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Balm of Gilead

By Betsy | Published: October 23, 2009
Yesterday my friend and I walked up a moist forest trail to a place where our naturalist neighbor had cut a few poplar branches from the tall, overhanging trees.  We walked under fir trees dripping with fog, and through an old abandoned apple orchard where the mossy trees had red apples all over them like [...]
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A different way of death

By Betsy | Published: November 17, 2008
Our neighbor, who had been fighting cancer, slipped away yesterday in the late afternoon. One skilled carpenter made a beautiful casket, and this morning 5 or 6 folks took shovels and dug the grave. His casket was slowly transported the quarter-mile or so to the cemetery this afternoon on the flat open back [...]
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If you want to go somewhere with no election news…

By Betsy | Published: October 27, 2008
This is definitely the place for you… although unfortunately it won’t open until late 2009. It’s an “undersea resort” in Fiji, reachable by elevator or private submarine. Here’s a link to their video. I can’t figure out where this whole concept falls on the spectrum between cleverness and insanity… but at a price of [...]
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Tree-house studio – the very beginning

By Betsy | Published: October 23, 2008
I’ve chosen three maple trees, out of sight of the house, where we’ll build my studio. The floor will be about 10 feet up off the ground. This photo (you can click on the photos to make them bigger) shows sort of where the studio will be, but the real thing will have [...]
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“Democracy and capitalism are antagonistic entities.”

By Betsy | Published: October 21, 2008
Here’s my favorite quote for the day: Democracy is not an outgrowth of free markets. Democracy and capitalism are antagonistic entities. Democracy, like individualism, is not based on personal gain but on self-sacrifice. A functioning democracy must defy the economic interests of elites on behalf of citizens. This is not happening. It’s from Chris Hedges’ article from [...]
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