How the Cook and the Gardener Saved the World

Pat the Gardener will be offering the service of converting old fashioned landscapes into thriving habitats. Most potential clients will not be able to afford a permaculture design and installation costing thousands of dollars.  More likely, people interested in healing nature and producing abundance will want Pat’s assistance on a regular basis using small and slow steps to convert their landscape. We will be able to ask potential clients to hire Pat as a way heal nature and produce the abundance.  It is a way that our community can come together to find a place for all our residents. Let’s say that Pat charged $100.00 per month for the landscaping service. For that fee Pat would spend 4 hours a month. During the spring through planting season and after the first hard frost that might be a four hour block of time each month building gardens and planting. During the growing season that might be an hour a week to keep things looking neat. If Pat were to spend half...

These Comments are thoughts on The Allegory of the Three Travelers Human beings normally go through a transition fairly early in life.  It is the point where we leave behind the care givers who saw us through our childhood.  It is the point where we face a future that will unfold based on our own choices. Perhaps you remember the uncertainty that you had at that time.  Imagine now how that moment might be different if your care giver was different.  Imagine how that moment was for each of our three travelers. The first traveler understands life to be a competition.  In a competition we expect that there will be winners and losers. If you are one of the lucky ones, your care givers taught you the rules of the game and the skills it takes to play it.  How would things be different if your care giver told you that you would never amount to anything?  How would things be different if you were in foster care because your parents where in jail? ...

There are three travelers on a great journey across an endless prairie.  In one direction lies a barren and impoverished place.  In another direction lies a place of abundance. The first traveler is traveling in great luxury. This traveler is thinking, "I have worked hard for all the things I have and I will defend them. I feel sorry for those less fortunate than myself. There, but for the Grace of God, go I." The second traveler is struggling to get by with next to nothing. This traveler is thinking, "I am working as hard as I can but still do not have enough for my children. It is not fair that the first traveler should have so much and I demand that they share with me." The third traveler agrees that things are not fair. This traveler is thinking, "The system is rigged against me. I do not intend to spend my life working hard for next to nothing. I will just take what I need from the other travelers." The conflict among these travele...