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Update! And things!
Thanks for the lj nudges - obviously, they've been necessary (and successful ( Read more... ) -
Conflicting Trends?
At Byron, we talked a bit about social deviance and ways in which we can act with aspiration and vision. One of the outcomes that came up was the possibility that sufficient “positive deviance” could actually move the norms of society toward behaviors that better emphasize relationship and community, with each other and the world around us. ( Read more... ) -
The Byron Fellowship
A suggestion was made that buying locally-grown food may cause negative economic or health consequences equal or greater to the benefits. As I recall, the argument was that buying locally grown food displaces, but does not replace, the equivalent conventionally grown item. The conventionally grown item, not being purchased at this location, is ( Read more... ) -
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Um, just a warning: this post makes me sound like a total loser. Be forewarned.
You know, it would be nice for life to slow down just enough, for just long enough, to feel like I had a handle on things. For more than 15 minutes. Please?
Seriously, people. God? Fate? Whoever you are, will the strings please stop jerking?
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I'm still having trouble realizing that last night wasn't just a dream... and unfortunately, I don't mean that in the romantic/innuendo sort of way. I'd actually managed to get to relax last night and get to bed early - a first in... over a month, I think - but I gradually woke up around 3:45 am to an odd but familiar sound. My doorknob was ( Read more... ) -
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Ack - thanks for the lj nudge, I apparently need it sometimes ( Read more... ) -
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I promised y'all I'd let you know what I'm up to these days, and since I'm still waiting for my dinner to finish (slow cookers are awesome, but one should really start these things ahead of time... five hours for stew is a long time!), and don't have the energy to do any of the several dozen pages of reading I assigned myself I'm just gonna call ( Read more... ) -
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Every once in a while you come across something that just seems absolutely, uncompromisingly *right*. I was going to post a few more links up here to web sites of some interesting organizations tell y'all to take a peek, and move on with my day. Instead, I decided to poke around The Land Institute for a moment and see what they'd put up recently ( Read more... ) -
Links 'n' stuff
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I'm alive!
And I'm posting! I don't know how long this will last, but in an effort to actually keep in touch with cool people who are important to me, I'll give LJ another shot ( Read more... )