It isn’t a commune. It isn’t shared land. It isn’t a collective where everything is pooled and everyone moves as one unit. I built this homestead because I needed autonomy — over my food, my work, my finances, and my mental stability. But autonomy doesn’t mean isolation. Somewhere along the way, I realized something important:…
There isn’t a straight line that connects those roles. There’s no neat elevator pitch that explains how fantasy worlds, poultry genetics, trauma conversations, and off-grid systems all live under one roof. But that’s the point. My life has never fit into a single category, and I stopped trying to make it. I’m Tia Phillips. I…