more work on cage

We got driplines today.  we spent $281.  It was about $120 for 250 feet. The driplines irrigate the grass and will go below it.

We also went through the dirt with a fine tooth comb, picking out rocks and weeds and clovers and sweet potatoes.

We will probably need another coil of the drip line. WE have 12 that go 39 feet, and will probably need one more.

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan (2018)

Michael Pollan, the foodie journalist and monster explainer, takes on psychedelics.  He goes over the history and reoprts on his personal experiences with 'shrooms, LSD and others.  It's interesting but I get the sense he thinks he's received a secret knowledge. 

Is it possible to cure an addiction to a mind altering substance (alcohol) with another (psylosibin)?  I don't think so. 

But it is an interesting book and was worth the read.

Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat, Jonathan Kauffman's (2018*

This is a book on the history and philosophy behind granola and brown rice and raw vegetables.  It makes you feel clean and healthy just reading it.   Go for it.

cage project update

Purchased 48x12=580sq ft sod hybrid dark Bermuda Sod at Pacific Sod in Camarillo with starter kit for $462.00 (includes delivery costs).  we started weeding the cage after a big 4 day rain. It's to be delivered on 02/01/2019.

Life at these Speeds (2003) by Jeremy Jackson

We got this book because the movie based on it, 1 Mile to You.  It's about a high school runner who runs to, among other reasons, cope with a tragedy.  It's a decent story and motivates me off the couch and out for a mile jog or so.

mulch poem

A New Years Wish

the Lopez Tree Service blessed us with

a hot, sweating pile of mulch

that it dumped in our driveway.

We threw on some used coffee grounds courtesy of Starbucks.

then we added table scraps.

And finally we put on Griffith Park compost,

or zoo animal poo.

These castoffs provided

a cardio, muscle and brain workout,

and karma points from keeping stuff out of the landfill,

and will,                            

when mixed with sunshine, seeds and rain,

produce a good portion of our food for next year.

May your 2019 be filled with useful trash.

Why Religion? A Personal Story (2018) Elaine Pagels

This is a memoir by author and scholar, Elaine Pagels.  She is the author of Gnostic Gospels, which I read with interest in college.  This memoir is her backstory and personal take on the subject she's written about in her career.  She goes through heavy stuff including the loss of a son and husband in rapid succession.  The book is worth reading but only if you also read the Gnostic Gospels.