Torn Between Two Lovers

As I sit here watching a show about El Dia de Los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) celebrations in Mexico, I find myself torn between a love of technology and a love for the simple life.

I love everything about technology and each new discovery or invention excites me to no end. I thrive on finding ways to increase my knowledge about new gadgets or new technological advances in almost every arena. Of late, Google is my passageway to this knowledge base as it leads the way to this web page or that youtube link that will tell me more about these new advances. I watch shows like the Gadget Show and turn on the Discovery Channel whenever I can. Because I am not presently in the states, I have to rely on whatever means I have at hand to locate the information I am seeking. I am lucky in that I have friends who keep me up to date on the latest innovations as they hear word of them. I also subscribe to clouds that allow me to locate many of the sites I might otherwise have difficulty accessing.

But I also love the idea of moving off the grid, returning to the simpler pre-computer life. Turning off the TV and shutting out the unwanted news that could alter our way of thinking or life itself. Logically, I know that the feasibility of living off the grid is a long way off but the allure is still there. Packing up and moving to the mountains, far from city life. My vision is actually a place that one would need to hike or drive an off-road, eco friendly vehicle (there such an animal, yes?) in order to get there. I actually really like what Ed Begley, Jr does. Bicycling to create electricity (power TV, radio, other machines), growing my own food stuffs, etc.  Hmmm ... something to ponder further, perhaps one day ...