Possum Living

In the late seventies, at the age of eighteen and with a seventh grade education, Dolly Freed wrote Possum Livingabout the five years she and her father lived off the land on a half acre lot outside of Philadelphia At the time of its publication in 1978, Possum Living became an instant classic, known for its plucky narration and no nonsense practical advice on how to quit the rat race and live frugally In her delightful, straightforward, and irreverent style, Freed guides readers on how to buy and maintain a home, dress well, cope with the law, stay healthy, save money, and be lazy, proud, miserly, and honest, all while enjoying leisure and keeping up a middle class fa ade.Thirty years later, Freed s philosophy is world renowned andPossum Living remains as fascinating, inspirational, and pertinent as it was upon its original publication This updated edition includes new reflections, insights, and life lessons from an older and wiser Dolly Freed, whose knowledge of how to live like a possum has given her financial security and the confidence to try new ventures. Download Possum Living – kino-fada.fr This book, we learn, was written by an 18 year old with a 7th grade education For such a narrow life view, she seems to think she has a whole lot figured out I must say, I found some creepy undertones in her almost cult like devotion to Daddy, who taught her to admire Diogenes as he did a Greek philosopher, Diogenes felt even back then that objects own us rather than the reverse, and thus tried to own as little as possible While this could be called admirable, Dolly a pseudonym and her f This book, we learn, was written by an 18 year old with a 7th grade education For such a narrow life view, she seems to think she has a whole lot figured out I must say, I found some creepy undertones in her almost cult like devotion to Daddy, who taught her to admire Diogenes as he did a Greek philosopher, Diogenes felt even back then that objects own us rather than the reverse, and thus tried to own as little as possible While this could be called admirable, Dolly a pseudonym and her father take it further to spending as little as possible This, too, could be called admirable but not when taken to the extremes Dolly and her father take it, nor when using the means advocated herein Don t like paying taxes Lie and say you don t actually live there, you just rent Oh, but don t feel guilty about using tax funded establishments like the library Have a grudge Why get a lawyer involved when you can instead get your way by ...I do not think homesteaders are crazy heck, I aspire to be a homesteader However, I think the author of this book is a bit crazy She talks about leaving the rat race, but it seems she was never in it what she really means is that her father whom she calls Daddy throughout the book left the rat race and her mother left them She plans to have kids someday while continuing to live with her father and having a man either move in or visit Yeah, good luck finding a guy to father your chil I do not think homesteaders are crazy heck, I aspire to be a homesteader However, I think the author of this book is a bit crazy She talks about leaving the rat race, but it seems she was never in it what she really means is that her father whom she calls Daddy throughout the book left the rat race and her mother left them She plans to have kids someday while continu...In 1978 an 18 year old young woman wrote Possum Living to explain and, to a certain degree to teach, about she and her father s life of voluntary simplicity It made a few waves and then seemed to slip beneath the surface of popular opinion until 2010, when the original publication was found in an attic and subsequently republished This how to manual on the simple life was penned by Dolly Freed, a blunt no nonsense sort who is difficult to ignore I started the book half heartedly, expecting to In 1978 an 18 year old young woman wrote Possum Living to explain and, to a certain degree to teach, about she and her father s life of voluntary simplicity It made a few waves and then seemed to slip beneath the surface of popular opinion until 2010, when the original publication was found in an attic and subsequently republished This how to manual on the simple life was penned by Dolly Freed, a blunt no nonsense sort who is difficult to ignore I started the book half heartedly, expecting to put it down after a few chapters But the rationale behind the argu...I became interested in this book after reading about Dolly Freed in a blog Freed a pen name was only 18 when she wrote this book in the 1970s, which in part explains how radical it is She lived with her father in a house outside Philadelphia which they bought for cheap and renovated themselves, and continued to live off the land, not working real jobs or relying on money.One of Freed s main points is how