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Themis Doesn’t Belong to You, Officer

By EM Posted on June 6, 2020 Posted in Mythognosis Tagged with debunking, mythology
Themis Doesn’t Belong to You, Officer

Recently D.C. police conducted an anti-protest crackdown dubbed “Operation Themis.” Read my op-ed in Cunning Folk Magazine about how classical mythology can be weaponized in service to white supremacy, and how this particular goddess flies defiantly in the face of that.

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Before You Bring Home a German Wirehaired Pointer

By EM Posted on May 15, 2020 Posted in Animals Tagged with dogs, following directions
Before You Bring Home a German Wirehaired Pointer

A German wirehaired pointer (the breed that I went with) is not a good fit for a first-timer (which I am), especially not a first-timer who also happens to have a cat and chickens (which I do). I got my …

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What I Learned When I Learned About Puppies

By EM Posted on April 17, 2020 Posted in Animals Tagged with dogs, following directions, positive discipline, troubleshooting
What I Learned When I Learned About Puppies

Two years ago I got a puppy: a German wirehaired pointer. I wanted to bring him up right. Ultimately, I wanted to raise the dog I’ve been wishing for since I was a kid. Now two years in, I’d like …

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Wordless Word

By EM Posted on April 10, 2020 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with direct experience, God, loneliness, Tao
Wordless Word

I find I would rather apprehend the knowable unknowable than attempt to put Logos into words.

Some things are better lived than said.

“Some things are more important than words,” Marigold said to Guy. “Some things only shrink into little shells when you try to describe them.”

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Two Chickens, Many Options

By EM Posted on September 13, 2019 Posted in Recipes Tagged with abundance, appetizer, real food, slow food, soup
Two Chickens, Many Options

Hot chicken, cold chicken, gravy and pâté add up to plenty of meals to improvise later. Here’s how I do it.

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Light Straw Clay

By EM Posted on June 5, 2019 Posted in Building Tagged with abundance, beauty, connection to the land, natural building, shelter
Light Straw Clay

Let’s talk about light straw clay. First off, I love it. Secondly, what is it? And why is it worthy of love? Both of those questions have an answer. Light straw clay is a bunch of straw (hence the “straw” …

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Our Second Grade School Day

By EM Posted on May 31, 2019 Posted in Homeschool Tagged with boundaries, chickens, curricula, dogs, free range parenting, homeschooling, practice
Our Second Grade School Day

The house wakes early, even in the dark. Partly because kids are insane, and partly because I have a puppy, which is another story. In any case, by 6:30am the dog is pooping, Boots is shuffling cards, Shortshanks is asking …

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Drinking Chocolate

By EM Posted on May 28, 2019 Posted in Recipes Tagged with beverages, keto
Drinking Chocolate

In Spain, it’s not hot chocolate — it’s drinking chocolate. Encountering this sort of blew my mind, and so my quest began. The beverage I tasted in a Spanish streetside café was, as I understood it, a coffee alternative, not …

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Daily Bread: How to Bake with Sourdough

By EM Posted on April 27, 2019 Posted in Recipes Tagged with bread, fermentation, slow food
Daily Bread: How to Bake with Sourdough

How do you bake a loaf of bread using the sourdough starter you made? Well let me tell you. I named this recipe my “daily bread,” as in “give us this day,” because it’s very basic and very good. It’s …

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How to Eat Fried Caterpillars

By EM Posted on April 24, 2019 Posted in Eat, Homeschool, Parent Tagged with casual experiments, food processing, hunting/gathering, slaughter, unschooling, wildlife neighbors
How to Eat Fried Caterpillars

After watching Bear Grylls do it, King Sturdy wanted to eat a caterpillar.

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If my children were fairy tale characters, they'd be King Sturdy and Shortshanks. I'd be the Master Maid. As for the mister, he'd be Boots of course.

 

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