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**READ HERE FIRST** / Re: Introductions
« on: June 21, 2007, 10:37:49 PM »
Greetings rewilders,
I can lurk no more. . . I must reveal myself. Until now the cohesive goal for all the skills & stuff I like to chase down eluded me, other than the burning desire to completely understand the workings of the universe and get my hands dirty in it. I can't pull myself away from this juicy stuff--I keep reading the posts & links. Have I found the secret door to where I can learn to make fire?
I fly my food freak flag (wild, paleo, native/indigenous, fermented--did I see a post about gundru?) in Portland, where I recently brewed a batch of yarrow beer which led to some strange and interesting dreams (thus the name). I've already encountered some of you in my adventures--Willem, I think I ran into you a while back at Ariadne Garden after a wild & fermented food workshop at the farm & had an interesting chat, and I spent a day hunting cattails and stalking bitterns with Kiliii (by a different name)--his brain tanned buckskin outfit and tree climbing skills impressed me.
In 36 years I've lived on both coasts and in between, and lucky me got a continuous view of the changing landscape from the back seat of dad's car during our summer vacation cross country road trip moves. I picked Portland out myself, though. Apparently enough other weirdos live here to keep it interesting.
Can I fix my discontent with the ridiculous consumer ratrace lifestyle that consumes most Americans' lives by creating something slower, more meaningful, life giving, connected to the ground? I try to measure what makes sense against what happens "in nature" and/or what has worked for humans over the millennia. So, I study shiatsu (the juncture between Chinese Medicine and Japanese folk massage), read like a maniac (Mutant Message from Down Under got me thinking about the deep validity of the hunter/gatherer way) and look out for chances to meet my tribe and learn more.
One more thing--e-prime rocks!( I tried--feel free to bust me)
Whoa, I dumped quite a load here. So, cheers all!
Jana
I can lurk no more. . . I must reveal myself. Until now the cohesive goal for all the skills & stuff I like to chase down eluded me, other than the burning desire to completely understand the workings of the universe and get my hands dirty in it. I can't pull myself away from this juicy stuff--I keep reading the posts & links. Have I found the secret door to where I can learn to make fire?
I fly my food freak flag (wild, paleo, native/indigenous, fermented--did I see a post about gundru?) in Portland, where I recently brewed a batch of yarrow beer which led to some strange and interesting dreams (thus the name). I've already encountered some of you in my adventures--Willem, I think I ran into you a while back at Ariadne Garden after a wild & fermented food workshop at the farm & had an interesting chat, and I spent a day hunting cattails and stalking bitterns with Kiliii (by a different name)--his brain tanned buckskin outfit and tree climbing skills impressed me.
In 36 years I've lived on both coasts and in between, and lucky me got a continuous view of the changing landscape from the back seat of dad's car during our summer vacation cross country road trip moves. I picked Portland out myself, though. Apparently enough other weirdos live here to keep it interesting.
Can I fix my discontent with the ridiculous consumer ratrace lifestyle that consumes most Americans' lives by creating something slower, more meaningful, life giving, connected to the ground? I try to measure what makes sense against what happens "in nature" and/or what has worked for humans over the millennia. So, I study shiatsu (the juncture between Chinese Medicine and Japanese folk massage), read like a maniac (Mutant Message from Down Under got me thinking about the deep validity of the hunter/gatherer way) and look out for chances to meet my tribe and learn more.
One more thing--e-prime rocks!( I tried--feel free to bust me)
Whoa, I dumped quite a load here. So, cheers all!
Jana