tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post3997764472078504512..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: Enjoy Life While You CanGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-35698737256366832302014-03-11T01:33:22.253-03:002014-03-11T01:33:22.253-03:00Jen,
Living life the way you want is what it is a...Jen,<br /><br />Living life the way you want is what it is all about as far as I am concerned. Your kids are lucky to have an adult modelling what is important in life… and that isn't buying more garbage.<br /><br />Baking on a snowy day is a darn near perfect activity. Hope the buns turned out well.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-32745930731917061372014-03-01T23:16:48.050-04:002014-03-01T23:16:48.050-04:00Sophie W.,
What a wonderful day of baking and sha...Sophie W.,<br /><br />What a wonderful day of baking and sharing the loaves and the love. Beautiful.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-6197557446262492212014-03-01T21:24:17.823-04:002014-03-01T21:24:17.823-04:00Miss Marla,
The Quakers (or Friends) have a prett...Miss Marla,<br /><br />The Quakers (or Friends) have a pretty awesome outlook on things. I like the emphasis on how a person actually lives and behaves rather than what they profess in words. <br /><br />I also like their take on simplicity.<br /><br /> "A growth economy based on extravagance, wastefulness and artificially stimulated wants is seen to be a fundamental violation of the testimony of simplicity."<br /><br />I believe the tide has turned… again. Support for different ways of life and better alternatives is growing quickly. <br /><br />Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-14472134092305025332014-03-01T20:50:26.731-04:002014-03-01T20:50:26.731-04:00I feel good because even if the population is wipe...I feel good because even if the population is wiped out in twenty years I am living life the way I want. I actually don't enjoy being wasteful and consuming a ton and I get great pleasure out of nature, going for walks, reading, making frugal and healthy food, stretching a buck...so I am not going to be upset that I didn't buy more garbage even if the world ends tomorrow. <br /><br />Those cinnamon buns look good! Might have to do some baking tomorrow since it's snowy here and I will be inside with my kids. <br /><br />JenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-32247403126325267512014-02-28T21:31:35.079-04:002014-02-28T21:31:35.079-04:00Great post! I have to admit, Gregg, that your sol...Great post! I have to admit, Gregg, that your solution of baking cinnamon rolls is the best, most life-affirming one I have ever seen! Your post inspired my mother and me to bake some nissua (Finnish sweet bread flavored with cardamom) on one of our recent snowy days. Instead of complaining about cabin fever, we spent a wonderful day baking (well, and eating the finished product, of course.) Several family members received their own loaves and it was really one of the best days I've had this winter. Also, your apron is fantastic! I just sewed one out of an old repurposed linen dress and it came out OK, but your sister-in-law did a great job on yours. (And my mother totally approved of your hairnet/toque!)<br /><br />Sophie W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-52191482963247211472014-02-28T12:45:55.120-04:002014-02-28T12:45:55.120-04:00(I believe) We must live in accordance with what w...(I believe) We must live in accordance with what we know to be right. I like the idea of the Quaker inner light as a guidance. It doesn't matter if we ever make a real difference, it only matters that we lived as we know that we should. Maybe if enough of us live this way, the tide will turn, or maybe not.<br /><br />I've learned however that obsessing about the things that I could be doing better, or denying myself any comfort is not going to end life as we know it. <br /><br />Maybe Gaia will take care of things in her own way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-32840913787124084972014-02-27T23:40:35.201-04:002014-02-27T23:40:35.201-04:00T.M.,
You really should have one of my cinnamon b...T.M.,<br /><br />You really should have one of my cinnamon buns to go with that coffee.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-35500242935748723312014-02-27T17:26:13.412-04:002014-02-27T17:26:13.412-04:00Kris T.,
I like that Lovelock is challenging idea...Kris T.,<br /><br />I like that Lovelock is challenging ideas that we may take for granted. It is important that we put our efforts toward things that help the most, although that is often difficult to figure out given how complicated our world is. <br /><br />But giving up shouldn't be an option, and I fear that is what some people might conclude after reading the article. We can make a difference, and like you said, living gently just feels right. <br /><br />Thanks for commenting and letting us know we are part of your weekly reading. It is good to know that all you fine frugal folks are out there.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-46891702994283418432014-02-26T20:30:15.121-04:002014-02-26T20:30:15.121-04:00I read the same article over the weekend and order...I read the same article over the weekend and ordered his latest book. While I appreciate his view that trying to live gently on this planet may not change anything it feels right for my family and I. I really appreciate your blog. It is something I enjoy reading every week. Thank you.Kris Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258036904516114190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-23774207270556159642014-02-26T16:47:39.339-04:002014-02-26T16:47:39.339-04:00I love your interpretation of enjoying life. Mine ...I love your interpretation of enjoying life. Mine involves drip coffee and a Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse book. Have a great day.Winterfell Mixed Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085237973862858567noreply@blogger.com