Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, I will share with you an alternative perspective to the Parler hullabaloo. One separated from a political party. Both Republicans and Democrats have this wrong -- and yet Big Tech has showed that, once again, absolute power corrupts absolutely. We will also talk about making some changes in how we operate.

Spring Workshop 2021

GreaterReset.org Jan 25-29

Freedomcell update (Jan 16 on Roan Mountain)

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Snow=smokin bacon
• Update on monthly grocery approach ($150 and so far so good)
• Using up the last of the 2019 canned goods and shifting things around
• How Holler Neighbor Dinners are shifting food approach

Operation Independence

• Debt Payoff Update - Selling The Things
• Balance, Week One

Main topic of the Show: Big Tech Bullies

Things I am trying: Telegram, mewe, signal, protonmail, epik.com, orangewebsite.com, octopus mail (I will let you know how it goes)

Make it a great week!

Song:

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
• Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
• Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee

Today, I wanted to take a deeper look at building community and foundational principles that I think are important to keep in mind. This is the start of this topic and I hope to hear from you if you think things can be combined or if something is missing, keeping in mind that the more rules you put in place, the easier it is for a community to transform from happy and functional to bureaucratic and abusive.

• The FreedomCell Event Next Week is sold out! If you wish to be on the waiting list, fill out my contact form.
• The Greater Reset event is coming! Thanks for joining us for The Greater Reset Activation on January 25-29! We are weeks away from this epic event focused on solutions for our troubled times. Sessions are digital and we will encourage you to host watch parties. TheGreaterReset.org
• Holler Neighbor Livestream - an update

LFTN Boost

• JenniHillMassage.com

Main topic of the Show: Organizing Principles of Community

Thoughts on why there is so much confusion about community.

A few Tangible Examples: Underground railroad, Underground Economy in Soviet Russia

1. Purpose
2. Open Communication
3. Principle over process
4. Member Expectations
5. Moral Foundation
6. Get Real About Strengths and Weaknesses
7. Time for Relationship Development and Fun
8. Let It Go
9. Eliminate the Chaff

Building community is not something you generally have to start on your own - and in fact it really does not work that way. LOTR story. Get started by seeing what communities are already around you, find your people, invest time, love and knowledge -- and let it build itself over time.

I know many of you feel urgent about this right now, but this is not something you just suddenly do. It is like a spark that becomes a flame that becomes a fire that becomes a bonfire. It will fo at its own pace and the best thing you can do is set a good foundation, guide it as you must, and let it develop into what it will be

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

Monday's show was three hours and it was so dark at times that I thought a live feedback show would be a good idea. The challenge being that some of you have not listened to Monday's show yet because it is so long. But enough of you have that I have a set of things to talk about AND I wanted to talk about real community and what it means - because our prosperous US Society has done a pretty good job of changing the perception of how community works both through social networks and also government imposed, top-down, corporatized systems.

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January Prepper Projects

• Freedom Cell meetup
• The Greater Reset
• Get Documentation in Order

#HollerHatWednesday: Has died because IG

What's Up in the Garden

• Preparing beds as weather permits
• Planting fall bulbs
• Daikon in problem areas
• Mulching around early spring plants that are already up
• Thoughts on Spring this Year -- playing plant roulette stronger this time bc it is like $1 in seed

The Dim Age Feedback

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

Vin Armani joins me for today's episode to discuss the coming dim age - and I think he is right about this. We discuss why he thinks one is coming with a particular focus on learning from past historical stories. We also talk about what it means for day to day life and, at the very end, what you should put in place to navigate this change. Because it is important to do what you can to protect both for your short term comfort and to set a foundation for your children's future.

Before we do that, I wanted to give you the January updates. The Living Free in Tennessee Workshop is coming fast and we have some fantastic sessions coming your way.

April 22-24

Presenters are coming from all over our community and the country. You really do not want to miss this one. Tickets are $450 this year and will go on sale first to members, then to the general public. Camping is included and there are great room rentals nearby if you are not the camping sort.

Member tickets will go on sale on January 15 and to non-members on MLK day, January 18th. Do pay attention to LivingFreeinTennessee.com as we update the information from the 2020 event to this year's shindig!

Vin Armani Bio

Vin Armani is a philosopher, serial tech entrepreneur, and CryptoSavage. In addition to being an author and speaker, he has made his living as a television star, film producer, high-end male escort, software developer, art gallerist, pirate radio station operator, DJ, music producer, and motorcycle courier. He studied Philosophy at Howard University.

