[Strawbale] (not) Re: ISBBC photos [off-topic]

[Rob Tom]

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:02:49 -0400, John Swearingen  
<jswearingen at skillful-means.com> wrote:

> a wildfire was threatening our house at about this time

> we did dutifully pack up and try to secure our buildings

> We're unpacked now, and in the process, threw out a lot to stuff we  
> realized we didn't need.


Ma Nat has wildfires as a means of housecleaning to get rid of accumulated  
detritus, to allow for continued health of the remaining species and to  
allow for new life to emerge.

Come wildfire time, Skillful Meany does housecleaning and throws out a  
bunch of accumulated stuff he didn't need.

Meany mirrors Nature. Nice symmetry. Eh ?

I suppose that's another point to support the notion of Building Small.

It forces one to be more discerning about the material goods that one  
acquires and sequesters over one's lifetime, a point that was espoused by  
the noted philosopher from the Heepee Era of the previous millennium,  
George Carlin.



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Rob Tom
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