Hey Everybody,
I missed y'all and was wondering how I could get in touch with ya. I am in the Republic of Georgia, the one near Turkey and Russia and such. Its fun, the people are really really friendly, and drink too much wine and moonshine. At weddings they drink wine out of a horn for the toast to the bride and grooms future love. The horn has between .5-2 litres of wine in it. Besides the drinking life is wonderful. I live with a family and they are awesome. The grandfather just learned the word Hi. He came home after fishing with a big bag of fish, held them over his head and said "Hi!" with a big smile. Anywho
Much Love, Come to Georgia whenever you want, and be well,
Dustin
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
no, i haven't tried making butternut squash cookies. but they sound delicious! this directly relates to my post.*
hello lovelies,
josh, thank you for your wwoof access - i'll be checking that out tomorrow.
jacob, you definitely have a marvelous view from your front door. to contrast, i saw piles of snow today.
cerri, travel it up! follow the streams of happy smells and good sounds. i look forward to hearing more.
meg, very cool vimeo and keep up the happy farmersmarketing, and empowering medi(t)ating.
hayley, a mom already! mozel tov! she's a pretty child.
dawn, your gears are turning! and maybe this online space is some oil for my mindbot too?
*(yours was my favorite title yet).
nate, you speak well on the last post of your blog. and i too wish of a reunion with friends young and old - plans anyone?
katie, you are adventurous, even in the face of undesired changes. keep up those great computer doings.
heaven, you are surely vincely. one day i will travel to the land of manchin-mountain heavens (sorry about the mountain party loss).
hope, i'm glad you found some dirt under those fingernails.
corey, it's midnight. go to bed. i hope the neversleepingcityofbrotherlyapples is treating you the way you deserve. kick back if need be.
will, you are a building machine. wanna go to mexico together?
kate, you are magnificient. i wouldn't want to be unemployed with anyone else.
my mom finished her cancer treatment last week. i was lucky enough to be down there to celebrate with her. she is a very strong woman who i respect, love and admire. this post is for her
(and for all of you lovelies for the words, plans, ideas and inspirings you have posted.)
and one quick thought: i have tried everything possible short of total desertion to shed my unitedstatesofamerican identity. i went to the rally to restore sanity. i don't know what it accomplished on a large scale, or what the real purpose of it was. but i left feeling, for the first time in my memorable life, okay to be a unitedstatesofamerican. heres why:
i was standing in back of a group of twentysomething muslim women, to the left of anarchist kids, in front of a black couple, and watched as an elderly white woman picked up litter to properly dispose of. we stood there for many hours under tiring circumstances. we laughed together, cheered, oogled the creative signage, and eventually left en masse.
maybe that's what the unitedstatesofamerica is - or can be. a blob of different people not altogether sure why we're here, but making the most of it until we go home and take a nap.
or maybe it's a greedy empire that continues to gobble up sovereignty and resources, marginalize undesirable members, and evangelize its econopolitics.
i am with you,
eli.
josh, thank you for your wwoof access - i'll be checking that out tomorrow.
jacob, you definitely have a marvelous view from your front door. to contrast, i saw piles of snow today.
cerri, travel it up! follow the streams of happy smells and good sounds. i look forward to hearing more.
meg, very cool vimeo and keep up the happy farmersmarketing, and empowering medi(t)ating.
hayley, a mom already! mozel tov! she's a pretty child.
dawn, your gears are turning! and maybe this online space is some oil for my mindbot too?
*(yours was my favorite title yet).
nate, you speak well on the last post of your blog. and i too wish of a reunion with friends young and old - plans anyone?
katie, you are adventurous, even in the face of undesired changes. keep up those great computer doings.
heaven, you are surely vincely. one day i will travel to the land of manchin-mountain heavens (sorry about the mountain party loss).
hope, i'm glad you found some dirt under those fingernails.
corey, it's midnight. go to bed. i hope the neversleepingcityofbrotherlyapples is treating you the way you deserve. kick back if need be.
will, you are a building machine. wanna go to mexico together?
kate, you are magnificient. i wouldn't want to be unemployed with anyone else.
my mom finished her cancer treatment last week. i was lucky enough to be down there to celebrate with her. she is a very strong woman who i respect, love and admire. this post is for her
(and for all of you lovelies for the words, plans, ideas and inspirings you have posted.)
and one quick thought: i have tried everything possible short of total desertion to shed my unitedstatesofamerican identity. i went to the rally to restore sanity. i don't know what it accomplished on a large scale, or what the real purpose of it was. but i left feeling, for the first time in my memorable life, okay to be a unitedstatesofamerican. heres why:
i was standing in back of a group of twentysomething muslim women, to the left of anarchist kids, in front of a black couple, and watched as an elderly white woman picked up litter to properly dispose of. we stood there for many hours under tiring circumstances. we laughed together, cheered, oogled the creative signage, and eventually left en masse.
maybe that's what the unitedstatesofamerica is - or can be. a blob of different people not altogether sure why we're here, but making the most of it until we go home and take a nap.
or maybe it's a greedy empire that continues to gobble up sovereignty and resources, marginalize undesirable members, and evangelize its econopolitics.
i am with you,
eli.
