Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, we will talk about how people are pushing back in big and small ways against the cultural mind controls that are being instilled on us and if this pushing back works? Announcements Holler Neighbor Livestream – Thursday at 7pm https://youtu.be/YgV_A0TPi78 Kickstart Holler Roast Update My email Tales from the Prepper Pantry Where we talk about storing what you eat and eating what you store. One last round of herbs for winter: lemon balm, mint, comfrey, chamomile tea, (echinacea from Brian??), Mullein, berry leaves Time to harvest sweet potatoes Last round of winter squash for storage Keeping an eye on weather for root cellar set up Featured Forage: chamomile antipeptic, antispasmodic, antipyretic, antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-allergenic activity. sleep aid, treatment for fevers, colds, stomach ailments, and as an anti-inflammatory Harvest flowers Make tea Operation Independence Dig a ditch? Add extra lines Simplification Schedule Main topic: Does Pushing Back Work? I'm not Givin away my SHOT! In many ways, they are glorifying the violence that it took to make the American Revolution happen. A country born of violence. Furthered by violence in the civil war under the auspices of ending slavery – an institution that was dying even as the civil war started. More violence. Pushback. And today, we are seeing violence. Violence and the call for the opposite of freedom under the auspices of being against that fascist orange guy and FOR FREEDOM. Because apparently no leader who has come before him was furthering fascism. Just the orange man. And the right screams socialism. And the left fascism. Never caring that both are two sides of the same authoritarian coin. 14 years I dedicated to working in the Liberty movement. FOURTEEN wasted years in many cases desperately trying to get people to just PLEASE TRY to communicate about liberty in a way that grounds the morality of protecting the individual in the why not the what, in the emotional reasons not the data. In a way that explains why protecting individual rights over collective opinions is the basis for lifting more people out of poverty, finding the means for caring for our sick, and growing both intellectually and spiritually. And the sharpest resistance to this idea, this approach were the most intelligent among the liberty thinkers. Voices were raised. Efforts were undermined. Some really smart people rose like stars in the movement, loved by others who already agree with them. But the whole time, the targets were wrong. Convincing people who already agree with you is not how to create enduring liberty. Creating a society that values people and their individual rights doesn't just happen without an ongoing barrage from those who either want power over others, who are scared to be in control of their destiny, or who simply don't want to think, they just want to live. And most people fall into the last category. They just want to live. Hell - I fall into that category -- I want to live the way I want and for people who disapprove to leave me alone. I am not hurting anyone am I? Yet for fourteen years, I did not give up. I pushed. I fought. I scrapped. I politicked. And at the end, I was so tired. SO beat. I had found some great allies. I had found some folks who were better at furthering my marketing mission than I was. And I saw a coming tidal wave. One I wrote about in the 90s. I missed the deadline. Did not stop the swell and now the wave is peaking. In Hamilton, people run around the stage excited that they are making history. So much change! A world where an orphan immigrant can become part of the leadership. And he's not giving away his SHOT! But do you really want to be a part of history? The American Revolution spurred lots of suffering. And now our country has people fighting on the streets. Assassinations. An industrial media complex that falls in line with whatever narrative is needed to keep the masses divided. A rising generation cultivated to put the opinions of the masses above the rights of the individual. Did you see the shift? It started with code complaint calls to the city inspectors. As if someone else's tall grass is an attack on the whole neighborhood. The tattle culture. Moralizing of small indiscretions making the disciplinary action for it way out of sale of the perceived transgression. Where pointing your finger like it is a gun can get you expelled. Where CEOs get fired from companies they founded for unpopular opinions. Where people allow themselves to be locked inside their homes well beyond the duration of the perceived threat because authority has said so. Where science only matters if it fits the narrative. The only reason this shift is happening is because we allow it. So how do we push back now? The reality ahead is a really messy election and more violence. Possibly a fundamental shift in governmental structure. Seems like we live in a time when history is being made, doesn't it? Far from being invigorating, I wish it were not so. But that wish is wasted, I suppose. So then, does pushing back on this reality do anything? That is the real question. Right now, there is not a clear enemy other than an idea – the idea that the collective matters more than the person in it. And when the collective matters more than the person in it, it becomes pretty easy to use the person in it as a slave, or to imprison them, or to kill them – does it not? Collectivism is spun as a way to care for all, yet it disregards the needs of the individual to do this. Somewhere in there is a flaw. Somewhere in there you end up with a collective that fails most as it grows. But back to the question – does pushing back work? In many ways no. One person not wearing a mask while outside changes nothing – even that lady with the viral video. It only served to support the this or that narrative of masks = the only lifeline there is vs masks are bullshit. And furthering that divide makes it even harder to stop the tidal wave of tyranny. One person standing on the street corner yelling Jesus Died For Your Sins is also not an effective way to grow a church, is it? One person standing against an angry mass of collectivists rising up against the structural systems they hate will get consumed and tossed away like trash – which is what they are in the eyes of the collectivists – and they will be forgotten in no time. It is no different than how we interact one on one is it? The first reaction when someone tells you no or argues with you is to dig in, stand your ground and refuse to hear beyond your established opinion. It is hard to reprogram yourself to consider the other side - and I mean really consider it. It takes work. Most people don't like to work. Yet pushing for something rather than against something is what we need to ride this tide. You CAN push back. You can stand up if you BUILD something rather than against it. And it may or may not work. Think of the famous Tank Man of Tiananmen square and the people massacred by their own government. And the subsequent failure liberalization in China until a few years later -- and the current back-stepping of the progress enacted in the late 90 and early aughts. Tank man pushed back, pushed for something. And perhaps the international reaction helped put pressure as the soviet union and Berlin wall fell. Pushing for something -- or building it -- rather than just against it seems to be the best way to see change for the better. And individuals working around bad systems to replace them, as ueber did for example, seem to get that spark going. And individuals working together to help each other can create quite the pushback. Think of the underground railroad or the many who helped Jews escape death camps. They pushed back - but they did so in a way that pushed for something. Punching a nazi or a commie doesnt get you anywhere in this game So why do it? Arguing with people who drink the kool aid changes nothing but the amount of time you have left to do something productive. But pushing for something just might -- so think about that next time you are looking at how things are changing. Creating pathways around the dysfunction -- to build your own way and help those around you do the same is the only pathway I can see. So are you going to give away your shot to make some momentary noise, or spend it on something that can endure? Make it a great week! Song: Strange Child by Sauce GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee

Today I come to you from California where I have had five great days with my family, learning new things while also pushing the ball forward on LFTN and Holler Roast Coffee. I have made a ton of tradeoffs this week, including two episodes. We will talk about the what and why of tradeoffs and why they are important to your long term success and happiness. Free Man Beyond the wall has been put on a 30 day hold on Facebook. Do him a favor and check out his podcast: https://freemanbeyondthewall.com/ Next Week's Schedule Tales from the Prepper Pantry Chickens are in the freezer Grabbed 4 turkeys from Schoolbell Farm -- glad someone local is willing to raise them Selfish Sunday will revolve around a last round of gathering herbs for drying Need to address the firewood problem Operation Independence KickStartHollerRoast.com update Reached 20k Found a building BHAG -- How you can help Main topic of the Show: Episode 351 - Tradeoffs are Good You know that pang? That little feeling of guilt and remorse? That moment when you are doing one thing and not another, or many other? That little pang is good. It is an indication that you are doing the right thing. That you have come to a point along your journey toward your true purpose where it is time to work through a series of tradeoffs. It is not a sock in the gut -- oh shit I am doing the wrong thing sort if feeling. Merely a brief moment of remorse when you realize that you need to focus one place and the expanse of another to move things forward. Not everyone has that feeling, but everyone who is successful does have one thing in common: the need to choose the most important place to focus for long term progress. And often this means letting the less important thing wait. Or letting it go completely. Yes. tradeoffs are good. They mean you are growing. They mean that you are willing to do what it takes to succeed. And when you have the big picture in mind, they are not easy to figure out. If