Hi Folks -
New posts coming, I promise. In the meantime, I'm catching up on a whole host of things. Here's a link to an old one to tide you over. This was one of the most fun posts I've ever written. At the time I wrote it, I was a knitting novice and a new sock knitter. But I still think it is important - the reality is that socks are the one thing you'll always need more of. And even if it doesn't become an emergency, homemade socks are way nicer than boughten.
http://casaubonsbook.blogspot.com/2005/02/great-sock-rant-of-05.html
Cheers,
Sharon
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For a host of reasons, I do try to limit my travel. But I also do give talks, and I do do interviews, and this corner of the blog will tell you what's upcoming. If you'd like me to come speak, send me an email at jewishfarmer@gmail.com, and we'll see if we can work things out.
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On February 16 at 3pm, I'm giving a FREE talk on the basics of food storage - why and how - at my friend Joy's store, The Olde Corner Store 133 Factory, Gallupville NY 12073. 518-872-1610. All are welcome, and Joy will be offering a discount to anyone who wants to get started in storing bulk foods.
My Next Talk:
On February 16 at 3pm, I'm giving a FREE talk on the basics of food storage - why and how - at my friend Joy's store, The Olde Corner Store 133 Factory, Gallupville NY 12073. 518-872-1610. All are welcome, and Joy will be offering a discount to anyone who wants to get started in storing bulk foods.
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In case you wondered, there are two of them.
Coming out in the fall of this year, _Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front_ focuses on how families can adapt to a lower energy, hotter world - and help hold back the worst of the disaster as well.
Coming in Spring '09, _A Nation of Farmers_ co-authored with Aaron Newton explores our current agricultural situation, makes a case for a sustainable future, and draws the connections between our agriculture and our lost democracy.
Both forthcoming from New Society Publishers.
Coming out in the fall of this year, _Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front_ focuses on how families can adapt to a lower energy, hotter world - and help hold back the worst of the disaster as well.
Coming in Spring '09, _A Nation of Farmers_ co-authored with Aaron Newton explores our current agricultural situation, makes a case for a sustainable future, and draws the connections between our agriculture and our lost democracy.
Both forthcoming from New Society Publishers.
About Me
- jewishfarmer
- I'm a 35 year old writer and subsistence farmer, author of two forthcoming books on Peak Oil and Climate Change _Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front_ (Fall '08) and _A Nation of Farmers (And Cooks)_ (Spring '09) the latter co-authored with Aaron Newton. Both books are forthcoming from New Society Publishers. I used to run a small, Jewish themed CSA, but now we're concentrating on subsistence agriculture, growing food and teaching others to grow food. My training was in literature, focusing on the Renaissance and demographic and cultural crises of the 17th century. I've switched to focusing on the demographic and cultural crises of the 21st century for the moment, but retain an interest in all things literary. In my spare time (of which there isn't much), my husband Eric and I are raising Eli (7 1/2), Simon (6), Isaiah (4) and Asher (2), and assorted critters and livestock, building an agrarian future.
5 comments:
Hi Sharon. I really liked this post the first time I read it and have been meaning to look through past posts to find it again, so many thanks for saving me the trouble. One thing I just didn't get before I started knitting socks - and I thought "why on earth do people bother, they only cost a couple of euros for a pair?" - was just how comfortable they are to wear. The other day my eight year old daughter said she thought I should start to sell the socks I make. Later I came across some little drawings of adverts she had done, featuring socks with speech bubbles saying "I am cozy", "I am comfy" and, as you know, they really are. Sock knitters know how addictive knitting socks can be - your post has given me some measure of justification for this constant knitting (and giving away of) socks. Thank You....
Thanks for reposting this. It was very interesting. Any idea why none of the links are linked? I see lots of "you can find it here", which I assume was a link. But no link...
Also, in your reasons to knit, you left out "keeps you warm" (while you knit, that is). My mom could work up a sweat knitting sweaters - handy in the Chicago winters. That probably implies "burns calories," too. :-)
A friend of mine is dying, slowly, within the next year or two. For complex reasons, there is little I can for him. After re-reading this, I found my pattern for diabetic socks and plan to start casting on tonight as soon as I find out his shoe size.
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