Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

May 23, 2016

...e world loved you back?” Then they lit up with ideas and possibilities. “Everything would change!” they cried. I agree with Dr. Kimmerer. The world does love us back. It cannot speak, but it shows its love through selfless acts of giving, like a mother. Plants shower us with abundance. They give us food, medicine, textiles building materials, and less material gifts like beauty and solace. They even give us oxygen: their love for us fills our lung...

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The Luddite’s Moonshot

Mr. Homegrown

June 4, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...list of things they can help with: Mediterranean gardening with perennial food crops. Mammalian garden invasions, i.e. those infernal squirrels/raccoons/skunks. Meal preparation for busy people. I realize the tech bros have taken up this problem with services such as Blue Apron and Hello Fresh. But I think there’s a better way we can do this at home without the shipping and packaging. Preventing food waste in the home. Internet distraction/news a...

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Thomas Pynchon on Pizza

Mr. Homegrown

September 30, 2021

Food, Thoughtstylings

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...I do remember Pynchon’s spot-on description of 1970s era California health food cooking, Prairie worked at the Bodhi Dharma Pizza Temple, which a little smugly offered the most wholesome, not to mention the slowest, fast food in the region, a classic example of the California pizza concept at its most misguided. Zoyd was both a certified pizzamaniac and a cheapskate, but not once had he ever hustled Prairie for one nepotistic slice of the Bodhi Dh...

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Quarantine Meals From Jennie Cook

Mr. Homegrown

April 15, 2020

Food

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...back to what she used to do: cook home meals for pickup and delivery. Her food is delicious and the portions are generous. If you live in the Los Angeles area consider ordering some food from her. It will support Jennie and her employees and you’ll get a break from cooking. On Saturday Jennie sent over a package with an Easter ham dinner. While I’ve enjoyed cooking from scratch for the past four weeks it was nice to have a special meal for a chan...

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Talk and Vermicomposting Workshop With Nance Klehm Sunday March 8th!

Mr. Homegrown

February 15, 2020

Events, Gardening, Permaculture, Vermiculture

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...ng, protects our landscapes against drought, and ensures the health of our food, water and air. Soil is not a thing. It is a web of relationships that stands in a certain state of a certain time.” — Nance Klehm Bonus option! Stay after the talk for a short workshop taught by Nance on vermicomposting, that is, home composting using a worm bin. This is a fun and easy way to transform your kitchen scraps and waste paper into gold, even if you live in...

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