you tap into our Mewe Group you will see folks at different places in their walk to freedom, often paralyzed with too many options, not sure where to go. They what if themselves to death when they could have been moving forward. And some what iffing is good -- I mean I have four or five ways to get home from California right now if my flight does not happen in the morning. Those ways came from a healthy amount of what iffing. But when you spend all your time what iffing, you forget to spend your time actually doing. And when you spend your time trying to be everything for everyone, to do everything for everyone, you lose yourself in the shuffle and build a lifestyle that is no different than being a slave wager, stuck in dept, working for someone else rather than building your life how you want it. Tradeoffs are hard sometimes. And it can hurt when you realize that you really should not do what you used to do. But if you really embrace tradeoffs and relentlessly focus on trading off the things that get in the way of your progress, you will find that you end up in a much happier place. Yes. Happier. Not necessarily richer. Happier. Because really what we are building with our side hustles, with our enterprises, on our homestead or city steads -- what we are building is the life we want to live and that means happiness. Someone in our network recently told me that he does what he does to finance all his interests -- all the fun stuff he gets to do because his business is successful. To which I though --RIGHT ON. This is a person who had built his business they way he wants it, built his lifestyle the way he wants it, and it allows him to do things he wants to do. And that took tradeoffs. I see him up before me doing homestead chores. I see him working out much later than I do. I see him helping lots of people around him achieve what they want to achieve. I see him not giving up -- never giving up. Nut you know he has tradeoffs, right? Sometimes he trades sleep. Sometimes he trades a night of partying. Sometimes he trades -- well heck -- sometimes he trades things we will never know about. Because he is doing it the right way and not bitching about his tradeoffs. But tradeoffs are there -- they are always there. Take this week. Here I am in California, two podcasts in the hole, putting together a guerrilla show for y'all because I traded off recording in order to recover and to have quality time with my family. That may not seem like the best business choice but it is. And here is what the tradeoffs look like: Holler Roast needs to get lots of things completed by mid October. More than full time input while keeping other things moving -- traded off promotion time for LFTN, a holler neighbor livestream, New web contracts, sleep, time with my animals -- Kept my commitments to other content creators depending on me -- this means I took a small hit to my own podcast because I had to trade off time and rather than Immune system taxed -- Cancelled livestream, chose one thing per day to achieve and rolled back hours to make sure I handled this Roaster schedule vs california -- family won (why this is), Tradeoff: promoting kickstarthollerroast, podcast episodes, new web clients, being onsite for the roastery preparations, legal appointments -- goose got done because it is a livestream. And the end result? My niece had a great birthday with her family. I have learned to paint by numbers and make slime. I have had a chance to catch up with my sister on some important things. My energy is back. And there is a lifestyle clarity coming. I love working hard. I love having plants and learning new things. I love getting sleep and exercise. I do not have time to do this if my income-generating projects take 12-14 hour days, seven days a week. So there were tradeoffs this week. And some things need to be permanently traded off if I want a life I enjoy living. With time for new things, for being with family and friends. It may sound like a cop out, but it isnt. It is a shift that has been coming all year as we grow. Growing means MORE. But more of the right things, not more of everything right? And to do it well, to make sure that you are able to have the kind of life you want financially, in your relationships, and at home -- tradeoffs are part of the growing game. This for that, not always this AND that. Thought when asked if she wanted ice cream and whipped cream on her apple crumble, my niece did say both -- and she was not wrong. But look around at how you are building your world? Farmers market taking a ton of time and not bringing in what you could if you had that time to really focus on doing what you need? But it means a temporary drop in revenue that you are not entirely sure you can replace. Ask yourself, what is the best choice for the long term? What transitional steps do I need to take. Because if you cannot do both and end up with a lifestyle you want, then why do it at all. And no I do not mean just let things got -- I mean let the RIGHT things go. When you dont do the right things, you will often find you get a sock in the gut ,not a pang of regret. That pang is there to let you know you traded… make sure you trade up. And. Embrace the pang! Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 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We are getting a cold snap about four weeks early next week and so I thought today would be the perfect time to invite Knighthawk on to talk about heating with fire. A word on next week's schedule and why I cancelled the livestream. Show Resources Sir Handy Website Main content of the show Knighthawk has a background in fire alarm maintenance and HVAC automation for commercial buildings. He is also one of the main handyman resources in the Tennessee LFTN Network. In February, he launched his handyman business, Sir Handy. He joins is today to talk about one of his favorite topics: Fire! Interview Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce Holler Roast Coffee

