come together, right now ... let's buy a place?
The link below leads you to an article on villages for sale in Spain. Yup, whole villages, and while few of us (any?) could afford one on our own, CS, this is our chance to turn our global on-line village into the real deal for returning to a simpler, happier life, or even just time-share holidays
We could squabble in PERSON! 
For those who don't follow links, $230K (negotiable) will buy us 100 acres, 6 houses, 2 farms and even a stand-alone bread-making kitchen ... a nice little starter village, plenty of room to expand.
okay that's Northwest Spain, not many of our resident bloggers in that area (actually probably none) and even the article doesn't rave about the weather. Still knocks holes in Scottish weather, mind.
But it isn't the only village, probably just the cheapest. There are hundreds - even thousands - in lush fertile areas left abandoned as rural Spaniards move to the cities. We could be onto something amazing here.
In the first comment I will put the description of the village in question. Oh boy.
So that's today's Sunday dream.
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Free I can spin alpaca hair and knit it into wooly blankets.
Weave with willow,
Oh my mind works over time, I bet my poetry pen would start up again
Er ...
Imagination?
And I make very good cheese scones. In fact I'm about to make a batch now. I'll think of something else I can offer our freestanding, artistic, dramatic, farming, solar-powered,self-sufficient (but open to tourists) well-fortified community while I'm at it. No problemo.
Cal - cold beers and coffee, it sounds like the perfect village already.
Gardens, Our own forest, animals, fruit & vegies...within my scope. Saterday night party DeeJay..right at home.
Waste not want not pick it up and eat it. Right. I see we are ROLLING
Medicines and healing, yes, we'll need a good herb garden for sure too. Maybe a witch? Chances of hauling in an Irish one?
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you might be thinking more of setting up an active-retired village
If you can't populate the village with breeding stock, populate it with interesting people instead
Okay, I will look after the organic vegetables garden, and the hens and goats
I can also converse with the locals in nearby villages to start up a barter system.
Goats? someone hasn't read the minutes
I want a goat
Biff, well you shouldn't need to ask that, you know we wouldn't have fun if men weren't around. I'm just taking care as I don't know the men that are joining in except Z and he knows he is welcome to my night club as long as he doesn't bring bananas.
but they probably won't mind a goat. They're extremely obliging. And their milk is much nicer than goat's milk.
re-population will thus naturally occur.....
If the village needs medical help...I can do it...not to mention helping out with the local shops...bit of a foodie...
Speaking purely selfishly, I wish you wouldn't go for the castration procedure. We'd far rather have you full-bodied
But - South America? We have another Spanish speaker?
How do you do it?
Eat a bar of chocolate and then express it directly into a mug?