tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976053723672651062024-03-13T19:27:24.959-04:00A Sustainable TransitionIn BloomBarb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-39593022717577418612015-09-07T08:59:00.001-04:002015-09-07T08:59:56.761-04:00Happy Labor Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-21899279470995234142015-06-13T13:07:00.000-04:002015-06-13T13:13:48.840-04:00One Poor Correspondent<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been one poor correspondent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been too, too hard to find</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that doesn't mean</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You ain't been on my mind </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sister Golden Hair</span></div>
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It's been a while once again. And I know I promised a whole new blog in my last post, we simply have not had the time to get it all together. We are currently working four days per week at the great Mammoth Cave, and in the remaining three we are doing all we can to keep the crops growing on the farm. It is hard (sometimes REALLY hard) but it is not without its rewards.<br>
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big beautiful babies that they are. But at the last minute we chose to put them in six inch plastic pots instead,<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>But I wish to be purple,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>that small part which is bright,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and makes all the rest appear graceful and beautiful.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Why then do you tell me to make myself like the many?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and if I do,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>how shall I still be purple?</b></span></div>
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<b>Epictetus</b></div>
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<b>Discourses</b></div>
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<b>Book 1</b></div>
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<b>Chapter 2</b></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-61728223171424857482015-04-21T08:39:00.000-04:002015-04-21T08:40:14.331-04:00Fire UpdateAll is well. That's the simplest thing I can say. We've all adjusted reasonably to having basically no electricity. My sweetie rerouted some wiring to allow the generator to directly power the house, but, since it is noisy and guzzles gasoline, we don't like to run it except to power the glow plug on our stove. While we bake we do all of our baking, charging of rechargeable stuff, and movie watching. The rest of the time we do all of the wonderful things we do without electricity,<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I, Barbara Ann Schanel, do solemnly swear that—</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>that I will bear true faith and allegience to the same; </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>So help me God</b></span></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-67923789334992179702015-04-10T22:57:00.001-04:002015-04-10T22:57:42.816-04:00FIRE!There was quite the lightening storm last night. It woke my hubby and I up several times. Once we awoke to a particularly intense clap of thunder and through the plastic on our half-finished little cabin we saw a quite bright light and perhaps what could be thought of as a shower of sparks. We figured a transformer had possibly been hit, and started to drift back off. Before we were completely back asleep, at about 3:30 am, our eldest knocked on our door and informed us that the "tarp shed" had caught fire, but that he and his brothers had put it out and not to worry. And by the way there is no electricity over at the house.<br>
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Humph.<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Harbinger of Spring</b></span></div>
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<b>Erigenia Bulbosa</b></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"><b>Erigenia bulbosa</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">, also known as </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">harbinger of spring</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> or </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">pepper and salt</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">, is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_plant" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Perennial plant">perennial plant</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Carrot">carrot</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> family (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiaceae" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Apiaceae">Apiaceae</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">). </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">E. bulbosa</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">is the only </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Species">species</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Genus">genus</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"><b>Erigenia</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nuttall" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Thomas Nuttall">Nutt.</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">). This plant is known as harbinger of spring because it is one of the earliest blooming native wildflowers of rich </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Forest">forests</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> in the mid-latitude </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="United States">United States</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">. It is found as far north as central </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="New York">New York</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> and southern </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">, west to the western </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozarks" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Ozarks">Ozarks</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">, and south to central </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Alabama">Alabama</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erigenia#cite_note-1" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> It is also found in extreme southern </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Ontario">Ontario</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">.Throughout most of its range it blooms from late February through early April. It is a small </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_ephemeral" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Spring ephemeral">spring ephemeral</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> reaching only 5–15 cm tall when in flower, and slightly larger afterwards. Each spherical bulb gives rise to a single purplish stem, which terminates in an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbel" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Umbel">umbel</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">. The flowers have white </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petal" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Petal">petals</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> and large dark-reddish </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anther" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Anther">anthers</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">. The teardrop shaped petals are 3-4 millimeters long, widely spaced and do not touch each other. As is characteristic of the carrot family, the leaves of this plant are sheathed at the base and pinnately divided into many small sections.