Comments on: Abundance, Fear and Moonflowers

By: Next: A Challenge « She Brings Me Water

Next: A Challenge « She Brings Me Water — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:23:02 +0000

[...] titles and authors. The second entry, from Steve Posin (his entry is in the comments section of this post), also had all of the answers correct. (I would have accepted either A la Recherche du Temps [...]

By: Steve Posin

Steve Posin — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:23:32 +0000

1. Dickens – Tale of Two Cities
2. Defoe – Robinson Crusoe
3. Proust – Swann’s Way
4. Stevenson – Treasure Island
5. Dickens – A Christmas Carol
6. Dumas – Count of Monte Cristo
7. Meville – Moby Dick
8. Dickens – David Copperfield

By: imogen88

imogen88 — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:01:24 +0000

We have community gardens here, too, Lori as Heather points out. The idea is really becoming widespread.

By: Heather Blakey

Heather Blakey — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:34:28 +0000

Some communities provide community gardens for people in your circumstances Lori. I know we have one quite near to us and it is flourishing. I think the issue is that so many people now buy everything from packets and simply do not have the inclination or skills to prepare food from scratch. Waste always disturbs me especially when there are so many hungry people. From my perspective, the people near you are simply not hungry or they would be only to happy to benefit from the food.

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:44:58 +0000

Such a sad commentary when people are afraid to live off their land, and trust the grocer’s refrigerated cases more than a little dirt and some neighbors’ generosity. Have we become such a distrustful, sterile nation that we can’t accept bounty from land and neighbors when it is offered? I know there are people that would give anything for home produce and friendly neighbors…
But your garden sounds wonderful. At least we all haven’t gone crazy. (Have we???)

By: traveller2006

traveller2006 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:37:42 +0000

I have never seen moonflowers before – beautiful things. How long do they last? one night and then all that ethereal beauty disappears?

By: shewolfy728

shewolfy728 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:18:09 +0000

Hooray for your bountiful gardens! Fresh vegetables are wonderful. About the fear, though – I wonder how much of it is a fear of other people, a lack of trust that is the problem. Are people afraid that the person offering free produce really means it, with no strings attached? In our world today where so little comes completely free, perhaps they simply are afraid of this.

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:17:43 +0000

Mari, I am not at all surprised with the fears that some have about eating fresh produce. In fact, it has been noted that some of the young people I mention in my piece about The Learning Garden display an initial aversion to eating the produce they grew with their own hands. It’s as if they’ve been so alienated from the earth that they can’t a bit of it touch their lips. Fortunately, most of them are coaxed out of this…… I’d give anything to have a small bit of earth to tend……….L.