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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
729 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
729 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 01 2015 : 04:13:48 AM
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Since many of us are well along in " Chickens in the Road" I thought we could start thinking about what to read next. Here's an idea for picking books. Anyone who has a suggestion can post about it and then we do a drawing with all the suggestions to pick the next book. That way we'll all get chance to read a good variety of books. I'll volunteer to keep a running list of all the suggested books and do the drawing.
I also think it would be nice to alternate between fiction and non-fiction books. What does everyone think about these ideas? :) |
Happy Day!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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DandeeRose
True Blue Farmgirl
358 Posts
Alicia
IN
358 Posts |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2015 : 07:41:20 AM
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I love this idea!
For a nonfiction idea, how about The Feast Nearby, by Robin Mather Here is some info about it: "Part autobiography, part cookbook, part DIY manual. Mather spends a year in a 650 sq ft cottage by a small lake in rural Michigan. Follow her experience through the seasons while she describes her efforts to eat local on a modest budget. If you've ever dreamed of a simpler life this book will inspire you..."
What kind of fiction books does everyone enjoy? |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
6188 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
6188 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2015 : 11:10:01 AM
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| Sounds good to me too! |
Farmgirl # 4943
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for what he has done.
Philippians 4:6
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Carole
Champlain
New York
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2015 : 8:04:01 PM
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My suggestion for our next book would be:
Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm - Forrest Pritchard
The Feast Nearby: How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally (all on $40 a week) – Robin Mather |
Carole
Farmgirl Sister 3610 - Nov 7/2011
http://www.carolesquiltingetc.com
Insanity: Doing the same thing over & over again & expecting different results ~ Albert Einstein |
Edited by - ceridwen on Jul 02 2015 10:04:57 AM |
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DandeeRose
True Blue Farmgirl
358 Posts
Alicia
IN
358 Posts |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10588 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10588 Posts |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2015 : 09:40:43 AM
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| Carole - The Feast Nearby that you recommended - is it the same one I suggested by Robin Mather? you wrote Deckle Edge after it, so I wasn't sure! |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Carole
Champlain
New York
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2015 : 10:01:11 AM
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Indeed you are right Shannon. I just copied and pasted from Amazon! Ooops! Gotta pay more attention!
Also, just saw the following while checking Amazon:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life – Barbara Kingsolver (Author), Camille Kingsolver (Author), Steven L. Hopp (Author)
Still of interest: The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love - Kristin Kimball |
Carole
Farmgirl Sister 3610 - Nov 7/2011
http://www.carolesquiltingetc.com
Insanity: Doing the same thing over & over again & expecting different results ~ Albert Einstein |
Edited by - ceridwen on Jul 02 2015 10:54:02 AM |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
1846 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
1846 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2015 : 10:34:32 AM
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| Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is also (I think!) a required reading for one of the badges, so we could actually work towards that badge that one... |
~ Shannon, Sister #5349
Farmgirl of the Month January 2016
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
729 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2015 : 11:59:23 AM
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Here is some additional info copied from Amazon on the books suggested thus far. I included the Amazon cover price plus prices for other new and used options from Amazon sellers. Hope this is helpful. I added two more titles which looked interesting; "A Widow's Walk Off-Grid to Self-Reliance" and "Sisters on the Fly: Caravans, Campfires, and Tales from the Road." We certainly have some very nice options. Anyone else have suggestions?
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver & 2 more
$19.04 372 Used from $0.01 92 New from $3.49
Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.
"As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begin the adventure of realigning our lives with our food chain.
"Naturally, our first stop was to buy junk food and fossil fuel. . . ."
Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Their good-humored search yields surprising discoveries about turkey sex life and overly zealous zucchini plants, en route to a food culture that's better for the neighborhood and also better on the table. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet.
"This is the story of a year in which we made every attempt to feed ourselves animals and vegetables whose provenance we really knew . . . and of how our family was changed by our first year of deliberately eating food produced from the same place where we worked, went to school, loved our neighbors, drank the water, and breathed the air."
The Feast Nearby: How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally (all on $40 a week) by Robin Mather
$18.46 27 Used from $5.89 33 New from $12.71
Within a single week in 2009, food journalist Robin Mather found herself on the threshold of a divorce and laid off from her job at the Chicago Tribune. Forced into a radical life change, she returned to her native rural Michigan.
There she learned to live on a limited budget while remaining true to her culinary principles of eating well and as locally as possible. In The Feast Nearby, Mather chronicles her year-long project: preparing and consuming three home-cooked, totally seasonal, and local meals a day--all on forty dollars a week.
