Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
"How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.“ — Dorothy L. Sayers
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That one was slung between my tractor and a tree!
“It’s said war—war never changes. Men do, through the roads they walk. And this road—has reached its end.”
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Pearl Sutton wrote: "Soak beans 24 hours before planting." That assumes you are positive that you will be able to do the planting on that day.
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What is a Mother Tree ?
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
In modern times the only right way forward is to come back to nature.
It's never too late to start! I retired to homestead on the slopes of Mauna Loa, an active volcano. I relate snippets of my endeavor on my blog : www.kaufarmer.blogspot.com
“I can think, I can wait, I can fast”-Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
I often carry a tall bucket around with me - good for holding tools/seeds/harvest - but also *very good* for using my hands to help me get that little extra lift off my knees! Not as good as "built in boosters", but cheaper!But I lately discovered some high quality knee pads that are allowing me to kneel again. Of course they don’t come with built in boosters for getting up off the ground. Wish they did…. I would have paid extra for that feature.
I had a bout of the version that involves the little hard bits in the inner ear. Apparently, if you move your head in certain ways, you can get them back where they belong and eventually I seemed to pretty much manage that. But yes, be careful with that one - I don't care if you freak out everyone else, I don't want to read about you breaking bones! I like to keep my quality permies as functional as possible!Came down with vertigo about 15 years ago, and it has never quite left me. So I’m mindful of where my body parts are in relation to the earth.
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There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse. - Thomas Sowell
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. - Albert Einstein
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
It's never too late to start! I retired to homestead on the slopes of Mauna Loa, an active volcano. I relate snippets of my endeavor on my blog : www.kaufarmer.blogspot.com
tom brennan wrote:Anyone else come back from serious spine surgery ?
Robin Katz wrote:...too much rest and not enough movement created it's own pain. Finding that balance between exercise and rest is my newest art form. The balance point is constantly changing and I have to finally listen to my body to know when I'm on the edge of doing too much.
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
tom brennan wrote:Thanks Robin ! Yeah I do a lot of yoga and tai chi, or at least I did until l3-l4 l4-l5 all went south a year ago. I can't wait to get back to it, as it helps tremendously ! I have long since stopped the powerlifting/building thing, I do mostly elastic bands high reps stretching these day and swimming is the BEST...
I'm worried about doing things solo though - I was looking at acres in the middle of nowhere for a farm, but now I have to consider proximity to help if my body fails under load and I'm laying on the ground next to a shovel or something.
Nerve pain is totally its own beast compared to heart attack, or shoulder failure I've found (former cig smoker, went down hard at 40 while training for adventure races because I smoked a pack a day since I was 15...I blame no one but myself...) When your leg simply Will Not Work and the lightning sets in its impossible to think much less walk back from the dumpster...
I've seen a few setups where they designed with aging in mind - ramps instead of stairs, gravity assist where ever possible, smaller shrubs instead of taller trees etc) on youtube - def going to keep that in mind as we move forward with this...
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse. - Thomas Sowell
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. - Albert Einstein
Live, love life holistically
Siounique, simply goat herder who plays with clay.
Suzanne Neumann wrote:so thanks for making me feel like I am not alone.
Pearl Sutton wrote:I added crawling practice to my exercise routine, up and down the hall. forward and backward. Lots of muscles involved! Freaks my cat out
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….give me coffee to do the things I can and bourbon to accept the things I can’t.
In modern times the only right way forward is to come back to nature.
“I can think, I can wait, I can fast”-Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
Kevin David wrote:-I’m typing this laying on the floor with abdominal pain, doing breathing exercises, aromatherapy, and red light therapy simultaneously. That’s a sign of something, maybe not necessarily a permie.
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Pearl Sutton wrote:
Kevin David wrote:-I’m typing this laying on the floor with abdominal pain, doing breathing exercises, aromatherapy, and red light therapy simultaneously. That’s a sign of something, maybe not necessarily a permie.
I can't type while I do my floor exercises, although that's when I do most of my texting. I sit at my desk and drink the weird stuff I do, and use my nebulizer with herbal stuff in it, and take my vitamins.
You can usually tell how much crap I'm having to do to function by how much time I have to post on permies, lots of posts means I'm sitting here doing medical stuff, not ready to stand up and go out and play in the dirt.
“I can think, I can wait, I can fast”-Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
Pearl Sutton wrote:
You can usually tell how much crap I'm having to do to function by how much time I have to post on permies, lots of posts means I'm sitting here doing medical stuff, not ready to stand up and go out and play in the dirt.
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
I do Celtic, fantasy, folk and shanty singing at Renaissance faires, fantasy festivals, pirate campouts, and other events in OR and WA, USA.
RionaTheSinger on youtube
Kristine Keeney wrote:Not everything has to be about Permaculture.
I do Celtic, fantasy, folk and shanty singing at Renaissance faires, fantasy festivals, pirate campouts, and other events in OR and WA, USA.
RionaTheSinger on youtube
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Mercy Pergande wrote:Honey, you gotta get yourself a hammock! It will rock your world.
The mark of a true practitioner is not what arises in your life and mind, but how you work with what arises.
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, “The Path of Patience”
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