I have not posted as frequently as I would have liked, because of work and not making a decision on my next great endeavor in life. I intended to work this journal around to the subject of sustainability and simplicity. I have much to learn and do in that area, but have some thoughts to share.
Recently, I revisited some of the writing of Henry David Thoreau on Walden Pond. Even though his assumptions on the speed of inventiveness of the American industrialists was flawed in many respects, his ideas of person freedom and simple life style are attractive to me.
In the “sustainable” world I hear thoughts such as “living sustainably with plenty”, which on the surface sounds nice. Everyone has plenty and yet we are not living beyond the ability of the ecology to continue to produce at a level of plenty forever. Yet the word plenty will mean as many different things as the number of people you as to give it their definition.
Took the plunge yesterday and purchased a tiller to break up some of my old garden area, after several years of neglect. I will blog and even post some short videos on doing a fall garden in South central Texas. If you are from a different climate, please do not be too hasty to judge my methods and reasons for the way I garden.
Next time, I will give some thoughts on why bother with a garden.
