~from The Grid to The Cave~
Studying Autonomy:
I’ve been wandering around Europe . . .
began in Amsterdam . . .
hitch-hiked from Belgium to Italy . . .
heading towards Turkey with my brand-spanking-new Brazilian Wife!
through Eastern Europe now . . . Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria . . .
Studying This:
Squats & Occupations; Green [...]
WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO AND WHY AM I CYCLING 100 MILES INTO NEW YORK CITY?
Since April I have been living in the beautiful Putnam Valley in New York, working with the Jewish Farm School. I have been serving as Director of the Teen Apprenticeship Program at Eden Village Camp.
The program combines a rigorous [...]
Man, you know you’ve really made it!
Actually one of the better and more informed articles about us so far. Only a few and rather mellow factual errors. Also, for fun, Natasha made it on an interview on Bad at Sports and the same one on Art Practical. Good girl Tasha.
Beautiful.
What a busy time. Here are some more items to add to the possibilities for cool spring opportunities:
Sunday, May 16: All Day Work Party at the North Portland Farm Annex. It’s a sprint! Things are going swimmingly. We have an incredible water hook up, a developing fence, a thousand onions, and [...]
We -the most capable, brilliant, and innovative of us- descend upon a carefully chosen, largely depopulated (< 100) town . . .
thereby taking over the voting apparatus of the town . . . thus gaining control of some useful resources and infrastructure that could then be moved in the direction of self-sustaining
communities; as well as [...]
India will never give us what we hope for, and tends not to give us what we expect. But as soon as we give in, agree to love or hate it, it smacks us in the face with a stomach flu or sunset river dip.
13,000 – Approximate number of people who climb Mt. St. Helens each year
8,365 – feet the crater rim rises above sea level
52 – Age of climber Joseph Bohlig when he died after a cornice gave way during a casual photo at the crater rim
68 – Number of times Bohlig previously summited the mountain
Very experienced guy [...]
Today I would like to share some facts about squirrels, all of which I obtained in one of the following ways:
1. Google
2. There is a squirrel in my attic.
Now, there are many and various challenges of living in a hip and thriving city (overpriced coffee beans, stroller dads, white guilt), but I had not previously [...]