Alt Social Media

Odysee (Saucerocks): https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b

Mewe: https://mewe.com/join/lftn

Parler: @nicolesauce https://parler.com/profile/Nicolesauce/posts

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Turkey Time
• Once a month grocery shopping and a cheat
• $800 cryovac machine
• Spices and teas
• The homesteading journal

Operation Independence

• "Closed" allowed some catch up on basic Maintenance
• Rocket Mass Heater Report
• Lettuce us started and germinated

Main topic of the Show: Navigating the Dim Age with Vin Armani

When I did this interview with Vin, it was a hard discussion to have. Hard because I can see which story in history we are living right now. Hard because my close friends and family think that I am referring to Donald Trump when I bring it up and that Joe Biden is going to fix it. They do not realize that it doesn't matter who is in power. Hard because it feels like we have "stopped thinking" but the reality is that most people never did think. They parroted as if they are thinking. And that parroting is why it has been so easy to set up so-called experts in places of authority claiming they have THE answer releasing smart-sounding soundbites that are repeated and repeated and repeated until they sound true, feel true and are taken as facts.

But as my friend Kevan likes to say Do Hard Things.

So I see today's interview as a wake up call to those who have not seen what is coming. As a look at the makeup-less morning face in the mirror after a sleepless night. As that belly roll hanging out in the mirror when you are not wearing spanx. We have some time right now to consider what is happening without the pretty trappings of "for the greater good" or "doing your part". We are being gas lighted and have been for a long time.

When we accepted TSA Pre as a thing, we set a foundation for segmenting the population into two groups so that one can be pitted against the other. And that is just one example of the slow and subtle march toward this dim age. A time when the negative, power hungry elite seek to control the masses through division.

And yet if you look at the last time this cycle happened in history you also see bright spots and light. We have been here before and some stood up. Some stood out. Some quietly created systems and communities of support that operated outside the power structures being imposed on those around them. They set a foundation for an age of reason. And in this particular story, that is the denouement. That is how it ends - with a new and better story.

So I hope you will approach this episode with an open heart and mind. And when you feel that tightening of fear that you will pause, take a deep breath, and look at the belly fat in the mirror.

Wednesday's episode will be a follow up to this episode and I invite you to send me your thoughts, questions and ideas.

Freedom Cell Event

Song: Wolf Outtro

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

This was recorded last year and is two readings of the famous poem -- one intellectual version and a musical one. Though, can a choral version of this poem be classified as non-intellectual?

Scotland is a little ahead of the US in celebrating their Christmas Eve - so join Jaggy Little Thistle as he reads their version of the famous poem. (Recording from a previous year so the intro will be old too!)

This is a replay of the Night Before Christmas as read by our friend Aussieroo!

Join The Tactical Redneck in a reading of The Night Before Christmas.

Today is the last live episode of 2020 and I wanted to look back at how we did with our word of the year, and share with you 2021's word. Because change is coming – it always does.

• Podcast Schedule
• Get yourself in order over Christmas
• Vin Armani Episode January 4

Boost LFTN

• Tim's Give Away: https://www.facebook.com/allseasonsmain
• Bullying of Brian: Food Forest Farms: https://foodforestfarms.com/index.html

Main topic of today's Show – Grateful for 2020

My gas tank is empty. How can I give you a great final episode when my gas tank is empty?

From Last Year: Grow

• Myself (weight loss, mental health, simplification, happiness)
• The network (Major growth in size and quality)
• Opportunities (Podcast has doubled, Coffee has doubled, Unloose the Goose, SOE and other corporate relationships, Coaching expansion, Holler Neighbors, Events and speaking, Rentals)
• My relationships (Increased clarity of communications and the apocalypse project, Spent time with family, mama sauce, connected with old friends in a meaningful way)
• Plants and food (Indoor lettuce, tomato success, bacon seeds, etc)

The Hard Things

• Financial Hits: The Income, The Car, The Car, The Fucking Car, The Dishwasher, The Plumbing, The Workshop, The Fencing, The Drains — there are more "THE's" that I can't even think of
• Addressing bad habits
• The fear and shutdowns/being able to see what happens next
• People around everywhere all the time — we grew LOL

Hard Things Bring Bright Spots

• Finding space in morning chats with Nicole and in the pool
• The little things: Tactical taking over the animal care, that time KH had the right generator for the job, none of the dogs are lost, the blooming of the Holler Neighbors, the notes and ideas from listeners, time with family, finding new friends, the quiet shift from pain to growth right around the Spring Workshop
• An internal shift: "What other people think"
• The Crowdfunding project and what it meant (Grateful)
• Someone I really enjoy suggesting a girl's weekend

The Word For 2021

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, we are taking the last step in creating your life strategic plan in simple terms that everyone can understand -- especially everyone who is along for the journey. This process can be used for you the individual, you the family or community, or you the business and the key to success is to cut out all the unnecessary and extra crap and really focus down on just a few things that bring you to the place you have described that you want to be -- the life you WANT TO LIVE ON YOUR TERMS.

