Tuesday Morning, Still full

[aldersprig]

Yesterday for dinner we had a sort-of-goulash made from tomatoes Mom left when she visited, and apple crisp made with apples from our tree. There's a sense of happy homeyness about that that I love.

I patched T's jeans the other day, and I've been looking up canning and other food-preservation. It makes me feel like I've come full circle. Which (along with a conversation with cluudle) has brought me to a thought I had in college, a magazine I wanted to publish.

The ideas are a little vague after *cough cough* years, but, loosely - a sort of practical Mother Earth News / Foxfire / different ways of doing things. Both how-tos and, if I get brave enough, histories and interviews.



If I were to do something like that, what sort of thing would you be interested in reading about?



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haikujaguar posted a call to cover artists so that she can begin a list of cover-artists-for-hire.

Autumn's story written to comments/linkbacks/donations to Meeks' sketch of Autumn is still hanging out there, waiting for more love.

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http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/making_grape_juice/ Grape Juice! (we have a lot of grapes)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/53092763/yarn-wreath-felt-handmade-door?ref=sc_2 I love argyle. I may have to make this.

Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

I think your magazine idea sounds awesome, though I have no specific thoughts.

[aldersprig]

*grins* well, okay then!

Glad it sounds awesome at least.

[meridian_rose]

I'd like to see your magazine. I'd like it to be practical and down to earth rather than preachy - a lot of site supporting 'green issues' soon start wailing about how everyone needs to be a teetotal vegan who purifies their own drinking water and only wears organic cotton. My style of back-to-nature would focus on practical issues like 'ten uses for sea salt' or 'easy ways to start a herb garden'. And I think personal stories are particularly good, complete with any mistakes made along the way or things you'd wish you'd known before you started a project.
I think the grape juice link is a perfect example of what I like to read - easy to follow and very practical :D

[aldersprig]

I think we have no danger of me getting preachy on green. *smiles*

Practical issues, yes. Cool, thank you.