Monthly Archives: October 2007
The Copernican Revolution
It’s been just a little over a month since I started this blog. It’s been great so far. I’ve dedicated myself to writing something new every Wednesday, and just the exercise of sitting in an armchair at the Green Bean … Continue reading
Filed under anarchism, collective living
Kora
In addition to being an amazing drummer Will plays the kora, a 21-stringed African harp. I love it when he practices in his room.
Filed under movie of the week
Dear College Republicans,
In Brief: Cakalak Thunder, Greensboro’s internationally renowned radical marching band welcomes you to the world of activism. In that spirit we officially challenge the College Republican Booster Band (you have one, right?!) to a friendly beat battle. Where: In front … Continue reading
Chaos Theory
A couple of years ago I taped some little notices up by our front and back doors. They are headed “IN CASE OF POLICE RAID” and they give instructions on what to do if the police show up and want … Continue reading
Filed under anarchism, the big picture
Becoming The Trickster
Seven years ago my older daughter Isabell was arrested, along with 420 other people, protesting at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. She didn’t even get a chance to protest: she was standing on a sidewalk with a walkie-talkie in … Continue reading
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20 Questions
My housemates Jodi and Mark are members of Invisible. Mark is co-creator of the Selectric Piano (and the dancer in this video); Jodi is at the keyboards. This description is from Invisible’s MySpace page: “Here’s a Video of the song … Continue reading
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The Gift Economy
Our neighborhood book group met again last night. When we started in September we agreed that we would read a book (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle), watch a movie (The Power of Community), and reassess where we were in six weeks. Last … Continue reading
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Talking Trash
OK, let’s clear up a few things at the beginning: Most of my experience has been in grocery store dumpsters; the safety of prepared food from restaurant dumpsters can be a little more difficult to assess, but I’ve never heard … Continue reading
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Eew!
What is it about dumpster diving that excites such extreme disgust and disapproval? Sometimes I think it’s not just a visceral, illogical reaction to the thought of eating food that was—however briefly—considered trash. I think for some people caught in … Continue reading
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The best seat in our house is definitely The Invisible Chair. Mark invented it a couple of years ago and we've got the prototype in the living room. Most days it's just a chair--we sit on it to use the house computer, we pull it out on the porch when we need an extra place to sit, visiting children have crayoned on it--but on evenings when people sit around playing music, it reveals 
All six hens are laying now--brown eggs from the two Barred Rocks and these lovely little blue-green eggs from the Americaunas.
