The Pokey Finger of God

I’m still dwelling on the intentional community thing. Folks have been suggesting known ICs to investigate, and I appreciate that. One of my comments asked what time frame I had in mind for ‘moving off the grid’, but I never responded because I haven’t considered that question. I think I would go as soon as [...]

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Farewell, My Subaru is Doug Fine’s autobiographical account of his attempt to move “off the grid” to 40+ acres in New Mexico. [Book. Descriptive article.] His adventure began from a desire to “use a lot less oil”, utilize more renewable energy, and to eat more locally.
And not die. He felt pretty certain that significant error [...]

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I’ve been reading another Michael Pollan interview. He’s the guy with the radical, seven-word nutritional theory:
Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much.
Naturally, anything this simple must be accompanied by a book which explains what food is, how to attain a leafy-plant based diet, and how to learn self-control at the plate. Pollan also make an [...]

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