I found this on the Ishmael Austin yahoogroup list. I have no info on it other than what is below. -AmandaFamily Tribal Skills Gathering

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the body of my blog entry is too short. i need words, it says. words words words. stop saying them. start listening to other stuff. listen to your heater, or the birds chirpy chirp chirp.

My parents came out to visit me yesterday.  As I took them around our property to show them all of the great projects we are working on to make our lives more sustainable and independent, it became more clear to me that my parents don't see any value in doing this.  For the past year, since I finished school, this is something that I've been workign towards and now that I have it - now that I'm out here hustling and working full-time on my dreams all my parents can talk about it that I need to get a job.  I need to go out and get a wage and some benefits.  They don't see the mushroom logs as food on the table, or the blueberry bushes as jellies in the future or the planted ginseng as an investment - all they can see is their son loafing around working on his silly projects without having any money or benefits.  

The mother of my heart passed away this week.

I suppose I could use terms like "mother-in-law." I could further compound it by using the proper term "stepmother-in-law." Or I could confuse it by telling you what I always called her -- Mom.

Hi,

Has anyone else read/listened to Barbara Kingsolver's new book, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" (2007) ? I think it really fits the bill for all those folks who need to know whats going on with their Taker lifestyle but dont really have it in them to grasp the need for urgent personal change. I mean like grandma and close friends who dont "get it" quite yet. Here's the amazon review of it.

So I know that I have been really quiet around here for the last month an some. A few of you know why, or at least partially why. I figure it is about time that I let y'all in on what has been happening in my life.