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">The bulb is edible both cooked and raw.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erigenia#cite_note-5" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> were known to chew this plant as medicine for toothaches; it is unknown what parts of plant they chewed.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erigenia#cite_note-6" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> This plant is sometimes used in native </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildflower_garden" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Wildflower garden">wildflower gardens</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> throughout its range.*</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">* Thank you Wikipedia</span></div>
<br />Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-30868267630124126112015-03-30T00:00:00.000-04:002015-03-30T00:00:02.335-04:00Mindful Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>What's my day like now?</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>My day isn't figured out.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Paul Miller</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>from</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Studs Terkel's</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Coming of Age</b></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-88115872085281785912015-03-24T16:35:00.001-04:002015-03-24T16:35:23.444-04:00Walking Back Forward<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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A great friend and I have been talking a bit lately about
taking steps forward, taking steps backward, and some of the subtle differences
between the two. The case in point, of
course is our decision to return to the ‘working world’ for a bit to get a few
projects completed. </div>
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It feels for all the world like stepping backward, out of
the realms of sustainable living and into the clutches of the dreaded ‘MAN’
(whoever he is).<br>
</div><a href="http://asustainabletransition.blogspot.com/2015/03/walking-back-forward.html#more">Read more »</a>Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-33614245017547624352015-03-23T00:00:00.000-04:002015-03-23T12:35:56.305-04:00Mindful Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Hallelujah,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Thank the Lord,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>For another chance.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Another Chance</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Wild Ponies</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>(Doug and Telisha Williams)</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>from</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Things That Used to Shine</b></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-75671114772175295032015-03-16T00:00:00.000-04:002015-03-16T00:00:04.967-04:00Mindful Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>To hold until full is not as good as stopping.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">An oversharpened sword cannot last long.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">A room filled with gold and jewels cannot be protected.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Boasting of wealth and virtue brings your demise.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">After finishing the work, withdraw.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">This is the Way of Heaven.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Lao Tzu</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Tao Te Ching</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>9</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-27013992059203551072015-03-09T00:00:00.000-04:002015-03-09T00:00:07.075-04:00Mindful Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The highest goodness is like water.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Water easily benefits all things without struggle.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Yet it abides in places that men hate.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Therefore it is like the Tao.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">For dwelling, the Earth is good.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">For the mind, depth is good.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The goodness of giving is in the timing.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The goodness of speech is in honesty.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">In government, self-mastery is good.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">In handling affairs, ability is good.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">If you do not wrangle, you will not be blamed.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Lao Tzu</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Tao Te Ching</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>8</b></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-43000713201756568272015-03-07T16:27:00.000-05:002015-03-07T16:27:46.584-05:00ThawIt's about 50 Degrees out there today, and tonight my sweetheart and I will move back to our own little cabin (we've been staying up in the main house through the coldest nights), hopefully for the duration. I started preparing our first seed flats this afternoon, about a month later than I typically would, and it felt great to have my hands in soil again. I look forward to the first little sprouts with such eagerness.<br>
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I'd post pictures of the thaw, but honestly (and I think y'all know this for yourselves) it looks kind of desolate out there. So instead, I'll share the last lovely walk in this past week's snow.<br>
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<a href="http://asustainabletransition.blogspot.com/2015/03/thaw.html#more">Read more »</a>Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-51734995744822231912015-03-05T13:55:00.000-05:002015-03-05T13:55:07.556-05:00And Again<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yesterday Afternoon</td></tr>
