I was putting the last helmet away after teaching my morning riding lessons when Bob arrived to pick me up in a white station wagon. “Who’s car are you driving?” I asked and he answered, “It might be ours.” I blanched. Just what we need, another expense, I thought. We were about to turn our […]
Bob and I have taken many steps toward reducing our ecological footprint. Steps which include everything from Bob’s vasectomy, to our mostly vegan diet, to our reused plastic bag drawer. We made a firm commitment years ago to avoid sending plastic to the landfill. So naturally, when we moved into Camelina, we set aside a […]
THE MOWER OF ALL THINGS
On his way past the Abundance office, Lyle said he was looking for Bob. “I need to talk to the knower of all things.” For an instant I thought he’d said the mower of all things, which made sense to me because Bob mows like no one else I know. Bob mows at work and […]
ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE
Corporate America wins another battle! HR3200l effectively hands over every one of us to the Health Insurance companies on a silver platter, creating a monopoly in an industry which we cannot live without, unlike telephone service or car insurance. The sheer lie of the title, “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009” is as Orwellian […]
“Oilseed” becomes “Haybale”, or…
…”Hayseed”. There I said it. Many of us “Oilseeders” have been musing lately about the past (and future) of Oilseed Community. The original order with the cosmic waiter, as I understand it, was for our small community of three houses to demonstrate the feasibility of growing an oilseed crop as an accoutrement to country living […]
