WORDS of wisdom
In the wise of words of a woman I met this evening - There are two ways to do everything. Learn to do it the second way.
8/13/14
8/9/14
Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to be Farmers
OPINION Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to be Farmers by Bren Smith via New York Times
Why am I taking out loans to go to grad school? Because I think it's less risky than taking out loans to become a farmer and maybe it'll give me a shot at affording a farm business some day. So twisted is this path. This opinion piece rants about the barriers young people face in pursuing small-scale farming:
The dirty secret of the food movement is that the much-celebrated small-scale farmer isn’t making a living. After the tools are put away, we head out to second and third jobs to keep our farms afloat. Ninety-one percent of all farm households rely on multiple sources of income.
Why am I taking out loans to go to grad school? Because I think it's less risky than taking out loans to become a farmer and maybe it'll give me a shot at affording a farm business some day. So twisted is this path. This opinion piece rants about the barriers young people face in pursuing small-scale farming:
The dirty secret of the food movement is that the much-celebrated small-scale farmer isn’t making a living. After the tools are put away, we head out to second and third jobs to keep our farms afloat. Ninety-one percent of all farm households rely on multiple sources of income.
8/5/14
A Tourist's View
ESSAY A Tourtist's View of Marriage by Esther Perel
An insightful read on the Third Reality that is constructed and negotiated between partners of cultural difference.
"Another way to conceive of the spectrum is individualism versus collectivism. In low context societies such as Germany, the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands, England, Australia, and the United States (often countries rooted in Protestant Calvinism), people compartmentalize personal relationships and work, and focus on short-term relationships. Factual information is stressed, as is explicit verbal expression. The high-context societies are more rural and less industrialized than the low-context societies. In Latin America, Africa, the Mediterranean countries, the Arab world, India, China, and Indonesia, extensive information networks exist among family, friends, and colleagues. This shared experience allows for a greater degree of tacit understanding. People are often involved in close and lasting relationships."
In an age of mobility and constant crossing, how will our generation adapt to living out simultaneous realities?
An insightful read on the Third Reality that is constructed and negotiated between partners of cultural difference.
"Another way to conceive of the spectrum is individualism versus collectivism. In low context societies such as Germany, the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands, England, Australia, and the United States (often countries rooted in Protestant Calvinism), people compartmentalize personal relationships and work, and focus on short-term relationships. Factual information is stressed, as is explicit verbal expression. The high-context societies are more rural and less industrialized than the low-context societies. In Latin America, Africa, the Mediterranean countries, the Arab world, India, China, and Indonesia, extensive information networks exist among family, friends, and colleagues. This shared experience allows for a greater degree of tacit understanding. People are often involved in close and lasting relationships."
In an age of mobility and constant crossing, how will our generation adapt to living out simultaneous realities?
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