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Name: Patti
Gender: Female
Interests: spirituality, parenting, simplicity, whole foods and nutrition, fitness, reading, writing, and just staying present as possible...
Expertise: I am not an expert at anything and that is fine with me!
Occupation: Medical
Industry: Medical
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Member Since:
1/28/2005
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| Who's this chick? |
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| I am a mom of four, a wife of one and caretaker of many. I am a hippie-pagan momma and love to grow food, cook food and eat food.
I knit, crochet, sew, write and sleep. I am a member of the Church of Tolkien and watch TLOR trilogy enough to worry my friends and embarrass my family.
I believe in peace, music and anarchy. Blessed Be |
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| Knitting my way to happiness... 
It's possible. I hope. Blessed Be | | |
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A picture of a full, beautiful moon I took last summer... Have we as a species become so arrogant at to think we have a right to bomb the Moon? Seriously; who do we think we are? Do we as taxpayers have no say in the billions of dollars spent on this stupid, violent mission? I could think of at least a dozen more productive ways to spend that money! I am so very very pissed right now. Forget that I am a pagan and the Moon holds a spiritual significance for me and hundreds of thousands of other religions, races and tribes on our planet. Speaking from a 'logical' point of view: what about the economy? The wars? Heath care? How many citizens of our country could have recieved health care for the cost of a Moon bombing? This is just ludicris. Wasteful. Selfish. If an airplane contributes to global warming, what do you think a few rockets create? How much fossil fuel does it take to send bombs to the moon? Is it America's Moon? No wonder so many other countries call us ugly. Did anyone ask Iran if we could bomb the Moon? Iran has to ask us for permission so hey, fair is fair. Yeah. I'm pissed. And amazed at the wastefulness, the thoughtlessness and most of all, the apathy of American citizens. It's not 'just' the moon. Are we so unsure of ourselves that we feel unable to puff out our chest to demand answers? Are we really that afriad of those really smart science guys at NASA? I'm not. This is ridiculous! | | |
| I am canning the last batch of tomato soup today. Really. I am. I mean it this time...
I am also doing some veg soup with black beans for me; I work four 12 hr shifts this week and need to have something made up for lunch. I also baked some not-so-sweet oatmeal peanutbutter banana bars for quick breakfast or a healthier snack after school.
I have been so busy this morning. I was up at 5:30 to make breakfast for the boys. When they left for school, I cleaned a bit, baked and then went outside to clean the outdoor rabbit pens, put the bunnies out there and then clean their indoor cages. I also mulched about a quater of the garden that is really, really finished for the season. The bags of grass clippings I had to move were so heavy, I couldn't even lift them. I put my wheelbarrow on it's side next to a bag, push the bag toward the barrow and then tip the whole thing over with my body. I must have looked like a goof if one of my neighbors looked outside... . But hey, I got it done. I still have all of the tomato supports, bean trellises and cornstalks to pull before we can turn the rest of the garden and mulch before the snow flys! Sorry I haven't been around. Harvest is a busy, blessed time. Blessed Be | | |
| Below is an excerpt from "Food Not Lawns".
"French aristocrats popularized the idea of the green grassy lawn in the eighteenth century, when they planted the agricultural fields around their estates to grass, to send the message that they had more land than they needed and could therefore afford to waste some. Meanwhile, French peasants starved for lack of available ground, and the resulting frustration might have had something to do with the French Revolution in 1789.
Today, 58 million Americans spend approximately $30 billion every year to maintain over 23 million acres of lawn. That’s an average of over a third of an acre and $517 each. The same size plot of land could still have a small lawn for recreation, plus produce all of the vegetables needed to feed a family of six. The lawns in the United States consume around 270 billion gallons of water a week—enough to water 81 million acres of organic vegetables, all summer long." It's a work weekend. Blessed Be | | |
| A Good Day in the Country 
I am a member of a Eat Local foods and commerce group. Supporting local businesses, eating fresh foods, reducing our carbon footprint and community is what it's all about. 
Tents featured activities for the kids, information booths and of course, local vendors. We bought delicious breads, yummy snacks, and picked up lots of info about solar panels and wind turbines. 
And of course, we took a stroll around the farm. This is just about heaven to me. 
Chickens! 
We also saw a demonstration of 'oil-free' field work. 
Matt was mesmerized with how gentle these great animals were and how well they worked with the men. 
The 'whip' in his hand never touched anything other than the oxen's ankles to guide them during the turns. I was struck with how quiet the field was in the absence of big machines. This particular farm is dedicated to the education of the old ways; the ways of raising food and living with the land... not on the land. The fences that featured a live wire at the top of the fence row had small solar panels attached. The chickens were free range and the weeds grew between the organic rows of vegetables. A good day in the country and a nice reminder of why I feel driven to do what I do. ~ Blessed Be ~ | | |
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