Tracy Joosten

Minimum requirement:
 - as in the Food Prep and Preservation aspect, no aluminum or teflon/coated cookware or plastic touching the food (including bowls and utensils) is allowed
 - a rocket cooktop uses a J tube or batch box to heat a permanent, intentional cooking surface
      - the top of a 55 gallon barrel isn't good enough
 - exhaust gasses are contained and exit via a chimney

To get certified for this Badge Bit you must provide:
  - 5 pictures
       o pic of starting materials before fire
       o pic of fire started
       o pic of additional wood added
       o pic of uncooked food on the rocket cooktop
       o pic of cooked food coming out

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(Sorry for pics out of order!)

Bittersweet feels as we have our last day and prep to leave this land and its occupants. I feel grateful for the chance to encounter this community and its pillars, and participate for a short time.

Magic of many sorts is happening at Wheaton Labs. I can’t wait for the next opportunity to co-create.

Coydon Wallham wrote:Is that a tape you found in a vehicle on the lab, or at a second hand store somewhere? Circle Square in Missoula has a good selection of cassettes, I found a Devo one there I left for the Rav, but don't remember which actual title...

Found it in a vehicle at WL! It’s likely this is one is the one you left. I was charmed; I love Devo.

A wild Sunday: day two of the Buddhist chaplaincy conference hosted by Maitripa College, great afternoon conversation with Duke Wheaton about community-building/living, and great dinner conversation about movies and meaning-making.

Some morning BBs, too!

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
   - you must sweep a floor

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
   - a before picture of the floor
   - an action shot of you sweeping the floor
   - an after picture of the floor
   - OR a 2-minute video of you doing this

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Day Four!
In true SEPPer fashion, i attended day one of a Buddhist chaplaincy conference online from the couch. We walked halfway up to the caldera and back.

Take away from today?
“You are the sky; everything else is just weather.” - Pema Chodron

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - you must wipe down at least 3 windows with condensation (to prevent mold)

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
  - a before picture of the three windows
  - an action shot of you wiping down a window
  - an after picture of the three windows
  - OR a 2-minute video of you doing this

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Thank you for your consideration! 🥰🪟

Staff note (gir bot) : Someone flagged this submission as an edge case.
BBV price: 0
Note: Your soup looks delicious, however the Parmesan cheese appears to be packaged in clingfilm?

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Noted! Yes, the parm was wrapped in cling from the store. Technically, the parm was a garnish, but I am happy to receive and implement the feedback!

I am new to PEP and this is one of my first BBs—what happens with an “edge case”? Is it communicating: explain your reasoning and we will approve this attempt? Or: we need more information? Or: have another go at this?

Happy to make another soup. And I’m grateful for your feedback! 🫶🏻🌈✨

Day Two of our visit—meeting more cats at Allerton Abbey and lighting my first rocket stove. What an exciting experience to see fire bend!

Also, remembering what starry skies look like. 🤩✨

Making time for MDiv schoolwork has been a challenge because there are conversations to have and meals to cook and community within which to be present.