With insight and humor, Mather explores the confusion and needful compromises in eating locally. She examines why local often trumps organic, and wonders why the USDA recommends white bread, powdered milk, and instant orange drinks as part of its “low-cost” food budget program.
Through local eating, Mather forges connections with the farmers, vendors, and growers who provide her with sustenance. She becomes more closely attuned to the nuances of each season, inhabiting her little corner of the world more fully, and building a life richer than she imagined it could be.
The Feast Nearby celebrates small pleasures: home-roasted coffee, a pantry stocked with home-canned green beans and homemade preserves, and the contented clucking of laying hens in the backyard. Mather also draws on her rich culinary knowledge to present nearly one hundred seasonal recipes that are inspiring, enticing, and economical--cooking goals that don’t always overlap--such as Pickled Asparagus with Lemon, Tarragon, and Garlic; Cider-Braised Pork Loin with Apples and Onions; and Cardamom-Coffee Toffee Bars.
Mather’s poignant, reflective narrative shares encouraging advice for aspiring locavores everywhere, and combines the virtues of kitchen thrift with the pleasures of cooking--and eating--well.
Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Far by Forrest Pritchard
$15.71 34 Used from $7.98 33 New from $11.25
One fateful day in 1996, upon discovering that five freight cars’ worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his family’s farm. What ensues—through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters—is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchard’s biggest ally is his renegade father, who initially questions his career choice and eschews organic foods for sugary mainstream fare; but just when the farm starts to turn heads at local markets, his father’s health takes a turn for the worse.W ith poetry and humor, this timely memoir tugs on the heartstrings and feeds the soul long after the last page is turned.
Once on the brink of virtually disappearing only decades ago, the family farm has recently been enjoying a resurgence due to the popularity of organic livestock and produce. Disenchanted with a looming desk job and eager to save his family’s multigenerational Shenandoah Valley farm, Pritchard celebrated his mid-1990s college graduation by rolling up his sleeves and brainstorming to find ways of keeping his parents’ 400-plus acres of land from being portioned off to agribusinesses. This engaging first-person account is filled with gentle humor and colorful anecdotes about the false starts and pitfalls Pritchard faced before finally settling on raising grass-fed cattle and sheep. Desperate to improve on the tiny profits the farm was making selling corn, Pritchard tried marketing firewood, then chickens, then beef, running a gauntlet of sometimes comical challenges, including broken-down farm equipment and his father’s attempt to sell frozen chickens from his D.C. office. Anyone who has been bit by the farming bug will find lessons aplenty here, while urban readers will enjoy a vicarious slice of farm life. --
A Widow's Walk Off-Grid to Self-Reliance: An Inspiring, True Story of Courage and Determination by Annie Dodds
$10.94 11 Used from $6.44 21 New from $10.11
When her husband passed away after a long, trying illness, Annie Dodds was forced to sell almost everything to settle his estate.
Homeless, with little money, she wondered if it might be time to pursue a decades-old dream of living a quiet, self-sufficient life alone, off-grid. One day, when her son told her he knew of an old house on fifty acres, she knew it was time.
Feeling empowered and prepared by having read so much over the years, she loaded her belongings into the back of her pickup truck. But as she pulled into the driveway that first day, she could not imagine the challenges she would face, the obstacles she would overcome, the self-doubts she would master, and the soul-strengthening peace and contentment she would find living
Sisters on the Fly: Caravans, Campfires, and Tales from the Road by Irene Rawlings
$13.32 25 Used from $8.76 51 New from $9.89
The Sisters on the Fly know they're having more fun than anyone! Now you're invited to join them on their cross-country road trips as author Irene Rawlings takes you inside the Sisters' decorated vintage trailers. Each trailer reflects its owner's personality, and the Sisters share their individual stories behind their loving restorations--and a few of the wilder outdoor adventures they've experienced along the way.
The Sisters also share tips for buying and restoring vintage trailers because they know that once you see all the fun they're having fly-fishing, riding horses, camping, eating, laughing, and loving, you just might want to join their cowgirl caravan when it heads out for the nexit adventure.
Sisters on the Fly will inspire readers with charming and witty anecdotes from the Sisters as they experience the open road and some of the most beautiful places in the country. It is organized around fishing, food, friendship, love, and loss. And, of course, around beautiful vintage trailers that have been lovingly transformed from "trashed to treasured."
The book features dozens of engaging stories about the incredible women who buy and restore these trailers, as well as sidebars loaded with both practical and whimsical information for anyone who is ready to find her own trailer and join the caravan.