ironic it is that the majority of us work for most of the day in order to make money t I became interested in this book ...One star for INSANITY Written in 1978 by 18 year old Dolly Freed, this isn t so much a practical guide for living cheaply as it is a crazed manifesto Bursting at the seams with rhetoric one can only assume she absorbed from daddy the undisguisedly alcoholic father she lived with for 5 years on a half acre lot in Pennsylvania, raising rabbits for slaughter and brewing u...Escrito por Dolly Freed, en 1976 una chica de 17 a os, que lleva cinco viviendo con su padre en un r gimen de gasto casi nulo Ninguno de los dos gana, ni tampoco gasta, pr cticamente nada de dinero y a n as viven, seg n dicen, con la relativa tranquilidad de cualquier otra familia suburbana de clase media C mo hacen Entre el 1 de agosto de 1975 y el 1 de agosto de 1976 s lo gastamos mil cuatrocientos noventa y ocho d lares con setenta y cinco centavos Imposible grit mi padre A d nde Escrito por Dolly Freed, en 1976 una chica de 17 a os, que lleva cinco viviendo con su padre en un r gimen de gasto casi nulo Ninguno de los dos gana, ni tampoco gasta, pr cticamente nada de dinero y a n as viven, seg n dicen, con la relativa tranquilidad de cualquier otra familia suburba...Possum Living How to Live Well Without a Job and with Almost No Money could just as easily be called How to Kill Stuff and Eat it as that s what the lion s share of this survivalism classic is about.The true life story of the girl behind the pseudonym Dolly Freed is as fascinating as the book itself but you can google that I read it cold, knowing nothing mu...reposted from my blog I first came across information about Possum Living online, actually I stumbled across the Possum Living blog and was simply fascinated Dolly Freed not her real name was a good writer with a distinctive, funny voice, and I was curious what she might have had to say about life without a job back in her late teens.Turns out, she had plenty to say Dolly s possum living existence surviving and thriving with no regular job, living on just enough money to buy absolut reposted from my blog I first came across information about Possum Living online, actually I stumbled across the Possum Living blog and was simply fascinated Dolly Freed not her real name was a good writer with a distinctive, funny voice, and I was curious what she might have had to say about life without a job back in her late teens.Turns out, she had plenty to say Dolly s possum living existence surviving and thriving with no regular job, living on just enough money to buy absolute essentials is reprinted just as it was first published in 1978 with a few judicious comments and an afterword by the author, now older and wiser She sketches out the basics of her possum existence raising hunting killing skinning your own meat, growing your own vegetables, distilling your own alcohol, ...The book advocates avoidance of paying taxes to the government but suggests the utilization of government services such as libraries, extension services, schools, parks, and roads but not fire departments Well for the standard of living in the United States, is a bit of a misnomer This family lacks health insurance and if they ended up in the emergency room we all requiremedical care as we age , their bill would be something everyone else would have to pay for Society is subsidizi The book advocates avoidance of paying taxes to the government but suggests the utilization of government services such as libraries, extension services, schools, parks, and roads but not fire...First published in 1978, this not so well written book is written by 17 year old Dolly Freed who lives with her father, and whose joint goal is to live well without a job and with almost no money How do they do this you may ask by raising rabbits in the basement and clunking them over the head before pa puts rabbit stew on the kettle They also, grown their own crops, pick old produce from area supermarkets and bought their own wardrobes at Goodwill for less than 15 Dad and Dolly aren t First published in 1978, this not so well written book is written by 17 year old Dolly Freed who lives with her father, and whose joint goal is to live well without a job and with almost no money How do they do this you may ask by raising rabbits in the basement and clunking them over the head before pa puts rabbit stew on the kettle They also, grown their own crops, pick old produce from area supermarkets and bought their own wardrobes at Goodwill for less than 15 Dad and Dolly aren t homeless just very anti government, and not willing to pay taxes or kill themselves working a steady job However, if you ask me, after reading this book, and after taking into account the raising an...

• English
• 24 January 2018
Dolly Freed
• Paperback
• 224 pages
• 0982053932
• Dolly Freed
• Possum Living