What I Mean By This

I have been talking to and reading the posts of folks who try to avoid main stream consumerism on a number of discussion sites and having my own posts read. It seems to me that there is considerable dissatisfaction with the homogenization of modern life. We love the small shops with individual character. When we travel, we don't want to see the same things we could see in the center of our own town. And when we stay home, we yearn, at least a bit, for the old-style village life in which you patronized your neighbors for the goods you needed, and they, in turn, patronized you. We yearn for the kinds of work that is more than paper pushing, that pays us back over and over again as we we see the product of our work used.

But how are we supposed to manage this, especially at the same time as:

We want to save money. Maybe we don't mind at all if our our basic undies, or our toothpaste, or our camera (to throw out a few examples) are made in factories on the other side of the world and are like every body elses. We just want the best price for decent quality.

We want universal immediate communication of a variety of types. Can we have that and not have our various cultures become more and more homogenized?

This is my starting point. What can I possibly do to foster life and work customization for myself and others?

In the last week, I have received several positive comments on my writing on my website and in discussions. I've intended to someday do some serious writing since I first learned to read. And I have published a few bits here and there, even been paid for some of them. At 55, if I'm going to ever do it, now is the time. I've chosen this as my specialization area.

I hope readers will suggest sites and local shops for those of us with such interests to look at and review, ideas for how such ideas might be spread, guerilla marketing ideas. I'm open to all kinds of things. But I am not open to spam or especially to advertising from mass marketeers. Not on this blog.

So, here we go.