I may at first seem an unlikely fan of yours, but what stews and simmers in the mind of an average human living an “average” life can be, indeed, quite fascinating. I am at the final pages of Ishmael, at your recommendation (via Margie Boule). I have a son, who is 19. who is a hunter-gatherer at heart. We live across from a high school in South Tabor and we feel sad and sick about the condition our youth are in. If they had to go kill their families’ food, they’d likely be so humbled and changed. Still, I like my nieghbhorhood and Portland and am in the process of creating a food mission, to really nourish people, the way our ancestors did (”Nourishing Traditions”). I don’t know quite yet if that means creating a deli/grocery or feeding people from my garage/family room or supplying folks with fresh, unpastuerized milk. What I do know, is there are hundreds of blackberries around the football field that no one is eating and the neighbor is letting her figs drop and rot. Crazy. I’ve always thought that it made sense to have a person live in your yard in a yurt if you weren’t using that yard much. I managed to re-invent the old fashioned trading post concept in Portland with a series of resale stores and I’m up for a new project that weaves something very tribal and rootbased into our community. I don’t have the same zealousness I had in my youth, so my approach may be a little more “mainstream;” however the small steps that remove us from coporate dependancy are all significant. I hope I’ve somewhat picqued your interest and that you may be interested consulting as to how your talents and teachings can be intragrated into a way to further nourish folks. Feel free to contact me at nina@happyhomes.us

Thank you for sharing your lovely photos of yourself and Penny.

Best one, was the first one! Oh joy!

Wishing you both a safe journey,

Christine