tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post7151609829497766226..comments2024-03-28T09:57:15.040+11:00Comments on Artist as Family: The buildings, growings, gatherings and storings of this regenerative ageArtist as Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01000057566127487240noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-71001755175405223022024-02-25T14:23:12.672+11:002024-02-25T14:23:12.672+11:00I cherished your write-up. You do have a way with ...I cherished your write-up. You do have a way with phrases. I felt like I used to be while in the sauna with you. What a wonderful expertise! <a href="https://saunajournal.com/" rel="nofollow">saunajournal.com</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-13506997574463451872017-08-04T08:01:16.082+10:002017-08-04T08:01:16.082+10:00Hi Lynne, thanks for commenting. We use no refined...Hi Lynne, thanks for commenting. We use no refined sugar, we keep bees, we make our own scrap cider vinegar from wild and local apples, we forage wild fennel seed as our local 'spice' to use in cooking, and we also buy some things such as spices from further afield. These things come from our local food co-op or the small family operated goods store in the town. For toilet paper we use family cloth, which is washed once a week. We keep a nappy bucket beside the loo and process them like cloth nappies, only its much easier. If we can't make it, grow it, swap it or get something from the co-op or store we go without. It gives us much pleasure to not be reliant on supermarkets. Permapoesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05565236504537501720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-66826353274636742992017-08-04T07:48:59.659+10:002017-08-04T07:48:59.659+10:00Thank you! We have all the chapters mapped out all...Thank you! We have all the chapters mapped out all ready. Just the time to do it, and a willing publisher.Permapoesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05565236504537501720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-36466830491957085832017-07-31T10:59:57.152+10:002017-07-31T10:59:57.152+10:00Hi i read the article about your lifestyle in the ...Hi i read the article about your lifestyle in the weekend section of the Herald Sun on 8 July and applaud you for your ethics and hard work and everything else that goes with your lifestyle choices. I am however extremely curious to know how you can survive without having shopped at a supermarket for 8 years. How is this possible? Even though you preserve fruits and vegetables etc you do need supplies to do that. Where do you get such staples such as vinegar and sugar and spices etc for preserving? Do you not use milk tea flour etc? What do you use for cleaning yourself and your home, toilet paper etc. I was brought up in the country and because my father suffered from war nuerosis and was in hospital a lot we lived a very frugal life growing a lot of food and keeping chickens etc we ate a lot of rabbit which my brothers trapped and caught with ferrets. My mother was amazing at stretching the money. She was the eldest of 11 children and they lived a very frugal and self sufficient lifestyle as well as trading food and services etc having a small poultry farm and keeping a milking cow and a huge vegetable garden fruit trees water tanks using newspaper for toilet paper etc etc. They still needed money to buy staples even though they baked and preserved made their own butter soap etc but they still had to buy supplies to do this and feed for the chickens etc. I was brought up with these values but I still can't work out how you can get by without going to the supermarket in 8 years. I would really appreciate it if you could enlighten me as to what you do please. <br />Thanking you in anticipation of your response. <br />Regards <br />LynneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852015557923042030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-18399375791242212542017-07-08T14:47:22.315+10:002017-07-08T14:47:22.315+10:00Can you guys write anothet book? The art of neo-pe...Can you guys write anothet book? The art of neo-peasantry or something...!! Love your work so inspiring Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-25586029969160384462017-06-22T09:36:57.146+10:002017-06-22T09:36:57.146+10:00Thanks Jessie, love and power and Pandora to you t...Thanks Jessie, love and power and Pandora to you too. xxArtist as Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000057566127487240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-48510205063044164142017-06-17T11:42:10.528+10:002017-06-17T11:42:10.528+10:00A PERFECT use for trolls. Even better than the bil...A PERFECT use for trolls. Even better than the billy goats gruff.<br /><br />LOVE reading about your life. It reminds me of how much more we can do where we live.Jessie - Rabid Little Hippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949841247537454674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-14976783179515555292017-06-14T07:57:58.253+10:002017-06-14T07:57:58.253+10:00Thanks for saying Ruth! It feels really great to b...Thanks for saying Ruth! It feels really great to be part of a global movement of people who use their agency to make the necessary changes.Permapoesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05565236504537501720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-86609831611409258792017-06-14T07:48:10.691+10:002017-06-14T07:48:10.691+10:00Thanks Chris!Thanks Chris!Permapoesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05565236504537501720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-1443398119891773652017-06-13T17:57:19.986+10:002017-06-13T17:57:19.986+10:00I am inspired by your ability to create a communit...I am inspired by your ability to create a community that clearly supports all involved and that you also pass on your skills to the wider community. The fact that you are able to do it, means that other people can as well. Thanks for sharing! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951791977534953338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5068486315338288419.post-73593225595081178252017-06-13T15:25:30.581+10:002017-06-13T15:25:30.581+10:00Congratulations to you all, keep up the good life ...Congratulations to you all, keep up the good life and stay warm and well.Chris D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01970112590818535056noreply@blogger.com