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<a href="http://asustainabletransition.blogspot.com/2015/03/and-again.html#more">Read more »</a>Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-84721217397769049132015-03-02T11:41:00.000-05:002015-03-02T11:41:10.658-05:00Mindful Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The valley spirit never dies.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">It is called "the mysterious female."</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The opening of the mysterious female</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Is called "the root of Heaven and Earth."</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Continuous, seeming to remain.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Use it without exertion.</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Lao Tzu</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Tao Te Ching</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>6</b></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-25213996143148820362015-02-26T14:23:00.000-05:002015-02-26T14:23:45.489-05:00Cheesemaking BlissAs I mentioned in my <a href="http://www.asustainabletransition.blogspot.com/2015/02/leave-gun-take-cannoli.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, I am making cheeses this winter. I came upon the idea when looking through a rather odd cookbook that I picked up at a library book sale for 25 cents. The author, Carla Emery, talked about cheesemaking as something that all homesteaders should do at least a bit of, and to not get to hung up on fancy-schmancy methods and details. After all, she reasoned, people have been doing this sort of thing for centuries without the benefit of climate control and immaculate sanitation techniques. <br>
<br>
This advice really rang true for me. Almost nothing about my food prep areas would be considered ideal by the typical modern foodie. (Except perhaps for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandor_Katz" target="_blank">Sandor Katz</a>, who seems to have a <i>reasonably</i> relaxed view toward sanitation.)<br>
<br>
"So, how has it been going?" I hear you ask.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://asustainabletransition.blogspot.com/2015/02/cheesemaking-bliss.html#more">Read more »</a>Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-40714513192707746812015-02-23T08:43:00.000-05:002015-02-23T09:12:37.143-05:00Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli *It's been a rough week and a half. Extreme weather has denied my sweet hubby and I our preferred lodgings in our half finished little cabin in the woods. The roads have impassable to anyone on earth, but my intrepid middle son (who thankfully made the long trek to pick up our milk a few days ago). The windows got beautifully frosted,<br>
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and the icicles kept growing.<br>
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<a href="http://asustainabletransition.blogspot.com/2015/02/leave-gun-take-cannoli.html#more">Read more »</a>Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-27684058492373865982015-02-23T00:00:00.000-05:002015-02-23T00:00:03.758-05:00Mindful Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>One small step for man,</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>one giant leap for mankind.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Neil Armstrong</b></div>
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<b>1969</b></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-2898579107206348992015-02-18T15:59:00.000-05:002015-02-18T15:59:16.837-05:00And Then There Was MoreIt snowed!<br>
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Not the usual Tennessee snow with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation, then maybe a little "wintery mix", then complete meltdown by the following morning. No, no! Not that at all. Around SIX inches fell before we went to bed Monday night. <br>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Dawn came up from the couch of her reclining,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> . . . </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>with fresh light in her arms for gods and men.</b></span></div>
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<b>Homer</b></div>
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<b>The Odyssey</b></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-65750402354049301162015-02-09T00:00:00.000-05:002015-02-09T00:00:10.214-05:00Mindful Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>After all . . .</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Tomorrow is another day.</b></span></div>
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<b>Scarlett O'Hara</b></div>
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<b>in </b></div>
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<b>Gone With the Wind</b></div>
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<b>Margaret Mitchell</b></div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-10010286217009370352015-02-06T11:53:00.001-05:002015-02-06T11:53:23.585-05:00InfrastructureThat's my story and I'm stickin' to it. <br>
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I am a big advocate of anyone entering into sustainable living by simply dropping their present life and moving onto a piece of land with next to nothing, and frankly not even much of a plan. It's what we did roughly 24 years ago. That method shows you what you are made of, and clarifies your personal set of needs (everyone's are unique). In a general sense it has worked out well for us, and though it has taken quite a while, in many areas we have achieved serious success. Besides, if we had waited to begin living sustainably until we had all our ducks in a row I doubt we ever would have.<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">But tomorrow is a new day will be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Past was is today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What now is will then tomorrow as now was be past yester.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
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Leopold Bloom</div>
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from</div>
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Ulysses</div>
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by</div>
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James Joyce.</div>
Barb Schanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13133725345387878197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497605372367265106.post-72023614957999613352014-11-19T12:28:00.000-05:002014-11-19T12:29:54.185-05:00The Truth IsHello there.<br>
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It's been a while again. <br>
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Sorry 'bout that. <br>
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Don't worry, I haven't been angry, or depressed, or stressed out. Quite the contrary, really. I seem to have stumbled upon a period<br>
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