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| FarmDream |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 07:46:08 AM
One of my favorite books is Radical Homemakers, Reclaiming Domesticity From A Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes. Shannon also writes occasionally for Yes! Magazine. I like this book because it embodies what I feel are real values. I was able to check this out at the local library before I decided to buy it.
"Radical Homemakers is about men and women across the U.S. who focus on home and hearth as a political and ecological act; who center their lives around family and community for personal fulfillment and cultural change. It explores what domesticity looks like in an era that has benefited from feminism; where domination and oppression are cast aside, where the choice to stay home is no longer drudgery, economic insecurity, or relentless servitude.
Radical Homemakers nation-wide speak about empowerment, transformation, happiness, and casting aside the pressures of a consumer culture to live in a world where money loses its power to relationships, independent thought, and creativity. If you ever considered quitting a job to plant tomatoes, read to a child, pursue creative work, can green beans and heal the planet, this is your book."
~FarmDream is Farmgirl Sister #3069
Live Today, Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow
http://naturaljulie.etsy.com
http://julie-rants.blogspot.com |
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| Farmer Judy |
Posted - Sep 27 2011 : 12:47:31 PM
Just reserved it at the library and looking forward to reading it.
God bless,
Judy
Born a city girl but a farm girl at heart!
http://farmtimes.blogspot.com/ |
| njaw09 |
Posted - Sep 27 2011 : 12:44:23 PM
Thanks for the recommendation FarmDream. Now that I am no longer working this might be good for me. |
| jollyquilter |
Posted - Sep 27 2011 : 12:35:53 PM
Sounds like I would love this. I quit work last August and this is my way of thinking.
www.StuffByKim.etsy.com
http://fiberandflea.blogspot.com |
| walkinwalkoutcattle |
Posted - Sep 27 2011 : 04:37:17 AM
"Radical Homemakers nation-wide speak about empowerment, transformation, happiness, and casting aside the pressures of a consumer culture to live in a world where money loses its power to relationships, independent thought, and creativity. If you ever considered quitting a job to plant tomatoes, read to a child, pursue creative work, can green beans and heal the planet, this is your book."
That is SUCH an incredible paragraph!!! I'm going to have to get this book!
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com
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| ksharp |
Posted - Sep 26 2011 : 6:37:27 PM
Currently reading the book. So far very impressed with it.
Kathee
"The crazy,dancing,goat lady." |
| lanikyea |
Posted - Sep 01 2011 : 8:54:00 PM
Thanks for the reccomendation. I am looking forward to reading Shannon Hayes book.
"If you stumble make it part of your dance" |
| Sue Feely |
Posted - Aug 12 2011 : 1:47:55 PM
I just got myself a Kindle, I checked and I was able to download the book from Amazon, thanks so very much Liz, it really is a greaat book, in fact its a cant-put-it-down type! |
| Tea Lady |
Posted - Aug 12 2011 : 10:27:14 AM
I read a review about the author in a magazine (can't remember which one???)- she's a very interesting woman. Then I got the book from the library and thought it was amazing.
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
Farmgirl #1819
www.birdsandteas.com |
| JThomp |
Posted - Aug 11 2011 : 3:50:32 PM
Thank you for sharing, I will definitely be reading this book. |
| FarmDream |
Posted - Aug 10 2011 : 11:01:54 AM
Thanks Liz, I'll go see if I can find that discussion.
~FarmDream is Farmgirl Sister #3069
Live Today, Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow
http://naturaljulie.etsy.com
http://julie-rants.blogspot.com |
| woolgirl |
Posted - Aug 10 2011 : 08:41:03 AM
There was at one point a discussion group on here about this book. Sadly it was during school for me, so I couldn't join in.
Liz
Farmgirl #1947
www.militaryfarmgirl.blogspot.com |
| Sue Feely |
Posted - Aug 10 2011 : 06:24:54 AM
sounds like that book is right up my alley; will check it out on e-bay or amazon right now. Thanks for sharing this with us! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 7:56:30 PM
Sounds great...I will be searching it out too!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| OGGFarmJess |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 7:23:30 PM
Sounds fantastic. Can't wait to check it out. Thanks! |
| Sharon Denise |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 08:35:59 AM
Oh, this sounds like EXACTLY what I'm looking for! Thank you so much for sharing!
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning."
~Louis L'Amour |
| woolgirl |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 08:05:22 AM
I just did, and it was eye-opening to see how people really CAN afford to live self-sufficiently. I loved it.
Liz
Farmgirl #1947
www.militaryfarmgirl.blogspot.com |