Today is the third in a four part series on using garbage on the homestead. We will talk about all the stuff that things ship in that end up on your land and taking up space. Holler Neighbor Livestream, Thursday 7pm: https://youtu.be/3QABxlpgIDw #HollerHatWednesday: Why does she have her thinking cap on? KickStartHollerRoast.com What's Up in the Garden Main topic of the Show: Shipping Garbage on the Homestead Set: Living on a homestead is so much easier with Amazon and other mail order arrangements - but it comes with a waste stream challenge. Cardboard and Paper Crates and Pallets Internal Packing Materials (Peanuts and plastic) Packaging A word on choices (for shipping and packaging) Landing: Dealing with waste takes clarity of purpose before you set a plan and one of our long term goals is to reduce waste. This is why I use a sodastream for carbonated beverages rather that drink perrier or la Crioux. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up LFTN Gift Registry Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is a Friday so we have an interview show today and I managed to track down Sal the Agorist, one of the cohosts over at Unloose the Goose to talk me through some basics that I need to know about 3d printing. Green chili day is almost here! Thanks to the fella who donated his chicken ticket - we found the perfect person to give it too and she is very thankful KickStartHollerRoast is just about 500 shy of our second stretch goal -- thank you! Show Resources Sal The Agorist 3D Printer go BRRR Main content of the show I met Sal through Unloose the Goose and discovered a smart guy who has thought of some great ways to work around the system. His Podcast - the Agora takes a look at ways to voluntarily exchange outside of "THE SYSTEM and he understands the importance of self reliance as part of your strategy toward choosing freedom. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce Holler Roast Coffee

Food waste is a major issue in many households and just because you live on a homestead does not mean you magically end up in a place where food waste is no longer a problem. So today in my second in the series of handling waste on the homestead, we will discuss food waste strategies. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? No podcast Monday due to the processing workshop. Stump the Sauce Dori - What about dessicants? What's Up in the Garden Fall flowers are in -- time to add fall bulbs Unearthing the sweet potatoes and cushaw needs to happen Ive dropped the ball on lettuce already - may buy plants Episode 347 - Handling Food Waste on the Homestead Use It All (Covid shutdowns, Holler Stew, Processing and Preservation) Compost (Meat and bones too) Chickens & Ducks The PIG Wild Animals Membership Plug Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up LFTN Gift Registry Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

A few people have reached out to ask for help on crowdfunding projects and so I thought today would be a great time to talk about why Kickstart Holler Roast has not so well, so quickly. Some of the things that came into place for this project look intention and were not and I think we can all learn from this about not only crowdfunding things, but marketing ourselves and our businesses. Reach out if you want one of the 2 open chicken seats. Green Chili Weekend Registration KickstartHollerRoast.com Tales from the Prepper Pantry Very tardy on the fall stock up order Mama Sauce has helped process so many veggies that we may make this an annual event Working through freezer meat at a much faster clip of late Still in a "put it up" phase but about to enter into a "use it up" phase Holler Stew this week Featured Forage: Rosemary - https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/r/rosema17.html Herbal Uses: Tonic, astringent, diaphoretic, stimulant. Oil of Rosemary has the carminative properties of other volatile oils and is an excellent stomachic and nervine, curing many cases of headache. Historical uses Hairwash Reverse nerve damage and regain feeling in limbs. It was prepared by putting 1 1/2 lb. of fresh Rosemary tops in full flower into 1 gallon of spirits of wine, this was allowed to stand for four days and then distilled. Hungary water Headache, colds, colic, tummy complaints It is antibacterial Culinary: Tastes good in almost anything, really. Rosemary cheesecake? Yes please. Rosemary, garlic and lamb? Yum, Mixed with sage in a chestnut dressing, absolutely. Its