tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post4300579578515712070..comments2024-03-13T15:41:33.595-07:00Comments on A Way to Live: What to doDoyu Shoninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-34598403056846680612010-10-27T22:11:01.033-07:002010-10-27T22:11:01.033-07:00Quality. May Sarton's first novel is set at th...Quality. May Sarton's first novel is set at the beginning of World War II. We follow the day-to-day lives of a family in Holland, IIRC, and on the book's last page, the Nazis are coming down the road. Mom sets the table for one last peacetime dinner, and says, in effect, "this at least they cannot take away from us."Doyu Shoninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-30013144701204916582010-10-27T21:21:00.336-07:002010-10-27T21:21:00.336-07:00Makes me both optimistic and concerned about our c...Makes me both optimistic and concerned about our current plans for fifth wheel life. 'Course there's always the option of the tricked out RV from Bill Murray's old army movie. Ha!<br /><br />After what we've been through here, I no longer know the best approach to prepare for the doom and gloom. I'm inclined to reiterate what hubby and I occasionally discuss: <i>quality</i> of life is far more important to us than <i>quantity</i> of life. We definitely sacrificed the former trying to prep to have more of the latter should things fall apart. It hasn't worked out so well for us...Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-15966598944771596602010-10-27T19:09:53.604-07:002010-10-27T19:09:53.604-07:00Heard about the event but didn't make it. Whil...Heard about the event but didn't make it. While kicking myself over that, I googled around and came up with Hummingbird on my own.<br /><br />Husbands are like that, I hear ya ...Doyu Shoninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-38392143836204635192010-10-27T18:32:59.356-07:002010-10-27T18:32:59.356-07:00Ah. Yes, Hummingbird is heavily involved with the ...Ah. Yes, Hummingbird is heavily involved with the bean and grain project, which I'm very excited about; they've already proven that the claim you can't grow hard wheat here is bunk. They just had an event last weekend, where you could go and buy locally-grown beans and grains; I picked up 30 pounds of organic soft wheat berries, five or six pounds of rolled oats and a pound of flax seed. Had to drive 55 miles to do it -- : < -- but it's still a lot more local than, say, Minnesota, or wherever it is Bob's buys their wheat from before it winds up at the local health food store. Plus, this way I can have really fresh flour; home-ground.<br /> They grow soft wheat up here, but then they export it all ... guess I need to go make some friends ...<br /> I wanted to buy a larger quantity of soft wheat, doubting 30 pounds will last me the year, and more hard wheat berries, but I still have more than 50 pounds of hard wheat left, and the husband rebelled. Ah, well. It's something; the event was heavily attended, and they're planning more for the future. And maybe when I'm in a position to grow our own, there will be farmers with advice to provide. <br /> Thought of your cider vinegar recently, when I discovered all the raspberry and raspberry-ginger melomel I was excited about trying had fermented rather too much. I now have a large quantity of fine raspberry vinegar. All the more so, as earlier in the summer, I macerated raspberries in vinegar to produce ... raspberry vinegar. <br /> It's a lifetime supply! Anybody wanna trade me for some grain? : D<br /> NMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-12442304434971531802010-10-27T16:54:17.880-07:002010-10-27T16:54:17.880-07:00Yes, I did talk to them once. They are a bit north...Yes, I did talk to them once. They are a bit north of me.<br /><br />Here we have a wholesaler, Hummingbird Organic, that's doing quite a lot with former grass seed farmers, and they encourage me to start a food club and buy through them. I'm too small to <i>sell</i> through them, alas.Doyu Shoninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-54700733579476679402010-10-27T15:18:09.536-07:002010-10-27T15:18:09.536-07:00Risa,
I'm a bit hazy on your proximity to Cor...Risa,<br /> I'm a bit hazy on your proximity to Corvallis and the tri-county area, so not sure how much use it might be to you, but if you aren't already familiar with this, you might be interested: The Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project committee<br />& Ten Rivers Food Web<br />http://tenriversfoodweb.org/home/<br />NMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-10953555916032607522010-10-26T08:22:58.128-07:002010-10-26T08:22:58.128-07:00Hedonism tends to be a remarkably irrefutable phil...Hedonism tends to be a remarkably irrefutable philosophy and made, I think, a few gains in Late Roman times, Constantine notwithstanding. But I am sure the stolid Roman farmers, by sticking to their tasks, eased the transition to medieval times. So, yes, that trowel might be our best contribution! ;)Doyu Shoninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-32187453372760651732010-10-26T03:58:05.343-07:002010-10-26T03:58:05.343-07:00Risa, I'm seriously considering converting to ...Risa, I'm seriously considering converting to hedonism after browsing through your links . . . "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die." <br /><br />I don't know of what use community gardening would be with drought statistics like that! But just in case, I won't bury my trowel just yet.gaias daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625781455690205927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-32816655700658362122010-10-25T19:03:26.488-07:002010-10-25T19:03:26.488-07:00I knew would 'like' this one, dear -- I ag...I knew would 'like' this one, dear -- I agree. It's been good. I think this was mostly my annual ethics self-review and I didn't find much reason to change them -- that none of the evidence convinced me I should have decided, instead, to be a campaign worker, say ...Doyu Shoninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-52798725319549168262010-10-25T17:40:25.069-07:002010-10-25T17:40:25.069-07:0031.8 % survived the Titanic that would be about ri...31.8 % survived the Titanic that would be about right to reduce the world population to. <br /><br />I do not think we can prepare as it will be chaos and many will die including survivalists.<br />We should be happy we lived as long as we have.<br />If it is logical and looks feasible it probably will not happen that way. <br />Cheers LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com