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renee — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:44:03 -0400

FIMBY? What's that?

FIMBY simply stands for: Fun In My Back Yard

Ever heard of NIMBY? As in, it's fine for the state to have a toxic waste dump on the wrong side of the tracks, but whoa boy Not In My Back Yard!

The IMBY is the only thing that FIMBY shares with NIMBY. This blog is not about anything so serious as toxic waste facility placement. Although sometimes I do post about important stuff as it relates to my family's journey to live locally, justly and simply.

September Rudbeckia and Joe Pye

What about your hiking, trips to the ocean and farm posts? That seriously can't all be in your backyard.

Good point. For the most part I post about the fun happenin' in my literal backyard or home. But I also have a broad definition of backyard. The "backyard" in FIMBY is my home, relationships, community as well as my actual backyard and garden.

It came down to FIMBY being an easier blog title than:

thoughts on homeschooling, what's growing in my organic garden, the cool craft my kids made today, where we hiked this weekend, what's cookin' in my vegan kitchen, the latest batch of soap I made, the interesting book I just read, places we love in Maine and yesterday's trip to our CSA farm.

Why all the different sections?

Because my life kind of shakes out that way when I write about it. Each different section features posts, blogrolls, links, booklists and resources related to that topic. Posts appear on FIMBY home but they also get categorized into these four areas:

Mama Speak - the everyday musings of a wife, mother, photographer
Homeschool - the life of 3 creative, home educated kiddos
Urban Homestead - homesteading, without land and chickens
Neighborhood - life and adventure beyond the homestead

and drum roll please...
Gallery - Light Living Photography, is the newly launched gallery of my photos

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you come back. I love your comments so please leave them if you're so inclined.

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