tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16909133.post112811799272226631..comments2023-09-24T07:33:35.455-04:00Comments on Janus at the door: Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09479638099075949622noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16909133.post-1128721684663470352005-10-07T17:48:00.000-04:002005-10-07T17:48:00.000-04:00I think we can now both feel a little less insane....I think we can now both feel a little less insane. Personally I don't view nature as an escape, though I think with the way society is set up, we've forced nature to become a vacation for us (well, for those of us who like going outside, for that matter). <BR/>Now that I think about it, I think this problem of escapism is something I want to avoid, which is why Jon & I want land in the country. We don't want to get into sustenance farming, but we do want to be more in tune with nature, to look out the window and see our garden and goats and know that we had a hand in their development, that we know where food comes from. <BR/>Not the supermarket, but the earth, in all its dirty, wormy glory.<BR/>Are you raising sheep for wool, or for lambs? Jon & I think we'll start out with goats as pets, then possibly move into meat goats.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479638099075949622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16909133.post-1128554145263928952005-10-05T19:15:00.000-04:002005-10-05T19:15:00.000-04:00Okay, I really must read Dillard. I have a copy of...Okay, I really must read Dillard. I have a copy of something-"Pilgrim's Creek" that I haven't touched, but I think I may, now. <BR/><BR/>I have to tell you that your post made me chuckle. Miah and I have a dream of buying a rural home with a wooded area, a stream in the backyard, an area for a garden, and sheep. Sheep, for Chrissake! Do I seem like the sheep sort of fellow? Five years ago, no, but now I want a damn sheep! I'm not sure if your similar dream makes me feel less insane or just less lonely in my madness. <BR/><BR/>There seems to be a movement toward the natural, though we of course bring all of the accoutrements of civilization and convenient living with us. I wonder if it's a generational thing; revisiting the 60s, perhaps? I'm sure that each generation sees the social lines as becoming more and more defined than ever, but I almost think that in our lifetime there will be a science-fiction-like demarcation of the boundaries between the futurists and everyone else. Dillard's quote is interesting because it implies a lack of interest in nature as anything beyond an escape, an odd notion considering our place in nature. Daniel Quinn's <I>Ishmael</I>deals with this hierarchism and self-removal from nature in a rather scathing way. You should check it out!<BR/><BR/>Cheers.d-wainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544953081148864056noreply@blogger.com