Hmmm. More than a month since my last post. What's been going on?
I've been working hard at work and harder at home with all the usual attempts to replace energy (fossil fuelled) with labour (mine). Whinge moan.
I've bought a bike - actually four bikes though none of them second hand. I really need to lose a car now to make up for that.
I've got a whole lot of seeds, and some big pots and soil, and will spend Friday afternoon planting with the kids. We're having roaring success with the rocket and the sprouts but possum-trouble with the silverbeet (at least I think it's a possum. Any tips out there on possums? would a scarecrow work?).
We're through the winter and have not heated the house (hooray for summer!) I've knitted a scarf and am learning to crochet (surprisingly therapeutic). I've met and befriended further neighbours and got my in-laws to worm farm. I've preserved some lemons and made bread and yoghurt. It's certainly a capacity building exercise at the moment. We had someone come and replace all our bulbs with compact fluoros.
Perhaps the success I feel proudest of is increasingly integrating my values into my social world. I feel more an integrated whole. For a long time, there was an emperors new clothes sort of feeling about my work and my values - where there was no common ground. Then I got a job in the field and there was an emperors new clothes feeling about my work and values on one hand; and my social world on the other. I'm managing to bring the two together.
But I have not been blogging the experience (though that was never the point) and while I continue to enjoy my favourite bloggers, I'm not sure I'm really cut out for it.
I think it shows a distinct lack of capability or commitment or something for instance to go more than a month without a post.
So here's the thing. I think maybe there's enough of a groundswell that I could join in a shared blog community. Will anyone have me as a guest? or join me in a new collaborative effort?
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Hi Mandarina :-) It's hard to keep up with blogging a lot of the time, life just gets in the way, LOL. So don't be hard on yourself. There are a few community blogs around on Live Journal, although I haven't got any bookmarked unfortunately so I can't give you a link, but you could try there. I presume you are also a member of the Riot for Austerity yahoo group? If I find some more community sites, I'll let you know :-) Cheers, Julie.
Hi there, Question.
Great to have you back around. The intention of "my" blog was that it would never be just mine,as mentioned at the following page: http://www.myfairshare.org/?page_id=81 The blog has about 5 semi-regular contributors at present, and there is always room for more.
So, what am I offering? You could join "my" blog and contribute to building it into more of a shared blog community AND/OR you can be a guest AND/OR you can use it as a platform for a new collaborative effort. Basically, you can do as much or as little as you'd like. It was always my intention that "my" blog would be that way. Up to you. No pressure. Just be sure to let me know where you end up posting so I can follow your progress and thinking.
Bryan
bryan@bryan-west.com
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