The Gothic Homesteader

Having spent the last 14 years of my life as a Goth, and having been married for nearly 8 years, holidays and celebrations have taken on their own flavor. This is especially true living nearly 1,000 miles from my kin, and nearly 2,000 miles from my husband’s.  Not that we dont miss our families, but travel around this time of year just isn't  certain .  No matter if you are in an urban or rural setting celebrations play an important role in life.  So how to do it? Well, depending on it is just you and your fellow subculture family, or if you’re hosting other family for your celebrations depends on how “Gothy” the holidays will be, unless of course your family just deals with your  eclectic ness and writes it off... For Robby and myself it is how much black Robby can stand.  When back east with family, it is whether we are the cooks/decoraters that year or one of the siblings is.... it all depends on you, your family, and how much they put up ...

 Are you an Urban Goth?  Does the city nights make your blood pump and come alive?  Do you long for the hustle and bustle, the clubs, the urban adventures? Does the city a glow with her sparkling lights put you in a dreamy, poetic mood, and awaken your dreary soul? Do you like to be in either an apartment or close to down town? Then the city most likely should be your dwelling place! Are you a Rural Goth?  Do vast open spaces, deep forests, and mountain peaks excite you?  Does the feel of dirt beneeth your feet make you happy?  Do you find joy in the aloneness of the great outdoors on a dreardy night?  Then rural living may be right down your lane! Finding your fit, is really important, both for the longevity of your homestead, but also for your own sanity in everything.  Personally, I am more and more discovering I am by no means an urban goth.  My heart and soul are a rural goth, and it is getting to be time to go back to that way o...