Last of the Saddle Tramps

July 29, 2013

...change your course, shake up your life–or even have a grand adventure. It’s also refreshing to read a book where the hero is an older woman. Such stories are scarce as hens’ teeth. I won’t say more. Highly recommended. I was lucky enough to find this book at the library. It’s also sold through the publishing arm of the Long Rider’s Guild (I think?), Horse Travel Books, where they keep all sorts of obscure, horsey memoirs in print. Bless them. It’...

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Delicious Cauliflower

Mrs. Homegrown

August 26, 2013

Food, Recipes

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...o der Haroutunian. I think I’ve mentioned it before. It’s a good, reliable book. Lately I’ve been on a deep Middle Eastern jag, cooking out of this book every day. Erik is in hog heaven, because he hasn’t had to cook in weeks. I’m in heaven because I’m eating exactly what I’m craving. Anyway, back to the cauliflower. It’s an easy recipe that comes from north-west Syria, where, according to the author, it is considered a regional specialty. It has...

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Leisure The Basis of Culture

Mr. Homegrown

March 6, 2015

Thoughtstylings

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...hat holds the world together: vas die Welt Im innersten zusammenhält only for a moment perhaps, and the lightning vision of his intuition has to be recaptured and rediscovered in hard work. Fr. Mark Kowalewski, who tipped me off to Pieper’s book, describes this state of leisure as “profoundly counter-cultural.” And yet I hear Gmail calling me. Time to update my Facebook profile and get out some tweets. How do you deal with life’s distractions? How...

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Author William Powers to Speak in Los Angeles

Mr. Homegrown

September 18, 2015

Events

...out his book 12 by 12 a few years ago. He’s returning to Los Angeles for a book talk and signing at Skylight Books on Saturday October 3rd at 5 pm. Powers is a very thoughtful, honest and engaging speaker. Living simply in the big city is, obviously, a subject close to our hearts. From the book description: New Slow City Living Simply in the World’s Fastest City Burned-out after years of doing development and conservation work around the world, Wi...

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063 New Slow City with William Powers

Mr. Homegrown

September 30, 2015

Podcasts

...ld Policy Institute and is on the adjunct faculty of New York University. In addition to his books he writes for the Washington Post and the Atlantic. During the podcast we discuss: micro-apartment living living in Liberia and Bolivia Josef Pieper book Leisure the Basis of Culture 350 Vicki Robin’s book Your Money or Your Life David Abram’s book The Spell of the Sensuous John De Graaf If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast ple...

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