading about your off grid life. I hope to be completly off grid some day too. Knowing that you took the leap is encouraging to soo many. I enjoy any of your post regardless of the topic, so please, keep them coming. Your power and The Scavengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285656622244814026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2306303306134956607.post-79636770367734381152009-01-17T16:56:00.000-06:002009-01-17T16:56:00.000-06:001) Not sure, but probably a link from a survivalis...1) Not sure, but probably a link from a survivalist blog I frequent.<BR/>2) I am moving out to my own 10 acre piece of heaven at the end of January and having a go at building a cabin.<BR/>3)Southeast US<BR/>4) I would say the better part of 6 months.<BR/>5) You give very useful information and are very entertaining as well :)<BR/>6) Hmm I'll get back to you on that one.<BR/>7) I think you have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com