Well, I think I’m going to retire this blog.
It hasn’t gotten much attention in the past year, as I’ve shifted most of my attention to The Year of Mud, and soon, The House That Millet Built. Those two are more than enough to keep me occupied, as far as the personal blogging is concerned. Plus I can get most of what I want to say out through those venues.
So please continue to follow along at those websites! Life at Dancing Rabbit continues, but my interest in writing about it has shifted to those two venues for now…
Thanks for following.
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Posted in: Dancing Rabbit, Ecovillage, Life.
The fields are filled with yellow and white and pink and purple with all of the different wildflowers that have come into bloom recently. It’s a wonder to walk about and take witness to all that happens out on the prairie. It’s a good time of year.
Posted in: Dancing Rabbit, Photography.
Tagged: Dancing Rabbit · Photography
Check it out… one of the first freshly baked loaves of bread (semolina bread!) from my new outdoor cob oven. This is only the beginning… the days of bread, pizza, and more are just beginning…
Expect a write-up about building our cob oven on The Year of Mud.
p.s. In my right hand is the very honky-crappy / barely serviceable peel that will soon be replaced with something much more substanital. Also, that painting is my new shed bear mascot painted with leftover wheat paste paint. I like it.
Posted in: Food, Life.
Tagged: bread · cob oven · Food
Sometimes I get really, really excited (and equally obsessed) with making (and eating) a certain food. Lately, it’s been potatoes in the fire. There’s just something to say for taters cooked on coals with some butter (homemade) and salt. You gotta celebrate simple pleasures sometimes.
Posted in: Food, Photography.
Tagged: Food · Photography
(From Zimmerman’s Store in Rutledge.)
Posted in: Photography.
Tagged: missouri · Photography · rural life
The big news of the moment is that I’ve moved into my cob house! I’ve been a little lax about writing here lately, but trust me, I’ve been busy on the offline side of things… Check out The Year of Mud for more!
Oh yea, I’ll try to get that counterpoint photo up sometime soon…
Posted in: Building a cob house, Dancing Rabbit, Life, Photography.
Tagged: cob · Life · natural building
Here’s a recent article (well, I wrote it several months ago) that I wrote that was featured in the newest March Hare, Dancing Rabbit’s quarterly newsletter. It touches upon my plans and hopes and dreams of my food future at Dancing Rabbit, and how I’d like to see food culture grow and develop. Here ya go:
Food Forests, Pizza Ovens, and Rooftop Strawberries
2009 marks the year I start to seriously think about food. If 2008 was the Year of Mud, let 2009 be the first Year of Food. I’ll start off with saying that I adore food. Not only do I love the flavors and sensations associated with a good meal, but the act of eating, and how food is grown, and food culture are all of major interest to me.
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Posted in: Dancing Rabbit, Food, Food Forest, Gardening, Permaculture.
Tagged: Food · food culture · Food Forest · Gardening · Permaculture
(A note about the previous post: I may have jumped the gun a bit on posting that image, but I want to provide a contrast between the suburban home I grew up in versus the home I am building now, and about to move into. That image is still a couple weeks away, though!)
I am back again in NJ for similar (too similar) reasons to my return here last summer in July. My dad’s father has been in ill health and has just passed away after a long, slow decline in his health. I’m glad to be here to help support my family. In particular, my dad and grandmother have had a hell of a past few months. I think we’re all glad to see my grandfather at ease now, instead of remaining in his difficult state of being.
It’s strange to say but the timing works out because most of the work is done on my house and I’ll be able to move into it when I get back. It’s been pretty interesting for me to have this sudden break from Dancing Rabbit life, right at the tail end of a very busy (and at times intense) past few months. I think that I will return with a refreshed sense of energy, ready for the next half of the year: growing veggies and figuring out my food scene, wrapping up the house, and planning for the next project (or series of projects, I should say).
Posted in: Life.
Tagged: Life · new jersey