strong flavor will replace the more subtle ones so if you have rosemary, lemon cod, you are tasting more the spices than the fish. Rosemary ice cream is very tasty. Garlic rosemary bread. Growing it: recommended to grow it along a wall in a sheltered spot -- and I have killed about 1900 of these plants since living in TN Operation Independence Today's show is all about this Main topic of the Show: Episode 346 - Why My Crowdfunding Project Is Working Some folks have reached out not only to congratulate me on the successful crowdfunding campaign, but to ask which plugin we used, and how they could set a foundation for similar success. Lessons Learned You Own Your Message Anticipation Provide Value Don't Be Afraid To Ask (The Pep Talk) Beta Launch Communicate Dig Your Well Before You Are Thirsty TEAM - (brainstorm, graphical design, web development, additional gifts) Have Stretch Goals that fit with the project. In the end, if you have a great idea and the right message and a solid offering for a crowdfunding project, you have a good foundation. But as with all our small business efforts, if you have not developed your strategy for marketing and communicating about the project, it is a much tougher, uphill row to hoe. So I guess it boil down to network, communication, and value in the end. Make it a great week! Song: Burned by Sauce GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee

It was supposed to be a thought of the walk episode, but I am too stunned to thing straight. So today, we talk through why! KickstartHollerRoast.com is now live if you are interested in supporting the crowdfunding campaign. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, begins a series of talks about how to handle waste on the homestead, starting with the easiest waste to work with: Livestock waste. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Holler Neighbor Livestream, 7pm Tomorrow: https://youtu.be/KYbcFJ_ypsw Unloose the Goose: 7:30pm today: https://unloosethegoose.com/livestream Stump the Sauce None Tales from the Booze Whisperette Whisky Ginger Drinks for the Non-Whisky Lovers What's Up in the Garden Resetting everything Preparing Garlic Bed Preparing Spring Planting Beds Hail Mary Seeds Handling Waste on the Homestead Homesteading gives you the opportunity to greatly reduce the waste impact off your property for a number of reason: Land absorbs and processes waste naturally - when you are not crammed in densely, you can build waste systems that not only help process waste, but use it in a way that becomes a natural cycle rather than a smelly landfill The more you produce onsite, then less waste is created through packaging, etc Genuine Environmentalism vs Political Action Environmentalism Concept 1: Animal Waste Humanur vs septic vs catholes Poultry Waste Rabbit Waste Goat Waste Pig Waste A word on Density Waste is a part of living and something that becomes politically charged when it need not be. Most sane people would prefer to live in a word that functions with natural cycles and how we handle our waste is part of that. Packaging can easily be used in a way that reduces environmental impact, so we need not go on a big packaging crusade, but rather can look around at what we and our families do for waste and be our best stewards. That is how you get lasting change. Person by person and voluntarily. As I think through this series, I get excited. There are so many examples of people turning what was once garbage into both a new resource AND a wealthy lifestyle. I look forward to sharing these with you. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up LFTN Gift Registry Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we have an interview show with a very sassy homesteader who also knows a thing or two about homesteading with both her boys taking college courses this year. None other than Amy Dingmann. We will talk about homeschool from a getting started perspective today. Kickstart HollerRoast.com update The Isaac Morehouse Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/isaacmorehouse/i-escaped-the-libertarian-movement-nicole-sauce-on-living-free-in-tennessee Website: https://isaacmorehouse.com/podcast/ Show Resources Homesteading website: https://afarmishkindoflife.com Homeschooling Website: https://thehmmmschoolingmom.com Homeschool Life Coaching Information: https://thehmmmschoolingmom.com/homeschool-life-coaching/ The Homeschool Highway: How to Navigate Your Way Without Getting Carsick on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Homeschool-Highway-Navigate-Without-Getting-ebook/dp/B00AAJNL3E Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Homeschool-Highway-Navigate-Without-Getting/dp/1481142305/ Main content of the show Who is Amy Dingmann? You might know Amy Dingmann from her Farmish Kind of Life podcast (and website of the same name) but she's also a mom of two sons that she homeschooled until college. She runs the website The Hmmmschooling Mom, and has recently started a homeschool life coaching business where she helps potential, new, and experienced homeschool parents through the ups and downs of the homeschooling journey. Make it a great week GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce Holler Roast Coffee