While on the topic of access...
Check out the movie Fresh. Its about the new movement of food and life and all of these things we love. You can download it from that link.
Love ya'll.
Love ya'll.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
WWOOF membership password and username share
Hey folks,
I paid for a WWOOF (USA) membership a month or so ago. So y'all can use it too! [In case you're not familiar with WWOOF, it's an organization to find organic farms ya can work/live/learn at throughout the country]
http://www.wwoofusa.org/
Username: squashplum
Password: sublime
Have fun!!
I paid for a WWOOF (USA) membership a month or so ago. So y'all can use it too! [In case you're not familiar with WWOOF, it's an organization to find organic farms ya can work/live/learn at throughout the country]
http://www.wwoofusa.org/
Username: squashplum
Password: sublime
Have fun!!
Teeny Tiny Massive Scary Wonderful World
I must agree that it is absolutely lovely to see this great group of people gathered in a collective sharing space. I miss having all of your sweet faces so readily accessible in our little Northwoods community. I suppose our village just grew into a more standard world-wide size!
To begin after graduation, my summer and most of the fall have been spent in a whirlwind of cooking, catering, and serving for three different employers while balancing the chaos of my cousin's monumental wedding. I worked every hour within my reach and played the dangerous game of seriously overbooking myself. But it has all paid off because, as of yesterday, my good friend from home and I just bought around the world tickets. Starting in February, I will be in India for 2 months, Sri Lanka for 2 days, Thailand and Cambodia for 2 weeks, Israel for 2 weeks, Europe for 3 months, and Brazil and Argentina for 2 months. I'm a little exhausted just thinking about it!
In India, I will be volunteering with the "Tibetan Aid Project" for ten days at the World Peace Ceremony in Bodh Gaya, then off to Delhi and the surrounding area to live in an ashram and volunteer either at a school or an orphanage or some combination thereof.
I don't have specific plans for Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, or Israel except that I'll be staying with family friends and I'll work on practicing the art of being a sponge to sop up as much of those colorful cultures as possible.
For the Europe aspect of the trip, I'll fly into Romania and somehow end up in England to catch the plane to Brazil. I know I would like to make it to Norway to see the cousins I've never met, but other than that, I'm open to adventure!
In Brazil I plan to WWOOF. I found a farm high up in the mountains that overlooks about 20 different cities, raises goats, and has a large organic vegetable garden. I'll be a goat cheese expert if I'm lucky! If I'm still up for traveling I'll head to Argentina for a while and then contemplate whether or not I'm ready to come home/ evaluate how many pennies I have left in my bank account!
My most recent revelation is that I am not responsible for saving the world. It is an egocentric notion on my part to think such a broad concept to be possible. This world trip is about listening to and actually hearing other people.
If any of you crazy intellectuals have any ideas for me and this experience let me know! And if you will be in any of the same parts of the world it would be wonderful to see you!
Bear Hugs,
Cerri
PS I'm terrified!
To begin after graduation, my summer and most of the fall have been spent in a whirlwind of cooking, catering, and serving for three different employers while balancing the chaos of my cousin's monumental wedding. I worked every hour within my reach and played the dangerous game of seriously overbooking myself. But it has all paid off because, as of yesterday, my good friend from home and I just bought around the world tickets. Starting in February, I will be in India for 2 months, Sri Lanka for 2 days, Thailand and Cambodia for 2 weeks, Israel for 2 weeks, Europe for 3 months, and Brazil and Argentina for 2 months. I'm a little exhausted just thinking about it!
In India, I will be volunteering with the "Tibetan Aid Project" for ten days at the World Peace Ceremony in Bodh Gaya, then off to Delhi and the surrounding area to live in an ashram and volunteer either at a school or an orphanage or some combination thereof.
I don't have specific plans for Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, or Israel except that I'll be staying with family friends and I'll work on practicing the art of being a sponge to sop up as much of those colorful cultures as possible.
For the Europe aspect of the trip, I'll fly into Romania and somehow end up in England to catch the plane to Brazil. I know I would like to make it to Norway to see the cousins I've never met, but other than that, I'm open to adventure!
In Brazil I plan to WWOOF. I found a farm high up in the mountains that overlooks about 20 different cities, raises goats, and has a large organic vegetable garden. I'll be a goat cheese expert if I'm lucky! If I'm still up for traveling I'll head to Argentina for a while and then contemplate whether or not I'm ready to come home/ evaluate how many pennies I have left in my bank account!
My most recent revelation is that I am not responsible for saving the world. It is an egocentric notion on my part to think such a broad concept to be possible. This world trip is about listening to and actually hearing other people.
If any of you crazy intellectuals have any ideas for me and this experience let me know! And if you will be in any of the same parts of the world it would be wonderful to see you!
Bear Hugs,
Cerri
PS I'm terrified!
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