In light of the recent discussion about camp showers on the Vandwellers group at Yahoo, I just had to post this. Actually, I had to post this anyway. What a wild-looking (and -sounding) camp shower! I think I would be afraid to get in it. I would rather pump that water into a 55 gallon drum, put a coupla' glugs of Clorox in it to kill any unwanted critters, and then heat it to the desired temperature before pumping it to the shower head. That contraption in the video is just too scary.
Possum living is all about living on our own terms, slowing down and kicking back and doing what we really want to be doing instead of burning ourselves out in the pursuit of what society tells us we should strive for. It is about finding easier and more interesting ways of providing what we really need, as an alternative to paying the high price in time, money and freedom that society extracts in exchange for servicing these needs; and about finding the strength to say no to those services we don't really need.
When we ask for freedom, we have already failed. It is only when we declare freedom for ourselves and refuse to accept any less, that we have any possibility of being free.
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