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Joel Salatin backs up and dumps the wagon load in favor of freedom, family, local economies, healthy food, and sustainable farming. I have no idea what his views are of God and the Bible, but about all I could say after listening to his talk was "Wow!" and "Amen!"

—Luke

It's that time of year again when mothers everywhere hide their best thread and sewing scissors, tape is in short supply, and paper of all kinds seems to grow legs and walk off. Yes, it's spring! Time to make and fly kites!

Granted, there are some good kites for sale nowadays that are fairly inexpensive, but then again, that takes a lot of the fun out of it. Why make things easy when they can be hard?

The simplest and most popular home built kite in North America is the two-stick kite. If you need a nudge in the right direction, here is a very simple two-stick kite plan.

Of course, some of you with older kids need a way to keep them out of trouble for longer periods of time, like say, until they turn 21. For you high school physics types here is a page of information on the science of flying kites.

History buffs can download the free 1914 edition of the book Kitecraft and kite tournaments. Granted, you may need Stephen Shepherd to figure out some of the materials references, but a lot of it is very practical and applicable, especially for home school types.

For you extraverts, who think everything has to be a community event, check out The American Kitefliers Association® including their kite talk forum.

Lastly, for those of you who aren't content to just be normal and have to go and do weird stuff, the Kite Plan Base is billed as the world's largest kite plan archive.

Now, go forth and fly kites!

—Luke

RichinJesus.com is being started to help sort through the difficulties, problems, trials, and, oh yes, the joys of living.

We want to talk about simple, Godly, richer living. After you spend some time with us, we hope you will want to talk about it too.

Luke is doing most of the grunt work including most of the writing and nearly all of the technical work. Hannah will contribute directly from time to time as her "job" of raising four young children permits.

Apart from those things she shares directly, her touches are everywhere on this site from approving color selections to proofreading to coming up with interesting articles and generally acting as a soundboard to make things fuller and better.

We are compiling research and ideas from many sources to share in a helpful and practical way right here at at RichinJesus.com as you enjoy "Rich living in hard times."

— Luke

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