"Under the buttonwoods, beneath a moon nailed fast. He wanted his heart to stop beating and his mind to rest..." Wallace Stevens
Odds and Ends about this Blog
- If there is a common thread here (from post to post), it is to find and explore the intersections between living a full and creative life and having a sustainable lifestyle.
- Grown in the Pacific Northwest
- Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009 Deborah Gorr (unless otherwise noted)
John Donne:
- Because such fingers need to knit that subtle knot that makes us man.
Sweet pea quilt
- In honor of my grandfather, using fabric from his chambray work shirts.
the dye pot
- Experiments in dyeing fabric with plant materials. Most of these experiments are done with solar heat only.
wool quilt
- A quilt made with reclaimed blankets that were holey and needed to be patched.
wool quilt #2
- Goal: To make a quilt with the top pieced from fabrics that I've created by knitting, felting, weaving, crocheting.
bus projects
- In June of 2006 I started knitting on the bus. Other than the sweater, all of these projects have been done primarily on my breaks at work or on the bus. This isn't the complete collection. At this time I know that I'm missing pictures of a few other pairs of socks that I hope to include later.
Andrew Marvell:
- "My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow."
the garden
- One of my life goals is to grow as much food for myself (and the wildlife) as I possibly can and to keep a journal about the process. Welcome to my garden!
Participate!
Recipes that are currently intriguing:
about food
- This is a work in progress. I'm trying to find a way to organize recipes and thoughts about creative cooking.
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July 12, 2009
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"When the Moon hits your eye..."
- CURRENT MOON
Herman Melville
- "We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men, and among these fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects."
Explore and Inspire:
Prayer Flags
- Blow where they will...
Socrates:
- "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Food for thought
- Elspeth Thompson’s Weblog
a blog about converting a railway carriage into a home. - Creating A (Food) Forest
- Small Living Journal
- Sabrina Ward Harrison - 100 Bits of the World - True Living Project
A very beautiful video. - This Tiny House | A shrinking carbon footprint
- TED: Ideas worth spreading
Video lectures on thought provoking topics. - essay by Ettore Sottsass
Discussion about how we live our lives. - The Most Radical Thing You Can Do | Rebecca Solnit | Orion Magazine
"is to stay at home." - Daily Visuals
- Red Thead Studio
Slow Cloth - Path to Freedom
- No Impact Man
- One Green Generation
- Consumer Choices Alone Won’t Craft A Green World, So What Do We Do? : Crafting a Green World
- Not a sweet proposition (Grist)
Article on GMO sugar beets - "Why Bother?" by Michael Pollan
Something to consider:
- "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin
Terry Tempest Williams:
- "Our survival, the vitality of the planet depends on mental flexibility and emotional acuity. Hands raised. Hands put to work. We can improvise. We can create without a map. And we don't have to live in isolation. The gift of an attentive life is the ability to recognize patterns and find our way toward a unity built on empathy. Empathy becomes the path that leads us from the margins to the center of concern."
