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Nostalgia
Posted by Simon
Barbara Kingsolver wrote this book about her year of trying to eat local food. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
It reminded me of Living the Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing a book that was something of a cult classic for the hippies in the late 60′s and early 70′s.
Basically these are nice sentiments made possible by the mass production and distribution systems that they are a rebellion against. I fell for it in the 70′s why shouldn’t our children fall for it now. I will predict that the back to nature movement will gain strength as the baby boomers retire and have the time to return to this kind of harmless daydreaming about a simpler life.
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March 30th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
[...] waste because nobody can be bothered to pick it. You may have seen Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable Miracle about the benefits of organic, local and fresh [...]