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Happy Day!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10588 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10588 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2015 : 4:52:55 PM
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| Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It is a book I started but never finished. Didn't keep my attention and was purging stuff so I no longer have it. I'm sure I could get it from the library though,and give it a second go if there is interest in it. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10588 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10588 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2015 : 4:55:32 PM
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| I am open to whatever anyone wants to read. Always willing to read along. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
729 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2015 : 07:15:12 AM
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| I hope to hear some opinions from a few more lovely ladies about what we shouldered next :) Right now it looks like everyone's interests are more toward nonfiction. It is a lot harder to find a fiction title that everyone will like because tastes in fiction are much more diverse. Anyway, right now we seem to be leaning toward two of the suggestions: "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" and " The Feast Nearby." But that's just based on a few responses. What do YOU feel like reading next?? Thanks, I can't wait to hear . . . |
Happy Day!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10588 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10588 Posts |
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
729 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2015 : 1:30:29 PM
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Thanks, Denise. It looks very interesting to me. Here's the same info on this book that I put in the posting for the others.
The Only Best Place: A Novel Paperback by Carolyne Aarsen
$8.40
9 Used from $2.97
7 New from $3.87
Leslie Vandekeere thought her big-city career made her life worthwhile, but a move to small-town Montana shows her how big the world really is. Leslie had a good life: a happy family, a great career (even if it did pull her away from her home), and all the energy of urban living. But she finds herself miles away from the city she knows and loves when her husband moves her and the children back to his boyhood home in Montana to help his mother work the struggling family farm. Being a farmer's wife was definitely not in Leslie's plan, and now she finds herself dealing with dirty cows, giant machinery, eccentric neighbors, and an extended family she doesn't quite fit into. When her husband hints that the move might be permanent, Leslie must decide--can she really handle this much fresh air? |
Happy Day!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
729 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2015 : 04:23:20 AM
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| Just a little nudge to see if anyone else has an opinion on what to read next . . . ? |
Happy Day!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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Lexi Lavender
True Blue Farmgirl
77 Posts
Lexi
Bangor
Maine
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2015 : 07:25:32 AM
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| I love Barbara Kingsolver and the idea of working towards a badge. I also would like to mention Jenna Woginrich of Cold Antler Farm. She has a blog by that name and has written 5 books in this topic area. I would be interested in any of those as well. I didn't dislike any of the titles suggested though and will be fine with whatever the group decides. |
Lavender Lexi
Farmgirl #4034
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." — Eeyore. |
Edited by - Lexi Lavender on Jul 11 2015 07:40:10 AM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10588 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10588 Posts |
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
729 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2015 : 06:07:53 AM
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Good question, Denise! I think there are several still reading, but I thought if we select our next book now, then it will give everyone plenty of time to get their copy. I know it can take awhile if you reserved a book from the library -- I've waited a couple of months for really popular books.
So, would everyone be okay with choosing "The Feast Nearby" as our next book? To be practical, we should probably not plan on having our discussion until September. That gives everyone time to finish "Chickens in the Road," get their copy of the new book and read it -- meanwhile harvesting, canning, freezing, drying, getting ready for a new school year . . . This is a busy time!
Everyone okay with the next book and the plan? :)
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Happy Day!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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DandeeRose
True Blue Farmgirl
358 Posts
Alicia
IN
358 Posts |
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Lexi Lavender
True Blue Farmgirl
77 Posts
Lexi
Bangor
Maine
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2015 : 10:14:48 AM
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| I'm in for Feast Nearby. |
Lavender Lexi
Farmgirl #4034
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." — Eeyore. |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
10588 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
10588 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2015 : 3:41:31 PM
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| Feast Nearby is good for me. Need to see if I can get a copy from the library. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Carole
Champlain
New York
USA
2087 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2015 : 5:54:36 PM
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| That was me that posted on FB. It is actually good. I am learning a lot! |
Carole
Farmgirl Sister 3610 - Nov 7/2011
http://www.carolesquiltingetc.com
Insanity: Doing the same thing over & over again & expecting different results ~ Albert Einstein |
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Lexi Lavender
True Blue Farmgirl
77 Posts
Lexi
Bangor
Maine
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2015 : 6:09:32 PM
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| Should I purchase that book? Just wanted to be sure before I buy it |
Lavender Lexi
Farmgirl #4034
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." — Eeyore. |
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Song Sparrow
True Blue Farmgirl
729 Posts
Amy
Talleyville
Delaware
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2015 : 04:41:31 AM
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| Seems like a favorable response for "The Feast Nearby" so why don't we choose that as our next book. We can use the same discussion questions as guidelines for it. I'll start a new thread and repost them. Can't wait to read it! :) |
Happy Day!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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Edited by - Song Sparrow on Jul 13 2015 04:45:32 AM |
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