Last go-around, you chose three areas of focus -- with those in hand, the next step is to choose an accomplishment or two in each area that you will achieve in the next 12-18 months. We will walk through this today using the Holler Neighbors as an example.

• Last Show is Friday, but there will be replays and the Night Before Christmas Series during my break.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Christmas Reception From The Pantry: pickled things, hard boiled eggs, cheeses and meats (I bought treats and beer)
• Speaking of cheese -- the giant box: thank you to Dubravko, Jenny, Dave, Karen, Shawn, Dawn, Dori, Toby, Anni, Brad, Marde and Jessica for the awesome and fantastic gift -- you will get to enjoy it too if you are at the spring Workshop because on my break, I am MAKING CHEESE!!
• Time to smoke the bacon
• Getting Lettuce set up for real over the break

Operation Independence

• Pig fence and barn are done -- and it is time to make bacon (as I mentioned)

Main topic of the Show: Set Your Accomplishments

It has been a bit of work, this life plan thing. In past years, I would breeze through describing the process on a podcast and leave you to it. Many of you started then stalled. Hell, I have stalled this go around a few times myself as life got chaotic.

TO be ready for FINALLY defining the short term accomplishments you will need to have in order to build the life you want to live, you should have already defined your purpose, set up where the rubber meets the road by creating a vision, and chosen three long-term areas of focus after doing a swot.

If you are like me, you have a whiteboard or chalkboard with stuff written and rewritten as you refine it into what you want.

Vision: The Holler community supports healing and mutual prosperity by connecting resources and knowledge of agorists and homesteaders who wish to build a peaceful, voluntary alternative to society's violent systems.

Purpose: The holler provides an inviting, supportive place where aspiring agorists and homesteaders can connect, rejuvenate, share best practices, and prosper together in freedom.

Areas of Focus

Community: Be a strong community based on shared principles, clear and direct communication, and facilitate each member to focus where our talents and interests are best suited.

• Deploy and way to keep track of our traded goods, labor, value and knowledge that is so simple a 6 year old can use it so that Community members are able to spend our time where our talents are and not on tracking who owes whom what.
• Create dedicated times and ways to improve communication about our needs, projects, wants, brainstorming, and priorities for the community.

Sustainability: Create enough ongoing, stable income and other resources so that the community can prosper.

• Become the model of voluntarism, shared principles, alternative means of support
• Paperwork
• Pay off debts (external and to each other)
• Increase animal feed from the holler
• Deploy a way to use the assets of the Holler Community to bring in decentralized resources - one that community members are inspired to work on.
  • Discuss what this might be
  • Test cases (eg chicken workshop)
  • Honest feedback

Health and Happiness: Community members make time for personal priorities, physical and mental health, and develop the skills and knowledge for supporting others in their quest for finding the life they want to live on their terms.

• Visit a coffee farm in central or south america
• Develop a holler Apothecary that replenishes from locally grown plants
• Game night -- or something

Today's example comes from me alone - and you can do this alone, but in the case of the holler, we have more work to do as a community to really hone in on where we want to go. It is slow going because not everyone here has done this before and they need time to think, discuss and decide.

Our last podcast of 2020 will be this coming friday. I want to go back to a late episode in 2019, review how things went this year, and share with you my word for 2021 -- should be a fun time.

Freedom is a choice, not a right. In fact, no right is a right unless you take it. Funny when you think about it -- I was just lamenting that I simply do not understand the mentality of people who want to control other, to cause them to suffer, to have them enslaved. And yet, many people have this desire. They are quick to condemn others based on little real fact. They are willing to attack them and their families for a difference of opinion. They are willing to crash our economy and set up "wilderness spaces" where humans may not go in the wake of their economic destruction -- destruction that has a real costs in terms of human lives. And despite that evil push in our world, freedom is still there. Ready for you when you decide to be free. But you can;t have it both ways can you? You cannot make other people submit to you and still live a free life.

Make it a great week!

Song: 911 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